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This book contains a complete translation of one of the main works by the eminent Taoist master Liu Yiming (1734-1821). Divided into 26 short chapters and translated here for the first time, Cultivating the Tao is at the same time a comprehensive overview of the basic principles of Taoism and an introduction to Taoist Internal Alchemy, or Neidan, written by one of the greatest representatives of this tradition.

Liu Yiming was an 11th-generation master of the Longmen (Dragon Gate) lineage. Having recovered from severe illness in his youth, he undertook extended traveling that led him to meet his two main masters. In 1780, he visited the Qiyun mountains, in the present-day Gansu province, and settled there. He devoted the second half of his life to teaching and writing, and to charitable activities including restoring shrines and buying burial ground for the poor. His works mainly consist of writings on Neidan and of commentaries on major Neidan scriptures.

Few other masters have illustrated the relation between Taoism and Internal Alchemy as clearly as Liu Yiming does in this book. Grafting Internal Alchemy into the teachings of the Book of the Way and Its Virtue (Daode jing) and of the later Taoist tradition, he shows how the way of the Golden Elixir can lead to the highest state of realization according to the Taoist principles.

Cultivating the Tao is vol. 2 in the "Masters" series of Golden Elixir Press.

Original title: Xiuzhen houbian.

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Introduction

TRANSLATION
   Preface
   1    Precelestial Essence, Breath, and Spirit
   2    Postcelestial Essence, Breath, and Spirit
   3    Precelestial Breath of True Unity
   4    True and False Body and Mind
   5    True and False Nature and Existence
   6    Precelestial and Postcelestial Yin and Yang
   7    Internal and External Five Agents
   8    Internal Medicine and External Medicine
   9    Great and Small Reverted Elixir
   10  The Operation of the Auspicious and the Inauspicious
   11  Furnace and Tripod in the Initial and the Final Stages
   12  Internal and External Fire Phases
   13  The Other House and My House
   14  The True Initial Flow
   15  Refining the Nine Tripods
   16  The One Opening of the Mysterious Barrier
   17  The Ebb and Flow of Celestial Net
   18  Giving and Taking Life, Punishment and Virtue
   19  Superior Virtue and Inferior Virtue
   20  Doing and Non-Doing
   21  Zi, Wu, Mao, You
   22  Life and Death, Being and Non-Being
   23  Precelestial and Postcelestial Kan and Li
   24  Laying the Foundations for Refining Oneself
   25  Internal and External Companions
   26  Exerting One’s Mind to Inquire into the Principles

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Paperback : 180 pages
ISBN-10 : 0985547510
ISBN-13 : 978-0985547516
Product Dimensions : 13.34 x 1.14 x 20.32 cm
Publisher : Golden Elixir Press (28 November 2013)
Language: : English

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Excellent book though a bit dense for those not deeply interested in Taoism. One for the book shelf.

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Dem Übersetzer des Liu Yiming Textes ist eine kompetente und detaillierte Einführung in die Geschichte des Taoismus und Methoden der Inneren Kultivierung gelungen. Empfehlenswert für Menschen, welche schon vorher Erfahrung mit den authentischen Methoden dieser Gesundheits- und Lebenspflege gemacht haben. Ohne diese Erfahrung wird das Buch unverständlich wirken.

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A very comprehensive little book. Just what I was looking for to add to my thought process and contemplation.

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