Practical Taoism

Name: Practical Taoism
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ISBN: 9781570622007

ISBN-10: 1570622000

ISBN-13: 9781570622007

Edition: 1996

Authors: Thomas Cleary

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This collection of teachings and commentaries aims to illuminate the many mysteries of inner alchemy, one of the most important dimensions of the Taoist tradition.

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/28/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.54" long x 0.28" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English



Translator's Preface


Introduction


Essential Sayings to Assist Potential


The Way of Eternal Life through Perception of Vital Spirit


Alchemy Takes Its Rules from Creation


Foundations of Alchemy


A Point Falls into the Yellow Court


Alchemical Ingredients


Basic Vitality


Basic Vitality Is Sexual Vitality


Basic Energy Produces Basic Vitality


Detachment from Emotional Consciousness to Nurture Basic Harmony


Alchemy Requires Interruption of Craving


Basic Spirit Using Medicine


The Basic Spirit Is the Thinking Spirit


The Opening of the Mysterious Pass


The Handle of Alchemy


Alchemical Operations


The Bellows


Sixty Hexagrams Symbolizing the Alchemical Firing Process


Symbolizing the Firing Process by the Year, Month, and Day, Humanity and Duty, Joy and Anger, Reward and Punishment


Intent As the Go-Between


The Way of Seeing Vital Spirit and Perpetuating Life


The River Source Where Medicine Is Produced


The Receptive Is the Abode of the Way


Yang Disburses, Yin Receives


Congealing Spirit in the Energy Aperture


Turning the Light Around to Illumine Inwardly


Beginning Work on Turning the Light Around to Illumine Inwardly


The Womb Breath


The Primal


The Arising of Positive Energy


Culling


Keeping the Attention on Heaven


The Central Path


The Firing Process


Incubation


Punishment and Reward


Refining the Spirit


Crystallizing the Elixir


Release from the Matrix


Returning to the Origin


Twin Cultivation of Essence and Life