A Wisdom Archive on Taoist Meditation

Microcosmic Orbit Meditation (Microcosmic Orbit, Taoist Microcosmic Orbit Meditation): A foundational component of the Healing Tao System. It awakens and channels cosmic, universal, and earthly forces.

 
(See also: Microcosmic Orbit Meditation, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary )

Baguazhang (circle walking, circle walking method, circle walking technique, Pa Kua Chang, Pa Kua Zhang, Taoist Circular Motion of Meditation and Tendon Changing, Taoist circular walking practice): Art developed by Dong Hai-Chuan, a Chinese, during the mid-1800s. It boils down to walking in a circle but encompasses at least a dozen stepping techniques, such as the chicken step, the elephant step, the snake step, and the mud walking step. it can improve cultivation of chi and conduces to uniting man, heaven, and earth.

 
(See also: Baguazhang, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul )

Healing Love (Healing Love meditation, Healing Love practices, Seminal and Ovarian Kung Fu, Taoist Sexology and Practice): A foundational component of the Healing Tao System.
 
Healing Love is a mode of sexual intercourse that cultivates, conserves, and transforms sexual energy through the Microcosmic Orbit,a major energy channel. For men, Healing Love involves the power draw: sex without ejaculation.

 
(See also: Healing Love, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary )

The Wudang Mountains (Simplified: 武当山; Traditional: 武當山; Hanyu Pinyin: Wǔdāng Shān), also known as Wu Tang Shan or simply Wudang, are a small mountain range in the Hubei province of China, just to the south of the manufacturing city of Shiyan. In years past, the mountains of Wudang were known for the many Taoist monasteries to be found there, monasteries which became known as an academic centre for the research, teaching and practise of meditation, Chinese martial arts, ... Including:

• Wudang Mountains - External link

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A Mokugyo (in Japanese language) (木魚, Chn: Mu-Yü), commonly known as a Wooden Fish, is a wooden percussion instrument used by monks ordained in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition. It is used during rituals usually involving recitation of sutras, mantras, or other Buddhist texts. The Mokugyo is mainly used by Buddhist disciples in China, Japan and Korea. In Zen/Ch'an Buddhism, it serves as a signal to start and end a meditation session, and in Pure Land Buddhism, it is used to chant the name of Amitabha Buddha. The Taoist clergy ha ... Including:

• Mokugyo - Types of Mokugyo
• Mokugyo - History

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The term Quan Yin Method was coined in the 1970s by Suma Ching Hai, a popular and controversial spiritual teacher who professes that she is a manifestation of God and the Buddha, to describe the type of meditation that she practices and teaches. It is a Chinese term lending to the English translation, “contemplation on the sound.” According to Master Ching Hai, the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, popularly known as Quan Yin by many Chinese Buddhists and Taoists, practiced this form of med ... Including:

• Quan Yin Method - Doctrine
• Quan Yin Method - The First Level
• Quan Yin Method - The Second Level
• Quan Yin Method - The Fifth Level
• Quan Yin Method - Metaphysical Method
• Quan Yin Method - Initiation
• Quan Yin Method - Master Ching Hai's use of the Quan Yin Method
• Quan Yin Method - Criticism

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• Western interpretations of Taoism - Academic interpretations
• Western interpretations of Taoism - Popular interpretations
• Western interpretations of Taoism - Links

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Wǔdāngquán (Chinese: 武當拳; Yale Cantonese: mou5 dong1 kyun4) is a family of Chinese martial arts known more generally as neijia. The name refers to the Wudang Mountains of Hubei Province, which are known for their many Taoist temples. The Chinese martial arts can be broadly sorted into two categories—Wudang and Shaolin—though not without controversy. Internal or "soft" styles of Chinese martial art are sometimes referred to as Wudang styles regardless of whether they originated or were developed in the temples of Wu ...

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