Category: Daoist theory
Three Ways of self Improvement
There are many diverse Daoist schools. Essentially, Three Ways of improvement can be differentiated in general: Lower, Middle, and Great. This classification is very ancient, and was used even by Great Immortal Grandmaster Lu...
Inner Alchemy
Inner Alchemy (内丹 – Neidan) is a set of higher level methods, which are based on meditative practices (打坐 – Dazuo) suggesting sitting in a motionless calm and silence (静坐 – Jinzuo). Their purpose...
Daoist breathing techniques (Tuna)
Tuna (吐纳) is Daoist breathing techniques. Breathing exercises are so important in Daoist practices that they are even highlighted in a special section called “Tuna» (吐纳 – «spitting [muddy] – receive [clean]”). Nobody will dispute...
What “nourishing of life” is ?
Nourishing of life (another variant – “science of vitality cultivation” or, in Chinese, “Yang Sheng Xue” (养生学) – is an ancient Daoist teaching about improvement of a human being. Herewith, it is improvement in...
