The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Ode to Giant Sesame

Ode to Giant Sesame 巨胜歌

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Ode to Giant Sesame: A 10-poem Daoist alchemy text by Liu Chongyong (10th c.), rejecting external elixirs. Teaches inner alchemy based on Yin-Yang, Lead-Mercury, and Qi unity: “All arises from...

Ode to Giant Sesame 巨胜歌

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Ode to Giant Sesame: A 10-poem Daoist alchemy text by Liu Chongyong (10th c.), rejecting external elixirs. Teaches inner alchemy based on Yin-Yang, Lead-Mercury, and Qi unity: “All arises from...

Song of the Mysterious Pearl

Song of the Mysterious Pearl 玄珠歌

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Song of the Mysterious Pearl, attributed to Tang or Five Dynasties “Master Tongxuan,” presents 30 seven-character poems on capturing the “Mysterious Pearl”—the inner golden elixir—and ascending to immortality through alchemical...

Song of the Mysterious Pearl 玄珠歌

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Song of the Mysterious Pearl, attributed to Tang or Five Dynasties “Master Tongxuan,” presents 30 seven-character poems on capturing the “Mysterious Pearl”—the inner golden elixir—and ascending to immortality through alchemical...

Heart-Mind Transmission from the Purple Primordial

Heart-Mind Transmission from the Purple Primord...

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Heart-Mind Transmission from the Purple Primordial, likely late Tang–Song Daoist text, rejects fasting, breath-holding, and external alchemy; teaches inner elixir via marrow-as-mercury, cosmic timing, and yin-yang union within the body’s...

Heart-Mind Transmission from the Purple Primord...

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Heart-Mind Transmission from the Purple Primordial, likely late Tang–Song Daoist text, rejects fasting, breath-holding, and external alchemy; teaches inner elixir via marrow-as-mercury, cosmic timing, and yin-yang union within the body’s...

Mirror of the Great Elixir

Mirror of the Great Elixir 大还丹照鉴

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Mirror of the Great Elixir, a 10th-century Daoist text in 34 verse chapters, rejects false alchemy and teaches inner elixir practice through cosmic symbols—true lead, mercury, fire, and water—as metaphors...

Mirror of the Great Elixir 大还丹照鉴

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Mirror of the Great Elixir, a 10th-century Daoist text in 34 verse chapters, rejects false alchemy and teaches inner elixir practice through cosmic symbols—true lead, mercury, fire, and water—as metaphors...

Treatise on the Great Elixir

Treatise on the Great Elixir 大还丹金虎白龙论

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Treatise on the Great Elixir, a late Tang Daoist text by Huanyangzi, rejects external alchemy and teaches inner cultivation: unite “dragon” (heart-fire) and “tiger” (kidney-water) through stillness, breath, and spirit...

Treatise on the Great Elixir 大还丹金虎白龙论

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Treatise on the Great Elixir, a late Tang Daoist text by Huanyangzi, rejects external alchemy and teaches inner cultivation: unite “dragon” (heart-fire) and “tiger” (kidney-water) through stillness, breath, and spirit...

Lingbao Inner Alchemy Manual

Lingbao Inner Alchemy Manual 灵宝大炼内旨行持机要

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Lingbao Inner Alchemy Manual, a Tang-Song Daoist text, details an esoteric self-liberation rite: visualize an inner infant, transform it into a luminous pearl, purify karmic souls through cosmic light, water,...

Lingbao Inner Alchemy Manual 灵宝大炼内旨行持机要

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Lingbao Inner Alchemy Manual, a Tang-Song Daoist text, details an esoteric self-liberation rite: visualize an inner infant, transform it into a luminous pearl, purify karmic souls through cosmic light, water,...