The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Manual of Inner Alchemy & Life

Manual of Inner Alchemy & Life 爱清子至命篇

Manual of Inner Alchemy & Life by Wang Qingsheng blends Southern Lineage alchemy with Confucian ethics. It interprets Wuzhen Pian and Lü Dongbin’s Qinyuan Chun, includes ritual diagrams, critiques immoral...

Manual of Inner Alchemy & Life 爱清子至命篇

Manual of Inner Alchemy & Life by Wang Qingsheng blends Southern Lineage alchemy with Confucian ethics. It interprets Wuzhen Pian and Lü Dongbin’s Qinyuan Chun, includes ritual diagrams, critiques immoral...

Direct Path to the Golden Elixir

Direct Path to the Golden Elixir 金丹直指

Direct Path to the Golden Elixir by Zhou Wusuozhu teaches that “nature is destiny.” Through 16 alchemical odes and Q&A, it equates Daoist inner alchemy with Chan Buddhist emptiness and...

Direct Path to the Golden Elixir 金丹直指

Direct Path to the Golden Elixir by Zhou Wusuozhu teaches that “nature is destiny.” Through 16 alchemical odes and Q&A, it equates Daoist inner alchemy with Chan Buddhist emptiness and...

Essentials of Longevity

Essentials of Longevity Daoist Classic 长生指要篇

Essentials of Longevity by Lin Ziran teaches inner alchemy rooted in Primordial Qi, linking breath, gaze, and cosmic rhythms. It integrates ethics, celestial timing, and tidal cycles—culminating in the “Golden...

Essentials of Longevity Daoist Classic 长生指要篇

Essentials of Longevity by Lin Ziran teaches inner alchemy rooted in Primordial Qi, linking breath, gaze, and cosmic rhythms. It integrates ethics, celestial timing, and tidal cycles—culminating in the “Golden...

The Direct Path of Inner Alchemy

The Direct Path of Inner Alchemy 碧虚子亲传直指

The Direct Path of Inner Alchemy by Fang Bizhu presents Southern Lineage Daoist practice grounded in “Primordial One Qi.” It stresses sequential cultivation—starting with life-force (ming), rejecting premature Zen emptiness—and...

The Direct Path of Inner Alchemy 碧虚子亲传直指

The Direct Path of Inner Alchemy by Fang Bizhu presents Southern Lineage Daoist practice grounded in “Primordial One Qi.” It stresses sequential cultivation—starting with life-force (ming), rejecting premature Zen emptiness—and...

Great Compendium of the Golden Elixir

Great Compendium of the Golden Elixir 金丹大成集

Great Compendium of the Golden Elixir by Xiao Tingzhi integrates Daoist alchemy, Chan insight, and Neo-Confucian cosmology. Features diagrams (e.g., Wuji, River Chariot), essays like Golden Elixir Discourse, and 100+...

Great Compendium of the Golden Elixir 金丹大成集

Great Compendium of the Golden Elixir by Xiao Tingzhi integrates Daoist alchemy, Chan insight, and Neo-Confucian cosmology. Features diagrams (e.g., Wuji, River Chariot), essays like Golden Elixir Discourse, and 100+...

Mystical Dialogues in Stillness

Mystical Dialogues in Stillness 静余玄问

Mystical Dialogues in Stillness records Bai Yuchan’s teachings on inner alchemy, “heart-death for spirit-life,” ritual cosmology, and critiques of Daoist terminology—emphasizing humility, unity with the mundane, and the identity of...

Mystical Dialogues in Stillness 静余玄问

Mystical Dialogues in Stillness records Bai Yuchan’s teachings on inner alchemy, “heart-death for spirit-life,” ritual cosmology, and critiques of Daoist terminology—emphasizing humility, unity with the mundane, and the identity of...