The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Pure luminous void with no form or image, representing Shengren Tu the Taoist Sage Land

Shengren Tu: The Sage Land in Taoist Pure Land ...

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Shengren Tu (Sage Land) is the third pure land, corresponding to the Yuqing Realm. Its formless, imageless sages survive all cosmic catastrophes (six disasters) and never regress. From Daojiao Yishu.

Shengren Tu: The Sage Land in Taoist Pure Land ...

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Shengren Tu (Sage Land) is the third pure land, corresponding to the Yuqing Realm. Its formless, imageless sages survive all cosmic catastrophes (six disasters) and never regress. From Daojiao Yishu.

Ethereal realm of flowing qi and luminous void, representing Zhenren Tu the Taoist Perfected Land

Zhenren Tu: Perfected Land – Second Pure Land i...

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Zhenren Tu (Perfected Land) is the second Taoist pure land, corresponding to the Shangqing Realm. Inhabitants are perfected beings who neither eat nor die, dissolve into qi, and never regress....

Zhenren Tu: Perfected Land – Second Pure Land i...

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Zhenren Tu (Perfected Land) is the second Taoist pure land, corresponding to the Shangqing Realm. Inhabitants are perfected beings who neither eat nor die, dissolve into qi, and never regress....

Immortal realm with jade pools and golden terraces in ink painting, representing Xianren Tu the Taoist Immortal Land

Xianren Tu: The Immortal Land in Taoist Pure La...

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Xianren Tu (Immortal Land) is the lowest of five Taoist pure lands, corresponding to the Taiqing Realm. Inhabitants are immortals who may regress if they stop cultivating. From Daojiao Yishu.

Xianren Tu: The Immortal Land in Taoist Pure La...

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Xianren Tu (Immortal Land) is the lowest of five Taoist pure lands, corresponding to the Taiqing Realm. Inhabitants are immortals who may regress if they stop cultivating. From Daojiao Yishu.

Radiant pure land adorned with jewels under luminous canopies, representing the Taoist pure land concept

Jing Tu: Five Pure Lands in Taoist Salvation Do...

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Jing Tu (Pure Lands) in Taoism are ideal realms for salvation. Five types: Immortal, Perfected, Sage, Celestial Worthy, Sentient Being. Rebirth requires virtue, sincerity, and merit. From Daojiao Yishu.

Jing Tu: Five Pure Lands in Taoist Salvation Do...

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Jing Tu (Pure Lands) in Taoism are ideal realms for salvation. Five types: Immortal, Perfected, Sage, Celestial Worthy, Sentient Being. Rebirth requires virtue, sincerity, and merit. From Daojiao Yishu.

Layered ink painting of vast cosmic worlds extending infinitely, representing the Great Thousand Worlds in Taoist cosmology

Da Qian Shi Jie: Great Thousand Worlds Taoist C...

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Da Qian Shi Jie (Great Thousand World) is the largest unit in Taoist cosmology: 1,000 worlds form a Small Thousand, 1,000 Small form a Medium, 1,000 Medium form a Great...

Da Qian Shi Jie: Great Thousand Worlds Taoist C...

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Da Qian Shi Jie (Great Thousand World) is the largest unit in Taoist cosmology: 1,000 worlds form a Small Thousand, 1,000 Small form a Medium, 1,000 Medium form a Great...

Yin-yang convergence in traditional Chinese ink painting, contrasting dark and light washes merging, representing the Yin Yang Jia school

Yin Yang Jia: The Yin-Yang School of Chinese Ph...

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Yin Yang Jia was a Warring States school systematizing yin-yang and five elements. Zou Yan's theories: Five Virtues Cycle (dynastic succession) and Great Nine Provinces cosmology. Lost texts, preserved in...

Yin Yang Jia: The Yin-Yang School of Chinese Ph...

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Yin Yang Jia was a Warring States school systematizing yin-yang and five elements. Zou Yan's theories: Five Virtues Cycle (dynastic succession) and Great Nine Provinces cosmology. Lost texts, preserved in...