The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Jiéyùn - the intersection of cosmic cycles and personal destiny in Taoist practice

Jieyun (劫运): The Cyclical Destiny of Kalpas in ...

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Jieyun is the kalpic destiny—continuous karmic momentum across cosmic cycles. From Huangting Jing: “from kalpa to kalpa, the true scripture saves the world.” Transformable through cultivation and ritual.

Jieyun (劫运): The Cyclical Destiny of Kalpas in ...

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Jieyun is the kalpic destiny—continuous karmic momentum across cosmic cycles. From Huangting Jing: “from kalpa to kalpa, the true scripture saves the world.” Transformable through cultivation and ritual.

The Small Kalpa (Xiǎojié) - a human-scale cycle of 16.79 million years in Taoist time cosmology

Xiaojie : The Minor Kalpa in Taoist Cosmology 小劫

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Xiaojie (Minor Kalpa): shorter cosmic cycle within the Major Kalpa. Heaven revolves 3,600 cycles, earth turns 3,300 degrees; yang flourishes, yin diminishes. Lasts 10,800 years. Also spiritual trials.

Xiaojie : The Minor Kalpa in Taoist Cosmology 小劫

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Xiaojie (Minor Kalpa): shorter cosmic cycle within the Major Kalpa. Heaven revolves 3,600 cycles, earth turns 3,300 degrees; yang flourishes, yin diminishes. Lasts 10,800 years. Also spiritual trials.

The Great Kalpa (Dàjié) - the cosmic dissolution that precedes renewal in Taoist cosmology

Dajie : The Major Kalpa in Taoist Cosmology 大劫

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Dajie (Major Kalpa): complete world cycle of formation, existence, destruction, renewal. Triggered by yang exhaustion (9,900 cycles) and yin upheaval (9,300 turns). From Shangqing scriptures.

Dajie : The Major Kalpa in Taoist Cosmology 大劫

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Dajie (Major Kalpa): complete world cycle of formation, existence, destruction, renewal. Triggered by yang exhaustion (9,900 cycles) and yin upheaval (9,300 turns). From Shangqing scriptures.

The cosmic cycle of jié - vast eons of creation and dissolution in Taoist cosmology

Jie (劫): Cosmic Cycles of Transformation in Taoism

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Jie (kalpa) are vast cosmic cycles of world destruction and renewal. Two types: Major Kalpa (complete world cycle) and Minor Kalpa (shorter catastrophes). From Lingbao scriptures.

Jie (劫): Cosmic Cycles of Transformation in Taoism

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Jie (kalpa) are vast cosmic cycles of world destruction and renewal. Two types: Major Kalpa (complete world cycle) and Minor Kalpa (shorter catastrophes). From Lingbao scriptures.

The Yellow Springs (Huángquán) - The subterranean realm of yin energy in Taoist cosmology

Huangquan (黄泉): The Yellow Springs in Taoist Co...

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Huangquan (Yellow Springs) is the subterranean realm of the dead in Chinese cosmology. First recorded in Zuo Zhuan (722 BCE). In Taoism, it forms the yin counterpart to heaven, central...

Huangquan (黄泉): The Yellow Springs in Taoist Co...

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Huangquan (Yellow Springs) is the subterranean realm of the dead in Chinese cosmology. First recorded in Zuo Zhuan (722 BCE). In Taoism, it forms the yin counterpart to heaven, central...

Five-directional mountain ranges in traditional Chinese ink painting, representing the Five Directions

Wu Fang Liu Guo: Five Directions and Six States...

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Wu Fang Liu Guo: Five Directions and Six States in Taoist geography. Based on Five Elements, from the Yunji Qiqian.

Wu Fang Liu Guo: Five Directions and Six States...

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Wu Fang Liu Guo: Five Directions and Six States in Taoist geography. Based on Five Elements, from the Yunji Qiqian.