Introduction to Taoism Q&A

What is Zhuji 筑基 in Taoism?

What is Zhuji 筑基 in Taoism?

Taoist foundation building is the initial practice, like laying a house foundation. It strengthens the body, enriches primordial essence, crucial for advanced inner alchemy and future cultivation success.

What is Zhuji 筑基 in Taoism?

Taoist foundation building is the initial practice, like laying a house foundation. It strengthens the body, enriches primordial essence, crucial for advanced inner alchemy and future cultivation success.

What is Xiao Zhou Tian 小周天?

What is Xiao Zhou Tian 小周天?

Xiao Zhou Tian, the first stage of Taoist Neidan, refines essence into qi, called "100-day foundation building". It circulates internal qi along Ren and Du meridians to replenish energy and...

What is Xiao Zhou Tian 小周天?

Xiao Zhou Tian, the first stage of Taoist Neidan, refines essence into qi, called "100-day foundation building". It circulates internal qi along Ren and Du meridians to replenish energy and...

What is Expelling the Stale and Inhaling the Fresh 吐故纳新?

What is Expelling the Stale and Inhaling the Fr...

Tuguna inhaling fresh air, a Taoist practice. Cited in Zhuangzi, Yunji Qiqian links it to immortality.

What is Expelling the Stale and Inhaling the Fr...

Tuguna inhaling fresh air, a Taoist practice. Cited in Zhuangzi, Yunji Qiqian links it to immortality.

What is WaiDan 外丹?

What is WaiDan 外丹?

Waidan, once "alchemy", renamed by Taoism to differ from "neidan". It uses furnaces to refine minerals into immortality elixirs like golden elixirs.

What is WaiDan 外丹?

Waidan, once "alchemy", renamed by Taoism to differ from "neidan". It uses furnaces to refine minerals into immortality elixirs like golden elixirs.

What is Four Modes of Birth 四生?

What is Four Modes of Birth 四生?

Taoism's Four Births are viviparity (humans, livestock), oviparity (birds), damp birth (fish, insects), and transformation birth (butterflies), covering all sentient beings' life cycles.

What is Four Modes of Birth 四生?

Taoism's Four Births are viviparity (humans, livestock), oviparity (birds), damp birth (fish, insects), and transformation birth (butterflies), covering all sentient beings' life cycles.

What is Observing the Gengshen Day 守庚申?

What is Observing the Gengshen Day 守庚申?

Shou Gengshen, or "guarding/beheading three corpses", involves staying awake meditating on Gengshen days to eliminate them, key for immortality in Taoism.

What is Observing the Gengshen Day 守庚申?

Shou Gengshen, or "guarding/beheading three corpses", involves staying awake meditating on Gengshen days to eliminate them, key for immortality in Taoism.