Cobie

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  1. 2023 Winter Solstice

    Best wishes for the New Year!
  2. Reflecting on TDB

    The theory: The human side of life:
  3. How empty is no emptiness meditation?

    Imo these methods are meant for introspection; and not for shutting up other people to protect your own ego.
  4. Siddhi - The mundane is the same as the mystical

    I thought this post fitted exactly here in this thread.
  5. Unpopular Opinions

    (Pun) ‘lifting weights with your junk’ is ‘bollocks’.
  6. @Taoist Texts imo all the other virtues require “continence”, so it all comes down to 虛心 。
  7. 節 jié - (Traditional form of 节) 义 yi4 - righteousness, justice Yippee, you agree.
  8. Actual purpose of the dantian?

    A very long time ago, I had similar experience. A person that didn’t want me to ‘sit’ (and think), in case that would lead to leaving them (as inevitably it did ).
  9. Actual purpose of the dantian?

    True. Then again in modern Chinese 丹田 dan tian means ‘pubic region’.
  10. There are several major differences between Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism.
  11. What’s euphemistically called ‘footbinding’, started in the period of the rise of Neo-Confucianism.
  12. nbsp? not buddhist similar practices?
  13. Hi, book recommendations for a beginner?

    Hi. That’s a lot of books! Welcome to the forum.
  14. Hello

    Hi Jenn. Great intro. Welcome to the forum.