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For each exercise, at least 5 minutes. The rocking exercise you can do for much longer because it takes full concentration to really recognize the difference in the shifting of weight and how to press with the feet from the hips and knees with as little muscle as possible.. haha For all the exercises, at least 5 minutes, but at most ... 15-35 minutes. The longer the better. There are so many combination practices that arise from those basic ones. The levels of practice are almost endless. One can go far with those basics, for those basics lead directly into some advanced practices...advanced only meaning advanced for one who can't handle certain applications of the cultivation. Peace, Lin

haha I practice Wing Chun for 9yrs now. You found my Wing Chun vids.. haha For those interested, here is the link to the Wing Chun vids: http://www.youtube.com/yunxing There are similar fundamentals to all systems, and very similar transitions in all systems. That is why my Taiji Quan looks like Wing Chun and Bagua and my Wing Chun looks like my Taiji and Bagua, Bagua looks like my Taiji and Wing Chun.. hahaha It is the transitions one must master. And the only way to do that is to learn physics...learn the body. Peace and Blessings, Lin

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I cultivate the Zheng Man Qing (Cheng Man Ching) Taiji Quan 37form. A few other things as well. Don't press the hips too far forward, just have them pulling down from the tail bone and with it pressed slightly forward, also remember not to bend too deep in the knees. :-D Peace and Blessings, Lin Peace and Blessings ..... Glad you like them

When practicing these methods, just be mindful of the posture, breath and keep from daydreaming about feelings, abilities and images that may appear. Peace and Blessings, Lin

Chiropractors aren't regulated to take 4 years of TCM study to get a license. They can take a several hour course...I believe its 30hours or a bit more, and then they are licensed and can be called Dr.s of Chinese Medicine. They don't need to have any real understanding of Chinese Medical Science because the Western Medical Associations do not view Chinese Medicine as a Science, let alone a medical practice worth anything...all because it actually works, and cures people. Unlike Western medicine which..... that's another thread. Peace, Lin

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My brother, your video helped me make a decision to post these. Thank you for the inspiration

Nice. I have several similar postures as well; Hand up at the forehead, palms turned out, up at 45deg. Palms directly pressing forward, arms straight, slightly bent. The two wing arms, have those in a movement fashion. Ya, some were of a few Wing Chun postures..lol .. resemble Wing Chun Postures. Bong Sau and Tan Sau...hehe Peace and Blessings, Lin

Update!!! The closest Airport to Staten Island, from where I am, is Newark Airport. Oolong Rabbit has a flight to Laguardia, and that's not a problem. La Guardia, I just found...lol... is about 45 mins - 1hr. to my home. Newark airport was the closer one, being about 25 mins. There is a motel off Victory Boulevard in Staten Island called The Victory Motel, or Hotel. I believe their prices are not too expensive. A place to host our cultivation meet is still in the works. There are a few places being looked at; In Brooklyn and Staten Island. We want to keep things close together in traveling. As time goes on, more will be updated. Peace and Blessings, Lin

haha Well, a vegetarian that is not cultivating proper views would get their butt kicked.. haha Why is it said life is suffering? Because living beings get stuck in their views and states, and do not know the causes of their experiences. This suffering... getting pulled in happiness, and then the next minute sadness. Having arguments with people, being with people whom you do not like... having views of like and dislike... all of these and more add to confusion. To not know one's causes and conditions just keeps one riding up and down on the waves of their own influence. Peace, Lin

Well, there is a a bit of an over sight with how people have translated what the Buddha meant by not eat meat. There are certain outcomes that will be for eating meat. Of course conditions must be considered. Yet, karma is karma, and they can be heavier and or lighter than other manners of karma. When the Buddha was in the world, because some of his disciples lived on barren land, and growing vegetables was not possible, he said, "I permit the bhikshus to eat 5 kinds of pure meat. This meat is a transformation by my spiritual powers and compassion. It has no life force. You Brahmans live in barren land where vegetables do not grow. So I assisted you with my powers and compassion. What you eat that tastes like meat, is said to be meat, but it isn't. After my extinction, how can those who eat the flesh of living beings be called the disciples of Shakya... You should know that these people who when their retribution ends, they are bound to sink into the seas of birth and death. They are not disciples of the Buddha. Such people as these kill and eat one another in a never-ending cycle, how can such people transcend the triple realm?" 5 types of meat ..."Flesh of an animal that I did not see killed, flesh of an animal that I did not hear killed, flesh of an animal that I am sure was not killed for my sake, flesh from an animal that died by itself, flesh that is the leaving of an animal after birds have scavenged. This meat is a transformation of brought into being by my spiritual powers, it has no life force..." -- The above quote is taken from the Four Instructions on Purity and commentary by Ven. Master Xuan Hua. The flesh is not from living creatures, no consciousness no temperature, no breath. The first 3 are according to the Buddha not seeing the animal getting killed, not hearing the animal getting killed and an animal not killed for his sake as an offering to him to eat. The last two means an animal that died without the help of other people or animals, and flesh that was not eaten by birds after they have eaten. Now since the Buddha was a human at one point, and went into Nirvana, his Buddha nature is the same as every living being. That means the 5 types of meat are not possible to be eaten now because all beings have the Buddha Nature, and thus the Buddha indeed hears an animal being killed, sees an animal being killed, receives an animal as an offering from others. An animal which dies by itself is that which has no influence to do so. Can anyone find one? Animals that have died and eaten by scavenging birds with leftovers to spare...can anyone find those? He said the above quoted words specifically because killing, or aiding the killing of living beings has its inevitable outcomes. Does anyone know about the hells? They are of the minds of living beings, created by them and experienced by them. Not eating meat isn't about religious fanaticism. Its about realizing the results of one's actions and choosing not to partake in those actions. What is funny is that which is not of the norm, and left to the side is seen as religious fanaticism. Desires seem to control what we think about right and wrong. Right and wrong are basic things that all beings know, but because of the education they receive in the world, they become confused. On bloodtpes and body types, One gets a body due to karma and all the conditions of that body are expressions of the manners of karma, retribution, one will under go for that life time. BUT if they work to change their habits, views and life style, it doesn't matter what kind of body they have, they can change its structure, make up and not have to live with certain"problems and needy conditions". So if one has a blood type that dr.s say must have meat, change the mind, change habits, and you wont need to eat meat. Because the body has conditions for it, doesn't make it right. The body is subject to mind and views. therefor change the mind and views, and the body transforms as well.

I agree plants feel.. one hundred percent agree. They even scream when being pulled from the ground, and chopped up.

Well, though killing is killing, the consciousness of the living being does play a role in the karma we create through killing. For instance, if the living being in its body has no sensation of emotional pain and suffering, then when they are physically killed, they will not actually feel a physical pain and thus not attach so much to the body when dying. In that respect, the killing of incalculable microorganisms isn't has heavy as that of killing a much larger, and more physically sensitive being. Also, not intentionally killing them, with concentrated emotion intended towards them, changes a bit of the karma. If in your heart/mind you are not looking to kill them, because of their physical make up and conditions of the mind, the karma isn't that heavy. If you want, which I do as well, keep in your mind an intention to let them know that you are about to drink them, and before you drink the water wait a moment to let them adjust to that realization, though their physical make up doesn't allow for much of that function because of their karma, it is a nice deed to do, and shows consideration for the living beings. In that sense, though emotionally they can't pick it up, they will feel uplifted without discriminating the feeling like other living beings do. Peace, Lin

Funny thing is I never seen a Buddhist text describe how to avoid things. On the contrary, Buddhist cultivation is to realize one's causes and conditions, and chang ethem, not avoid them. It is unfortunate there have been many ignorant famous Buddhist cultivators teaching incorrect things out there in history. Things like you state above require good physical stamina, such as shooting game, and hunting. If you can do these things, you are probably in good health already and are making a lot of money from that strong body and good health. Eating meat and cooking meat...well, back in the day, not many people had a lot of money, especially in China. Chinese people were not always rich, even during the Tang Dynasty. So eating meat was a symbol of having a lot of money, as is today. The more expensive the meat you buy, the more important you are seen. Today in China, the price of meat has risen a lot. But people still buy it so they don't look poor to their friends. They laugh at you if you are vegetarian, saying you are just too poor to buy meat. They mock you if you buy less expensive clothing, saying you are too old fashioned and not in with modern times, as well as too poor, a country hick, etc. And if you are Chinese, wearing Chinese clothing, you are mocked at 10 times worst, and viewed as a crazy person, out of touch with modern fashion and ways of the world. People never leave you alone in the streets. The difference with Buddhist and Daoist thought is that regardless of what conditions dictate, Buddhists realize how to change them and why its not good to stay in the flow of the ups and downs without consciously knowing the cause and effects of things. But then again, even though Daoists, some, may follow the Yi Jing, they do know that changing the conditions and causes are very important. They just don't sit back and for the sake of saying the Yi Jing is correct, do nothing about the prediction they received. --- Generally speaking: Lastly, just because a Daoist does something, doesn't make it right. We can't always look at the label DAO and assume its all natural and wonderful. Just because they believe in something doesn't make their belief wholesome. I've seen Daoist monks smoking cigarettes right on their temple grounds. The head monk told me its unfortunate that they are not cultivating properly, and smoking. But if you show the picture of the Daoist Monks smoking to westerners, they'll say, "Look, Look, he's smoking, he's a Daoist! It must be okay to smoke!". There are Buddhist monks who smoke int he Theravada Tradition saying its not breaking the precepts, and that its not an attachment. Its all Garbage what they say, yet people buy into it ignorantly. Meat was a status symbol in history, and still is today. Thus its display of having money and health integrated in the Yi Jing. Peace and Blessings, Lin

I agree, and never opposed that Buddhism was in China before Bodhidharma, yet "when Bodhidharma arrived in China, it was as if Buddhism wasn't there at all" - words of Ven. Master Xuan Hua. Yet the lineage line of Chan Patriarchs is as I stated. Whether people believe it or not doesn't change the lineage line. It is well documented in Buddhism that Hui Neng is the 6th Patriarch of the Chan tradition transmitted down from 32 Chan Patriarchs beginning with Shakyamuni Buddha. In China, Bodhidharma had the Chan Patriarch robe and bowl which was a symbol of having the proper Mind to Mind Seal of the Buddhas. He passed it to Master Hui Ko the 2nd Chan Patriarch, he passed it to Master Seng Zan 3rd Chan Patriarch, he passed it to Master Tao Xin 4th, he passed it to Master Hung Zhen 5th, and he passed it to Master Hui Neng the 6th Chan Patriarch. That is the rightful lineage of the Chan Patriarchs in China. Anything else is off the mark...haha Peace and Blessings, Lin

That is good to hear. I am relieved to hear such things come from Max Shifu. And what he says here is true indeed. I don't have any traditions to follow. Cultivation in general reveals answers. It only depends on which state we attach to in order to interpret what arises. Cultivation also teaches not to attach to states, therefore regarding something as proper and improper can lead to attachment to states unless it is used for specific functions, consciously. Peace, Lin

Thank you for that video. In both daily living without cultivation of mind and with cultivation of mind, regard for all living beings is fundamental. Even high level cultivators, which are wise, know that regard for others is most important. It is only states of mind where one will take advantage of another for their own benefit. It is not wise, and or enlightened to overwhelm another for your benefit, or for anyone's benefit despite the reason. This is why Buddhas are Buddhas, Bodhisattvas are Bodhisattvas, Immortals of great virtue and moral are as they are. Any one can do what is considered evil, and yet not everyone will do it. That is the basic difference. In the relative states, there is good and bad. Bad gets bad, good gets good. How you handle it is what forms your experience. Peace and Blessings, Lin

The fact is there is no death. Yet since living beings still are attached to views of self, death exists, and they perceive suffering, experience suffering. So to distinguish that which is not in the view of unwholesome, and to not empower the views of suffering, wise distinction of that which is life and death according to living beings is adhered to. Either way, it does matter because of cause and effect. And though many will say cause and effect are of the mind, and are not real, they themselves still fall into the mind of cause and effect, and if not, they then can come and go as they please. For those who do not hold onto views, they are free in the sense of views of freedom. But for those who have not let go of views, they are not free in that sense of views, and thus experience what they consider suffering. There can be an argument stating life and death don't exist, and so why bother caring in certain manners as to how others die. To say life and death don't exist is to say that there is absolutely nothing, and that once the body dies, there is annihilation. Annihilation is a state, and thus also false. Caring for others is a view that assists those who still hold on to views of a self. Peace and Blessings, Lin

Isn't it amazing the freakiness out there !?

You can check my website for two links; one of to the entire Sutra with commentary by Ven. Master Xuan Hua in adobe acrobat format. The other is a commentary of the entire Mantra by Ven. Master Xuan Hua. http://www.freewebs.com/jingxinyuanmgc/uph...ngthedharma.htm Peace and Blessings, Lin I'm not pointing any fingers but simply stating a concern. I do hope this is all wasteful and not needed. And if it is, then take the article and throw it in the garbage. There are so many cultivation methods out there that it is difficult to tell the wholesome from the unwholesome. Though there are characteristics of what is wholesome and not, sometimes those are difficult to tell due tot he views and teachings of living beings. Further advice, don't believe anything I say, write, or even teach. If it makes no sense to your own common sense, and logic, reasoning, it is useless. If none of what I write makes sense to you, then please disregard it altogether. If it offends your views, arguing about it will only cause more needless arguing. I am simply a cultivator of the Way, nothing more. Peace and Blessings, Lin

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This has become an interesting thread indeed... haha