Sacred Places of Taoist Cultivation

[dao zhen]

10_Big_holes___36_small_hole_and_72_lucky_places_of_Taoism.doc

[VCraigP]

Hi there.

 

How can I download this in a form I can read?

 

What software do I need to show chinese characters on my webbrowser?

 

Can anyone else answer this question?

 

thanks

 

Craig

[gendao]

Many may notice that part of the Taoist clothing is to wear a very high white sock that covers the pants and rises to the knee - this wear is a symbol of "Walking on Clouds".

Wow, very interesting! I never knew that...

 

Thank you for your continued teachings, Jesse.

[Pietro]

Thanks Dao Zhen.

 

Hi there.

 

How can I download this in a form I can read?

 

What software do I need to show chinese characters on my webbrowser?

 

Can anyone else answer this question?

 

thanks

 

Craig

I think if someone suceeds in putting it in pdf format you should be able to see the chinese characters.

Do you read Chinese Craig? I am starting to look around for tools to help me start.

I tried to download the file and open it, but also for me some characters did not appear.

 

In any case I am adding the pdf attachment. Craig, you probably should be able to read (or see) most of it.

 

If anyone suceeds in opening it with all the characters in place in pdf format, could they please upload it.

 

Thanks,

Pietro

10_Big_holes___36_small_hole_and_72_lucky_places_of_Taoism.pdf

[Oolong Rabbit]

It shows fine for me. I believe you need to download an optional microsoft language pack for Asian characters.

[VCraigP]

Thanks Dao Zhen.

I think if someone suceeds in putting it in pdf format you should be able to see the chinese characters.

Do you read Chinese Craig? I am starting to look around for tools to help me start.

I tried to download the file and open it, but also for me some characters did not appear.

 

In any case I am adding the pdf attachment. Craig, you probably should be able to read (or see) most of it.

 

If anyone suceeds in opening it with all the characters in place in pdf format, could they please upload it.

 

Thanks,

Pietro

 

 

Thanks Pietro.

 

Ooooh lookie chinese characters. doooooh. I forgot , I don't read Chinese. Silly me I thought it would be a chinese and english article.

 

Ummm Dao Zhen thanks but what did you expect the other 95% of us who don't read chinese to do with this??

 

Maybe I'll print it out and wander around China. I'll learn the phrase "WTF does this line mean??' and point to my print out.

 

I'll go through each one, in order, asking people for directions as I go.

 

Sounds like a plan.

 

Craig

[Oolong Rabbit]

Ummm Dao Zhen thanks but what did you expect the other 95% of us who don't read chinese to do with this??

 

Is that his problem, or ours?

[de_paradise]

Use this chinese simp. to English for blocks of text.

 

http://world.altavista.com/tr

 

For example:

 

Luofu Mountain hole bead dazzling bright really day/("Yao" east, as soon as was "□"), between Guangdong Province 增城 Borrow the Luofu Mountain - Luofu Mountain also names the firewood mountain, Han Dynasty historian Sima Qian once compares with Luofu Mountain was "the Guangdong mountain". It is located the Chinese Guangdong Province Boluo County northeast part, stretches across Boluo County, longmen, increases the city three places, the total area more than 260 square kilometers, with is located within the boundaries of Chinese Guangdong Province Foshan Xijiao Mountain is the sisters mountain. Luofu Mountain's prominent peak is flies the cloud peak, the sea dials 1,296 meters. By the reputation is "the Lingnan first mountain".

 

I'm going there in a day or 2, I'll see if I FEEL the POWER of the PLACE.

Edited March 5, 2008 by de_paradise

[Wun Yuen Gong]

Dao Zhen,

 

Can you tell me if chi kung and meditation on the beach is ok, the sand is always charged by the sun so there would be lots of chi "No"?

 

I know alot of Yoga people use the beaches for yoga classes etc, i do early morning med, chi kung and sun gazing and moon gazing?

 

Does any Taoist practice do sun gazing and moon gazing that you know of?

 

WYG

[Pietro]

Is that his problem, or ours?

 

 

Yeah, guys. If you could chose between having a map of daoist places and read no Chinese. Or be proficient in Chinese but with no map, which one would you chose.

 

Chinese is obviously not easy, but it is possible. ANd by now you can find classes of mandarin in every major city. But a list of Daoist places where to practice might be much harder to find.

 

 

I have to say I am personally impressed by Dao Zhen. You might have already understood this by how I am semi-religiously doing his practice every day. (Look at my journal for details on this). But so many things that for years were legendary, are now starting to be in plain sight. And I find this to be possible thanks to this community, to the internet, and to people who are living all this and are willing to share. And Dao Zhen seem to be among the most generous ones. So I am really happy of how the whole situation is evolving.

 

ANd yes, I did wonder myself if we should have printed out the document, and then walked around, with the paper, pointing at it, looking for directions

[dao zhen]

Hello my friends.

 

I am very sorry this is not the translated version.

 

It is being translated now, but it takes time, and I may not be able to post it, as I have other obligations and plans taking shape in my life.

 

I will be offline in around 5 days from now, then back online in mid April.

 

I felt it was best to give this information, and at least if you have the document, you may find a way to translate it, or use it.

 

It is not common knowledge, or perhaps diffiuclt to find in English, so I felt it could be of value.

 

China is a place of great change and the industrial sector is growing very fast, as is local Chinese tourism to the well known Taoism areas.

 

So if you know how to practice, and have some foundation, it may be a great help to travel and cultivate in these sacred areas.

 

Perhaps download the Chinese charcter language pack to read it on the computer, and then print it off - and take the printed copy to someone in the Chinese community where you live and pay them to translate it.

 

Then you may have the English and Chinese language version.

 

Good luck in your practice and journey.

 

It is my sincere hope that the sacred places of Taoism can become places of self cultivation again with sincere Taoists from all over the world........

[VCraigP]

thank you for your contributions DZ.

 

I think you know I was playing. I really appreciate this. As Pietro said, better to have a map which may have the minor obstacle of translation, than no map at all.

 

Craig

 

Dao Zhen,

 

Can you tell me if chi kung and meditation on the beach is ok, the sand is always charged by the sun so there would be lots of chi "No"?

 

I know alot of Yoga people use the beaches for yoga classes etc, i do early morning med, chi kung and sun gazing and moon gazing?

 

Does any Taoist practice do sun gazing and moon gazing that you know of?

 

WYG

 

WYG

M.Winn says that where the earth meets the sea you have two polar forces coming together which blend and create neutral force Yin+Yang - Yuan. Thus the seaside is a powerful place to practice. But...often windy. Most if not all my teachers have emphasized not to practice in strong wind. My experience agrees with this.

But practice on the beach on a fine day is to me very nourishing.

 

I learned Sun gazing from my Qigong/Taiji teacher and moongazing with the same principles, a very simple process. I assume they are Taoist, or at least Chinese .

 

Craig

[Oolong Rabbit]

thank you for your contributions DZ.

 

I think you know I was playing. I really appreciate this. As Pietro said, better to have a map which may have the minor obstacle of translation, than no map at all.

 

Craig

WYG

M.Winn says that where the earth meets the sea you have two polar forces coming together which blend and create neutral force Yin+Yang - Yuan. Thus the seaside is a powerful place to practice. But...often windy. Most if not all my teachers have emphasized not to practice in strong wind. My experience agrees with this.

But practice on the beach on a fine day is to me very nourishing.

 

I learned Sun gazing from my Qigong/Taiji teacher and moongazing with the same principles, a very simple process. I assume they are Taoist, or at least Chinese .

 

Craig

 

Eva Wong discusses sun gazing, moon gazing and other taoist techniques to absorb chi from nature in the Shamballa Guide to Taoism that we are discussing in the book club.

[Wun Yuen Gong]

VpCraig,

 

Thanks for the response i feel the energy is very strong here and at night the stars and moon on the water is absolutely beautiful. We had an eqlipse about 4-5 months ago which turned the water RED and the moon was RED. I did my deep Wun Yuen Gong system and it was fantastic!

 

Oolong, thanks for the tips, does she mention how to do it?

 

In Wun yuen we have a set called Spirit Ape observes the moon, which is movements and looking at the moon!

 

regards

WYG