Path to Physical Transcendence (Tian Xian/Paramukta)

[ChiDragon]

19 minutes ago, Cobie said:

It also has that meaning,, yes. But the primary (according to my dictionary  )  meaning is ‘sun’. 
 

 

白日 is compound character. In the ancient, basically, it means the sun. In the present, it was used as daytime(白天).

Edited December 1, 2022 by ChiDragon

[Cobie]

@ChiDragon Sorry, I got that wrong. Kroll lists 白日 (bai2 ri4) as “white light of day, broad daylight”.
 

Thanks for all the info. I gather that:

- daytime ghosts (in the TT post) are an anomaly; normally 鬼 (gui3) appear at night only

- 魂  (hun2 gui3) also ascends to the sky; so the ‘daytime’ is needed to denote 仙 (xian1)

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魄 (po4 gui3) is the descending one, or does it just disappear with the body?
 

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仙 (xian1) are rare. Lots of ‘normal’ people die in the ‘daytime’. So I gather 白日 refers to being able to appear in daylight (rather than ascending/leaving in daylight).

 

 

 

Edited December 1, 2022 by Cobie

[ChiDragon]

54 minutes ago, Cobie said:

魂  (hun2 gui3) also ascends to the sky; so the ‘daytime’ is needed to denote 仙 (xian1)

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魄 (po4 gui3) is the descending one, or does it just disappear with the body?

魂魄, in general, is simply means the soul and the body all together as a whole. The soul(魂) become the ascending part which become Xian(仙) after it ascend from its body.

魄 is the body which remains on earth after the soul has left.
 

Edited December 1, 2022 by ChiDragon

[dragonmaster]

As a reference to all, reading about Shijie will also greatly illuminate this subject. I’m researching it now, will share more info as I find

[ChiDragon]

1 hour ago, dragonmaster said:

Shijie

What are the characters for this?