Neidan, or internal alchemy (traditional Chinese: 內丹術; simplified Chinese: 內丹术; pinyin: nèidān shù), is an array of esoteric doctrines and physical, mental...
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theoretical cornerstones in traditional Chinese medicine and practices such as neidan, qigong, and tai chi. They are also known as jing, qi, and shen (Chinese:...
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Chinese alchemy (section Inner alchemy (Neidan))
The term Neidan can be divided into two parts: Nei, meaning inner, and Dan, which refers to alchemy, elixir, and cinnabar (mercury). Neidan uses techniques...
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Liu Yiming (section Main commentaries to Neidan texts)
He was one of the main representatives of Taoist Internal Alchemy, or Neidan. He was an 11th-generation master of one of the northern branches of the...
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techniques. Some examples are Daoyin "guide and pull" breathing exercises, Neidan "internal alchemy" techniques, Neigong "internal skill" practices, Qigong...
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two main kinds of alchemy, internal alchemy (neidan) and external alchemy (waidan). Internal alchemy (neidan, literally: "internal elixir"), which focuses...
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Dōng pài), Neidan Dong Taoism (内丹東派 Nèidān dōng pài) Hsien-t'ien Tao Kunlun Taoism Western Taoism Xi Taoism or Western Taoism (西派 Xi pài), Neidan Xi Taoism...
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other natural substances in a luted crucible. The later branch of esoteric neidan 'inner alchemy', which borrowed doctrines and vocabulary from exoteric waidan...
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or life force energy. The dantian are important points of reference in neidan, qigong, neigong, daoyin, Taoist sexual practices, reiki and other self-cultivation...
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t'u) is a Daoist "inner landscape" diagram of the human body illustrating Neidan 'internal alchemy', Wu Xing, Yin and Yang, and Chinese mythology. The name...
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Quanzhen School specializes in the process of "alchemy within the body" or Neidan (internal alchemy), as opposed to Waidan (external alchemy which experiments...
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ISBN 0-86568-174-0 Neigong.net is a site devoted to original texts of neigong, neidan, neijia and qigong Video of Nei Kung practitioner, John Chang website for...
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human body illustrating the preventative Chinese medical principles called Neidan 'internal alchemy', incorporating Chinese astrology, and cosmology. The...
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Three Treasures (virtues) Five Precepts Ten Precepts Meditation Alchemy Neidan Waidan Bugang Chu Diet (Bigu) Sexual practices Art Fulu Priesthood Texts...
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techniques. In the early 700s, Neidan (also known as internal alchemy) was adopted by Daoists as a new form of alchemy. Neidan emphasized appeasing the inner...
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the "external pill", or Waidan (外丹). By contrast, "internal alchemy", or Neidan (内丹), was thought to create an immortal body within the corporeal body,...
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beads”, in the form of Kitsune’s starball and Huli Jing’s “golden elixir” neidan) is the existence of a 'yeowoo guseul' (여우구슬, literally meaning fox marble)...
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History of Song. He is widely considered to be one of the earliest masters of neidan, or internal alchemy. He is also depicted in art dressed as a scholar carrying...
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latter group—called Wudangquan—are those with a strong element of Taoist neidan exercises. Typical examples of Wudangquan are tai chi, xingyiquan, Bajiquan...
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Nature and Vital Force) is a comprehensive Ming dynasty (1368-1644) text on neidan ("internal alchemy") self-cultivation techniques, which syncretistically...
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immortal") who was a patriarch of the Quanzhen School, and a master of neidan "internal alchemy" techniques. Liu Haichan is associated with other Daoist...
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series, Neji Hyūga's name and techniques were based on neijia. Dantian Neidan Neo-Confucianism Taijitu Waijia Mitchell, Damo (2014). Daoist Nei Gong:...
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chemistry-based waidan 外丹 "external elixir/alchemy" to physiology-based neidan 內丹 "internal elixir/alchemy" gave new analogous meanings to old terms. The...
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Neidan Illustration of Bringing Together the Four Symbols 和合四象圖, 1615 Xingming guizhi...
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shengtai ("sagely embryo") in a context of physiological neidan Internal Alchemy, and neidan adepts developed prolonged meditation techniques through...
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(Chinese: 太乙金華宗旨; pinyin: Tàiyǐ Jīnhuá Zōngzhǐ) is a Chinese Taoist book on neidan (inner alchemy) meditation, which also mixes Buddhist teachings with some...
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