Understanding Reality - Taoist Alchemical Classic by Chang Po-tuan - With a Concise Commentary by Liu I-ming - Tr from the Chinese by Thomas Cleary (1987).pdf

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UNDER­
STANDING
REALITY
A Taoist Alchemical Classic
by Chang Po-tuan
With a Concise Commentary
by Liu 1-ming
Translated fron1 the Chinese
by T homas Cleary
University of Hawaii Press
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Honolulu
CONTENTS
Ackn owled gmen ts
IX
Foreword
xi
Introd uction
1
Yin and yang
3
The five elements
8
Essence and life
14
The use of
I
Ching
signs
Praxis
19
Notes
22
17
Understanding Reality : A D irect Explanation
I.
23
Sixteen verses , representing " eight ounces " of yin and
"eight ounces" of yang , forming " one pound " of elixir
25
II . Sixty-four verses , modeled on the number of signs in the
I
Ching
57
1-2
On the crucible and furnace
59
3-4
On the crescent moon furnace
62
5-8
On the true lead
63
9
On using lead
67
10
On not using lead
68
11
On lead and mercu ry
69
12
On the one energy of nothingness
70
13
On water and fire
71
14
On heaven-earth and earth-earth
72
15- 16
On inverting water and fire
73
17
On the five elements
75
18
On the two poles
76
v
VI
Contents
On the metal man
82
25
On the beautiful girl
83
26
27-28
On the firing process
85
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36-37
38
39-40
41
42
43
44
45-46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62-63
64
19-20
On harmonization
77
21
On the dragon and tiger
79
22-24
On cultivating the self 80
On the firing process of gathering the medicine
87
On the firing process of extraction and addition
87
On the firing process of incubation
88
On the firing process of forming the embryo
89
On yin and yang returning to the center
90
On bathing
91
On cultural cooking and martial refining
92
On the meanings of hexagrams
94
On the beginning of yang and culmination of yin
96
On the mysterious female
97
On essence and sense
100
On doing
101
On female and male
102
On being and non being
103
On ingestion of the elixir
104
On the elixir crystallizing from within
106
On medicine coming from without
107
On the two elixirs, inner and outer
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On positive vitality
109
On returning to the root
110
On the sword of wisdom
111
On harmonious com bination of essence and sense
112
On gradual and sudden
113
On the supreme ease of crystallizing the elixir
114
On difficulty and ease
115
On the mechanism of takeover
116
On thorough investigation of principle
117
On seeking a teacher
117
On stopping machi nation
118
On stopping at sufficiency
119
On life and death
121
On mixing with ordinary society and integrating
illumination
122
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III . One verse representing the Great One engulfing true energy
IV. Twelve verses on the moon over the West River, representing
the twelve months
129
V.
125
Five verses , representing the five elements , metal , wood , water,
fire , earth
15 1
The Outer Collection
157
I . Four four-line verses
159
II . Verses on various themes
On the essential ground
162
On birth and death
162
The three realms are only mind
163
Seeing mind in things
164
Equalizing beings
164
Mind itself is Buddha
165
U nminding
166
O n the
Heart ScnjJture
168
No sin or merit
169
Complete pervasion
170
Going along with it
170
The jewel moon
171
Picking up the pearl
171
Pointing out errors in meditation
17 3
Song on reading Ch ' an M aster Hsueh-tou 's
A nthology on
Eminent Adepts
177
Interpretation of discipline , concentration , and wisdom
179
The moon on the West River-twelve verses
181
Glossary
191
Readings
203
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks are due to a number of people for their invaluable assistance in
this project : to Wang Po-hsueh , for unparalleled inspiration in Taoist
studies ; to Wong Leok Yee and Liu Shih - i , for their help in the study and
interpretation of Taoist teachings on spirit and energy ; and to Sh a-ch ' uan
Ho-tzu , the most remarkably ordinary person I h ave ever met , for unique
demonstrations of the art of integrating being and non being .
T.C.

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