by Lü Dongbin, Tang Dynasty translated by Zheng Zhen (郑震) Nurture your qi, forget idle words, and calm your mind, focusing on the art of doing without doing. Recognize the source of movement and stillness; when you have nothing to do, seek nothing and no one else. Truly respond to things, but don’t be disturbed […]
The Heart Seal Sutra of the Supreme Jade Emperor
translated by Zheng Zhen(郑震) There are three types of top-grade medicine: jing[i], qi[ii], and shen[iii]. In a state like dream and trance, everything is vague and obscure, indistinct and enigmatic. Through keeping to nonbeing and focusing on being, the efficacy can be attained in an instant. Blended with the returning wind of breath, the miraculous […]
Fragment of the Taoist Classic The Scripture of the Intelligent Treasure
translated by Zheng Zhen(郑震) To observe the myriad things in the world with the eye of the One Mind, it is unnecessary to say that the myriad things are too excessive to handle; to interfere and disturb One Qi with the myriad things, don’t think that One Qi is insufficient to deal with the situation. To […]
The Classic Scripture of Constant Clarity and Tranquility Said by Lao-Tzu the Supreme Venerable Lord
translated by Zheng Zhen(郑震) Lao-Tzu said: The Great Tao is formless, yet it gives birth to both heaven and earth. The Great Tao is emotionless, yet it directs the movement of the sun and the moon. The Great Tao is nameless, yet it nourishes and sustains all things. I do not know its name, so […]
Into the Infinite – an ancient Chinese poem
Rise to the joyous clouds Hardly does man sense What is meant by boundlessness Good and evil are requited Be it sooner or late. Wherefore do Earth’s children strive Perversely after goods and power? Everything is foreordained. Not until the end do they perceive The great delusion. I saw this poem published in […]
Seek Great Tao in Tranquility
“The Grand Tao may only be recognized and achieved in a clear and peaceful state of mind; it cannot be sought through greedy schemes or chance encounters.” (“大道全凭静中得，岂在贪谋意外寻。”) “If one can maintain a constant state of clarity and tranquility, then the whole universe, including heaven and earth, will naturally return to and belong […]