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    No, clean hands are a must -- the process of change refuses to get exposed to filth.

     

    Master Tung-kuo asked Chuang Tzu, "This thing called the Way-where does it exist?"

    Chuang Tzu said, "There's no place it doesn't exist."

    "Come," said Master Tung-kuo, "you must be more specific!"

    "It is in the ant."

    "As low a thing as that?"

    "It is in the panic grass."

    "But that's lower still!"

    "It is in the tiles and shards."

    "How can it be so low?"

    "It is in the piss and shit."

     

    YM

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    As I understand it, there are only a handful of people who claim to have learned from Wang Liping. He is apparently very private, and few Daoists even in China seem to know about him. And of course David Verdesi claims to be a student of his.

     

    My questions are aimed at everyone who is not a student of David Verdesi. I've read a lot about who Wang Liping is, from the book and from David Verdesi's students, but from no one else.

     

    Has anyone seen a photo of Wang Liping? Has anyone heard of him being recognized in an official sense in China? Are there any articles about him anywhere? Has anyone on here ever met him? And does anyone know (not from the book and hearsay) what Wang Liping teaches?

     

    Wang is well known in China and he is in good terms with the Daoist Association i.e. with the goverment.

     

    After the 'qigong' turmoil generated by FLG and others the situation seems to be coming back to normal here, and Wang like others is starting to teach more openly.

     

    He was last year on august at a Daoist Forum in Hainan where he taught many courses.

     

    Last I spoke to his group they were based in Dalian

     

    YM

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    The Three Treasures take different shape on the path of a Daoist.

     

    At the beginning they are those from Laozi's Chapter 67:

     

    I have three treasures that I hold and cherish.

     

    The first is compassion,

     

    The second is frugality,

     

    The third is not daring to put myself ahead of everybody.

     

     

     

    Having compassion, I can be brave.

     

    Having frugality, I can be generous.

     

    Not daring to put myself ahead of everybody

     

    I can take the time to perfect my abilities.

     

    Now if I am brave without compassion

     

    Generous without frugality, or

     

    Go to the fore without putting my own concerns last,

     

    I might as well be dead.

     

     

     

    If you wage war with compassion you will win.

     

    If you protect yourself with compassion you will be impervious.

     

    Heaven will take care of you,

     

    Protecting you with compassion.

     

    [Muller]

     

    Further down in the path they are:

     

    -Dao (Tao)

    -Jing (the scriptures)

    -Shi (the teacher)

     

    Only later they can be jing/qi/shen.

     

    YM