Giano

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    Hello,

     

    This has probably already been covered somewhere in the forum but I didn't have much luck searching it and with google.

     

    There's a classic alchemy text in the form of a dialogue between the two immortals Zhong Li and Lu Dongbin. Can anyone tell me if there's a complete English edition/book of that?

     

    I would really appreciate if someone could give me some info about that.

     

    Thanks in advance

     

    Giano

  2. Posted

    What a wonderful presentation!!!!!

     

    Thanks for sharing!

     

    Positive comments:

     

    The presentation was not corrupted with Buddhist concepts as most that I have watched have been.

     

    The presentation was very true to the Tao Te Ching as I understand it.

     

    The only criticism I have is that I heard the phrase "soft and weak" (but only once). I dislike the word "weak" because it has too many negative connotations. I believe the more appropriate word would be "flexible". In fact, all subsequent discussion of the concept in the presentation did use words like flexible and pliable.

     

    Again, thanks for sharing that.

     

     

    That's a good point...I agree...flexible is more appropriate...thanks!

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    Hello everybody!...I'm Italian and I've been living in London for the last 7 years. I'm glad to have found this community of like minded people who share the same passion for Taoism.

     

    After many years of thinking of it I'm now planning a trip to China (short staying though...about 2 weeks). I obviously would like this to be a unique and inspiring experience.

     

    I enjoy martial arts (I've been practicing shaolin gong fu for many years) and for what I researched it seems to me quite easy to approach one of the taoist martial arts academys at the wudang mountain...but what I'm really looking for this trip is to go some place and meet some teachers that could teach me or at least give me some insights on the philosophical and metaphysical aspects of taoism (e.g. alchemy)...

     

    If any of you, who is aware of such places or teachers approachable by a Westerner English speaker, would like to share some information would be great and I would be infinitely grateful.

     

    Thank you!

    Peace!