Trunk

@Vajra Fist, Thanks for the reading references. “.. transformative prayers available to the layperson.” yup! ”.. vehicle for awakening bodhicitta .. benefitting beings .. “ The mani mantra is a really kind balanced mantra .. reflective of GuanYin’s role, effects, cultural place. A lot could be said about how broad the appeal of GuanYin is, across regions, traditions, genders .. and the deity yoga process - the simplest form, just offerings and an altar .. tempting to sketch out the simplest. I’m just rambling now. - Trunk

Happy new year! A few weeks ago I posted this mani essay - then got an itch to rewrite a poorly written paragraph. I'm afraid I'm going senile because, turns out, there was a ton o' rewrite to do - and I feel better that I've hacked through that. Now, posting this mani mantra ~ secret style essay to the community to kick the tires, testing for bullet-proof: #1 does it communicate clearly? I'm trying to make the concepts commonly accessible (not just to us esoteric nerds) #2 other editorial comments https://johndaoproductions.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/mani-mantra-secret-style-a-primer/ cheers, Trunk

I've updated edited my little zhan zhuang primer to include relevant external video links of both Damo Mitchell and Sifu Matsuo, to address the circulation~stagnation (and tissue development & energetic refinement) issues, re: zhan zhuang. And edited my own text a bit. Damo's video short made me chew on this. Good.

@Gamaya, Welcome! to TDBs. - Trunk

@GreenFire9993, Welcome! to TDBs. - Trunk

DbDante, Welcome! - Trunk

Welcome to TDBs! - Trunk

Welcome, take a look around. - Trunk