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Daoist Cultivation, Book 29: Collection of Heart-Realizations by Liu Yiming: Daoist Inner Alchemy Teachings on the Cultivation of Xing and Ming
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Series: Daoist Cultivation, Book 29
General Eastern ReligionsI ChingTaoism
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ISBN13: 9798278887591
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 15 2025
Pages: 452
Weight: 1.32
Height: 0.91 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 15 2025
Pages: 452
Weight: 1.32
Height: 0.91 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Collection of Heart-Realizations (會心集) is a rare window into the inner life of a genuine Daoist adept-part confession, part manual, part laughter, part warning. Written by the Daoist master Liu Yiming, this four-scroll collection weaves together poems, songs, letters, and short essays that record a lifetime of cultivation. Here the reader meets a practitioner who hides in mountains yet walks in towns, who scolds disciples and laughs at himself, who studies the Zhou Yi and Dao De Jing by night and hauls bricks or rebuilds temples by day-always circling back to a single question: What does it really mean to live and die in accord with the Dao? The Collection of Heart-Realizations moves between outer and inner layers:
* Verses, songs, and travel records that expose the illusions of fame, wealth, romance, and spiritual vanity.
* Candid letters to students on Xing-Ming (性命) cultivation, the traps of false practice, and how to find a real teacher.
* Sharp yet compassionate critiques of side paths, superstition, and empty scholarship.
* Deep reflections on the unity of the Three Teachings (Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism) and what truly counts as heterodox.
* Vivid alchemical imagery-elixir, cauldron, dog-skin cloak, gourd, mountain hermitage, carefree wandering-recast as direct instructions to turn the heart back. Rather than offering a neat system, Liu Yiming opens his notebooks and lets the reader see his doubts, failures, insights, and vows. This is the Collection of Heart-Realizations in the true sense: the heart suddenly recognizing itself. This volume presents the Collection of Heart-Realizations in clear, contemporary English while preserving its alchemical depth and earthy humor. For practitioners of Daoism, Qigong/Neidan, and contemplative paths-or for anyone asking how not to waste a human life-this book is both a mirror and a companion on the road.
* Candid letters to students on Xing-Ming (性命) cultivation, the traps of false practice, and how to find a real teacher.
* Sharp yet compassionate critiques of side paths, superstition, and empty scholarship.
* Deep reflections on the unity of the Three Teachings (Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism) and what truly counts as heterodox.
* Vivid alchemical imagery-elixir, cauldron, dog-skin cloak, gourd, mountain hermitage, carefree wandering-recast as direct instructions to turn the heart back. Rather than offering a neat system, Liu Yiming opens his notebooks and lets the reader see his doubts, failures, insights, and vows. This is the Collection of Heart-Realizations in the true sense: the heart suddenly recognizing itself. This volume presents the Collection of Heart-Realizations in clear, contemporary English while preserving its alchemical depth and earthy humor. For practitioners of Daoism, Qigong/Neidan, and contemplative paths-or for anyone asking how not to waste a human life-this book is both a mirror and a companion on the road.
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