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The seven emotions are happiness (xi, 喜), anger (nu, 怒), sorrow (ai, 哀), joy (le, 樂), love (ai, 愛), hate (hen, 恨), and lust (yu,
Yang Jwing-Ming • The Dao De Jing: A Qigong Interpretation
The spirit (shen, 神) resides at the bottom of the space between the two lobes of the brain at the location of the limbic system.
Yang Jwing-Ming • The Dao De Jing: A Qigong Interpretation
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Bob Flaws • The Tao of Healthy Eating
Hung-jan was apparently the first of the Patriarchs to have any large following, for it is said that he presided over a group of some five hundred monks in a monastery on the Yellow Plum Mountain (Wang-mei Shan) at the eastern end of modern Hupeh, He is, however, much overshadowed by his immediate successor, Hui-neng (637–713), whose life and teach
... See moreAlan W. Watts • The Way of Zen
LI JUNG says, “Although sages perform virtuous deeds, they expect no reward and try to keep their virtue hidden.
Red Pine • Lao-tzu's Taoteching
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Liu, Cixin • The Three-Body Problem
A student asked master Joshu, "What is Buddha?"
Joshu answered, "Three pounds of flax."
The student was enlightened.
The merchant who overheard this doubled his flax prices.
Tina He • The Art of Understanding What's Going On
The spiritual descendants of Huai-jang and Hsing-ssu live on today as the two principal schools of Zen in Japan, the Rinzai and the Soto. In the two centuries following the death of Hui-neng the proliferation of lines of descent and schools of Zen is quite complex, and we need do no more than consider some of the more influential individuals.24 The
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