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Copyright © 2023 by Stuart Alve Olson
This ongoing series presents the origin and more traditional meanings of Taijiquan posture names, movements, and applications. Each installment provides Master Xu Yushengâs original text (1919), original photographs of Master Yang Chengfu, Master Chen Weiming (...
Translation © 2023 by Stuart Alve Olson
These translations of the Scripture on Tao and Virtue by Lao Zi (é ćŸ· ç¶ è è ć) include the rare commentary by Taoist Immortal Bai Yuchan (çœ ç èŸ, 1194â1229 CE), more popularly called the Jade Toad Immortal. Bai Yuchan was the fifth patriarch of the Southern Sch...
About the Year of the Rabbit (Hare)
Technically, this year should be called the âYear of the Hare,â as hares are swifter than rabbits. They are born with a coat of fur and have good vision, while rabbits are born naked and blind.
The Yin Water Hare is spiritually powerful this year. All hares an...
The text of the Mental Elucidation of the Thirteen Kinetic Postures first appeared approximately 300 years ago when a man called Wang Chongyue visited the Chen family and presented the text to Master Chen Wangting. Wang Chongyue was reportedly a student in the lineage of Zhang Sanfeng (the attribute...
The older I get the more I find myself confronted with the incidences of deathâfamily, friends, and acquaintances passing from this world appears unrelenting.
With Covid, collectively weâve had a heightened awareness of death over the last year and some months, and many of us have lost loved ones t...
This short scripture was most likely composed during the Tang dynasty (618 to 907 CE). The primary message and wisdom to be obtained from it are the realization of the dual mystery of the Daoâbeing is just non-being and non-being is just being.
When a person attains this wisdom, it is called âillum...
Size: 12âł by 24âł Wall Calendar
Order now from the Sanctuary of Tao to receive the calendar before the lunar Chinese New Year, January 22nd, 2023. This calendar starts on that date and follows the lunar cycle for the Year of the Rabbit.
This one-of-a-kind calendar combines the various elements of C...
When putting together our Taoist calendar it became clear to me how interconnected Taoism and Chinese astrology really are, with the roots of both having developed long before Taoism existed.
The primary text on Taoism, the Scripture on the Way and Virtue [éćŸ·ç¶, Dao De Jing) by Lao Zi (èć), never me...
Over the years weâve had many students question the purpose of using red envelopes in making offerings, gifts, and donations to others, so hereâs a brief explanation of this practice.
âRed envelopeâ (çŽ ć , Hong Bao) literally translates as âred package.â They are traditionally used in Chinese culture...
When a person of high learning hears about the Dao, they practice it diligently.
When a person of mediocre learning hears about the Dao, they hear it but donât really listen to it.
When a person of inferior learning hears about the Dao, they laugh about it loudly.
If the Dao was not laughed at, ...
This interview with Master T.T. Liang (1900 to 2002) was filmed when he was 93 years old. Master Liang was born during the 1st Moon, 23rd Day, and to celebrate his life and acknowledge his great influence, we recite his favorite text, the Tai Ji Quan Treatise, and chant the Great Compassion Mantra (...
