Month: December 2011

  • Dao De Jing 2 – Dualistic nature of worldly standards, vs. non-dual lifestyle of sages

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    Everyone know what is beauty, because of the concept of not-beauty; Everyone know what is virtue, because of the concept of not-virtue; -> quality behind the adjective “beauty” exists not independently, but co-dependently with a judgement/comparison to what considered “not beauty”. i.e. when one let go of labeling something as beautiful or ugly, there is be…

  • Dao De Jing 1 – Dao is beyond words and names, form and non form

    Dao De Jing 1 – Dao is beyond words and names, form and non form

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    “The Dao that can be spoken is not the enduring and unchanging Dao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name.” -> As Dao is beyond forms, words and names are only symbols and pointers of the Dao. “Nothingness, is the origin of heaven and earth; Beingness, is the mother of all…

  • Weekly Daodejing starting Dec20!

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    If you are interested in the wisdom of Laozi’s Daodejing, but you don’t have the privilege to come study here, here is the good news: Starting dec20,2011, I will be sharing my teachings of this sacred text, one chapter a week, with detail explanations and my interpretations of it.  I hope you will find them beneficial to your…

  • Welcome to Lisiming.com

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    This website is dedicated to the support and facilitation of spiritual development of all, integrating ancient wisdom from the Chinese civilization with modern research and understanding on body-mind-spirituality, providing information and clarification necessary to cultivate in the current world. Chinese Philosophy introduces classics from the Confucius, Daoist, and Buddhist schools; Contemporary Research presents modern research done on…

  • Winter in Wudang Mountain – 武当冬天

    Winter in Wudang Mountain – 武当冬天

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    First Snow in Winter 2011. It’s cold, but very quite and peaceful here.  Time to lay low, preserve the yang energy, and prepare for another year of challenges and growth. – 4 season regimen     2011年的冬季我们迎来了第一场雪。山上挺冷的，但是非常安静和平安。是时候减小活动，保护阳能，准备下一年的挑战和增长。 – 四季养生    

  • Confucius – Founder of Confucianism

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    Confucius Analects is a collection of dialogues between Confucius and his students. It is the core scripture of confucianism, which hugely affect the Chinese civilization for thousands of years and up to the present. In this core scripture, Confucius and his students discussed the importance of Virtue (Kindness, benevolence), Propriety (commonly accepted standards in society) in establishing one’s…