TAO and LONGEVITY(静坐修道与长生不老)
分類: 图书,医学,中医学,中医预防、卫生学,
品牌: 南怀瑾
基本信息·出版社:东方出版社
·页码:179 页
·出版日期:2008年
·ISBN:7506032724/9787506032728
·条形码:9787506032728
·包装版本:1版
·装帧:平装
·开本:16
·正文语种:英语
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内容简介人,充满了多欲与好奇的心理。欲之最大者,莫过于求得长生不死之果实;好奇之最甚者,莫过于探寻天地人我生命之根源,超越世间而掌握宇宙之功能。由此两种心理之总和,构成宗教学术思想之根本。西方的佛国、天堂,东方的世外桃源与大罗仙境之建立,就导致人类脱离现实物欲而促使精神之升华。
目录
List of Illustrations
Translator's Preface
Introduction
Part Ⅰ:The Nature of Meditation
1. Longevity is Actually Possible
2. Meditation
3. Mental and Physical Conditions During Meditation
4. Ch'i Phenomena of the Body
5. Postures in Meditation
6. Use of the Mind in Meditation
7. Concentration on the Ch'iao Cavity in Taoist Meditation
Part Ⅱ: The Nature and Reactions of Ch'i
8. The Nature of Ch'i
9. Reactions of Ch'i During Meditation
10. How to Open Up Jen Mai
11. Fasting and the Function of the Middle Ch'i
12. A Big Belly is Not Tao
13. The Human Body and the Importance of Feet
14. Arguments Over the Ch'i Channels
15. Ch'i Channels from Taoism and Buddhism
16. What is Middle Mai?
17. Why Ch'i Channels Vibrate
18. What Happens After Ch'i Channels Open?
19. Motives for Meditation
20. The Theory of Ching, Ch'i and Shen
Part Ⅲ:Cultivation of Ching, Ch'i and Shen
21. Timing and Stages of Cultivation
22. The Concept of Ching
23. Transmutation of Ching into Ch'i
24. Cultivation of Ch'i and Stopping the Breath
25. The Wonder and Mystery of Breath
26. Changing Temperaments and Cycles of Ch'i
27. Cultivating Ch'i and Calming the Mind
28. Three Flowers and Five Ch'i
29. Meditation and Cultivation of Shen
Appendix Ⅰ:Cultivating Samadhi and Wisdom Through Ch'an (Zen)
Appendix Ⅱ:Ch'an (Zen) and Pointing at the Moon
Index
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序言Since childhood I have been fascinated by the stories of immortals portrayed in Taoist books and teachings. I wondered how a person could become an immortal and achieve the god- ship. I read hundreds of Taoist books but always had a complex feeling of fascination, confusion and frustration whenever I finished reading. They seemed to be written in such a way that only the rare person could understand them. The standard excuse was that the heavenly secret should not be revealed. I could not tell which books were good and which were bad, and I did not know who, among these many authors, was a real immortal and who was a phony or a fake. So, I continued in search of Tao in the Taoist tradition by looking for a genuine teacher and,fortunately,I met my teacher in 1961. He is the author of this book.
In China, people usually meditate in order to achieve spiritual growth and to enhance their health. I have lived in the Unit- ed States for many years. To my surprise, the ideas and methods of Western meditation practices are quite different from those of the Chinese. It seems to me that most Americans meditate solely for spiritual growth and seem to want to expand consciousness or develop esp.
文摘The pharynx is composed of the esophagus in the back which leads to the stomach, and the trachea in the front which leads to the lungs. If someone has a disease in the tracheal sys- tem or catches a cold or the flu, coughing occurs. There are two kinds of coughs;one is a dry cough with no phlegm and one is a cough with phlegm. A dry cough is usually due to bronchitis. Some phlegm coughs are related to the diseases of the stomach which is connected with the esophagus.
A person who practices meditation after the initiation o{ the stomach ch'i and the phenomena of persistent hiccoughs and long yawns may feel something blocked in his chest that he wishes to vomit out but cannot. If he waits until he is full of ascending ch'i, he will suddenly vomit out dense phlegm of a turbid dark gray color. This indicates the initial opening of the ch'i through the esophagus. Taoists refer to this as the “twelve reiterated floors. "Esoteric Buddhists calls it the throat chakra. Actually, both expressions refer to the system from the larynx down the esophagus to the stomach.
The practitioners of esoteric teachings often believe that a person will stop being troubled by illusions after his throat chakra ch'i route is open. This is unclear. After opening the throat chakra, one's thinking will decrease, and troubles arising from emotions and worries can be quieted. But this will not enable a person to attain"no illusions'completely, since it cannot be attained without the practice of mental samadhi.
is the esophagus very important to mental and physiological health? Yes, it is extremely important. Since it is the main route of food transportation, food refuse is deposited on the walls of the esophagus. This refuse is not automatically cleaned out by physiological functions alone. Day by day deposits accumulate on the walls of the esophagus and may eventually cause many troubles, such as cancer of the esophagus. For example,if a glass is filled with milk,no matter what happens
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