Tales of the Fat Monk
Claim This Podcastby Xiaoyao Xingzhe
Podcast Overview
<div>Anecdotes from interactions with an unorthodox Daoist and his friends in the mountains and waters of China.</div>
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Publishing Since
11/18/2023
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July 31, 2024
The Lost Chapter: River Diagram in the Hermit's Cave
Send us a text This is one of the "lost chapters" intended to appear earlier in the series but was skipped over. Xiaoyao loses his way at evening in the deep mountains, but a chance meeting saves him from a freezing overnight sojourn. The hermit takes the opportunity to try and teach Xiaoyao the arcane secrets of the River Diagram--the 河圖--which communicates its crucial message symbolically, using a structured pattern of black and white dots. The structure itself is based upon a magic squar...
July 21, 2024
Master Nan Huaijin Discusses a Daoist Poem
Send us a text This poem from 張伯端 Zhang Bo-Duan (author of the 悟真篇 Wu Zhen Pian: Understanding Reality, one of the most famous classics of Daoist alchemy) was explained by Master Nan during a seven day Zen retreat held in China. 心内观心觅本心 xīn neì guān xīn mì běn xīn 心心俱绝见真心 xīn xīn jù jué jiàn zhēn xīn 真心明徹通三界 Zhēn xīn míng chè tōng sān jiè 外道邪魔不敢侵 waì daò xié mó bù gǎn qīn SHOW NOTES: Xiaoyao Xingzhe, the self-styled carefree pilgrim, has lived and worked all over the world, having crosse...
July 13, 2024
Li Daochun's Preface to his Dao De Hui Yuan
Send us a text Li Dao-Chun (李道純) was a 13th century Daoist Master in the line of the famous 4th generation Master of the southern Nei Dan lineage, Bai Yuchan. Li is author of the Zhōng Hé Jí (中和集) translated as The Book of Balance and Harmony by Thomas Cleary. This selection, which to my knowledge has not been previously translated, is the valuable preface and introduction to Li Dao-Chun’s Dào Dé Huì Yuán, his commentary on Lao Zi’s Dào Dé Jīng, and the rationale for his edits. SHOW NOT...
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