Category: Dao De Jing

This category includes my unpublished translation & commentary of the Dao De Jing, reserved for practicing members of my Wuweidao Cultivation Group. For more info on this group, see www.oldoakdao.org. Next group will open around Chinese New Year 2020. Email me at oldoakdao@yahoo.com if interested in joining.

Zuowang as Refuge

Shou-Zhong

This talk looks at the practice of Daoist meditation in the context of living in affliction.  The religious movement of Orthodox Daoism founded in the Han Dynasty recognized that the era of high antiquity was long-gone, so “Chinese Daoism” arose as a practice to rectify humankind and purify polluted spiritual dimensions.  Centuries later, Buddhism influenced Daoism in its concern for human suffering, and Daoist tradition further embraced the idea of practice as refuge.  Although we can perhaps relate to such a view, this talk presents an older view of meditation not based on the need to solve any fundamental problem.  A glimpse into our approach to Zuowang.

Zuowang as Refuge