The Yi Jing: A Daoist Glossary: O

Wade-Giles transliteration.
The Isles of Immortality. These isles are one of the four streams of Chinese Folk Religion that unites in Daoism. Emperor Wu « 141 - 87 BCE » between enlarging his borders, and pursuing his quest for personal immortality, he financed several massive expeditions to find these islands. Needless to say, the expeditions were not successful, and the returnees were duly punished.
CF: Blessed Isles.

Philosophical Daoism

The writings of Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu and Lieh Tzu. Not to be confused with the rest of the of the Tao Tsang, although there is considerable overlap --- to the point where Philosophical Daoism could be considered the most important subset of the Tao Tsang. This also should not be confused with Laoism, which, although based upon the same texts as Philosophical Daoism, has a religious approach.

P'i

Wade-Giles transliteration.
CF: Ho and p'i.

Pi Kuan, K'ai Kuan

Wade-Giles transliteration.
Chines terms which mean shutting and opening the mysterious gate by rolling the eyes thirty-six times to follow the four phases of macrocosmic sublimation of vitality ascending from cardinal point A to D, G and J, and twenty-four times to follow it descending from G to D, A and J.

Pilindavatsa

A Disciple of the Budha who realized arhatship by means of meditation on the body.

Poles, The four

Prenatal heaven and earth and postnatal heart and abdomen.

Positive and negative fires

During the microcosmic orbiting the fire that goes up in the channel of control to the brain is positive fire ( Yang Huo ) and the fire that goes down in the channel of function is negative fire ( Yin Fu ).

Positive ( yang ) embracing the negative ( yin ) and vice versa, The

The meditation posture, when the left leg is placed outside and close to the right one, this is the positive embracing the negative; and when the thumb of the left hand touches the middle finger and the right hand is placed under it ( palm upward ) with its thumb bent over the left palm, this is the negative embracing the positive. This is to form a circuit of eight psychic channels, and is also the linking of the four limbs to shut the four gates so that the centre can be held on to.

Positive fire, The three manifestations of

When the golden light appears for the first time the practiser should obtain the four necessities for advanced training to maintain the union of the lights of essential nature and eternal life. As time passes the golden light will suddenly reappear much brighter. This is the second manifestation of positive light. The should now stop the fire to gather the macrocosmic alchemical agent. To stop fire is to cease regulating his breathing and circulating vital air which should be replaced by the heart, spirit and thought combined to go up in the channel of control and down in the channel of function. When this golden light appears for the third time he should immediately grasp the macrocosmic alchemical agent for the breakthrough in order to transmute vitality into spirit thereby leaping over the worldly to the divine state. The fourth manifestation of the golden light will reveal the practiser's failure to stop the fire by his wrong use of in and out breaths at this stage, for the macrocosmic agent will follow that fire to drain away in the form of postnatal generative fluid, thereby nullifying all progress so far achieved.

Positive generative force ( yang chin )

The real generative force
CF: Yang Ching.

Prabhakari

Sanskrit.

Appearance At The Light Of Wisdom.

The third of the ten stages of Mahayana Bodhisattva development.

Pramudita

Sanskrit.

Joy at having overcome all obstructions for present entry upon the path to enlightenment.

The first of the ten stages of Mahayana Bodhisattva development.

Prajna

Sanskrit.
Fundamental Wisdom which is inherent in every man and which manifests itself after the veil of delusion has been destroyed.

Prajnaparamita

Sanskrit
Realization of enlightenment by means of inherent wisdom.

Prana

Sanskrit.
The Vital Principle in the human body which can be energized by means of regulated breath and meditation for the sublimation of body and mind.

Pratimoksa

Sanskrit.
The 250 Precepts for monks which are read in assembly twice a month.

Pratyutpanna-samadhi Sutra

Sanskrit.
A Sutra teaching the samadhi in which all the Buddhas in the ten directions are seen clearly like the stars at night. Its practice requires ninety days during which the practiser does not rest but persistently thinks of Amitabha Buddha and calls his name.

Prenatal ( Hsien t'ien ) and postnatal ( Hou t'ien )

Prenatal denotes the positive or spiritual nature originally existing before birth and postnatal means its negative or corrupt counterpart which follows the ordinary way of material life after birth, the former being real and permanent whereas the latter is illusory and transient.

Prenatal true seed ( Hsien T'ien Chen Chung )

The union of spirit and vitality into one single gem.

Psychic centre, cavity cell, abode, seat, house, etc.

These technical terms are used in Daoist text and the duty of a translator is not to change them. When vitality develops and pervades every part in the body the practiser feels as if countless tiny fishes are swimming in his body and limbs to enter the muscles, nerves, bones and marrow, filling all hollows, pockets, holes, dents, depressions, interstices, etc. which then take various forms and shapes as Chuang Tzu describes the effects of the 'wind' which causes huge trees to have hollows, and openings like noses, mouths, ears, jugs, cups, mortars, etc. Only those who have succeeded in transmuting the generative force into vitality have this unusual experience and understand what Chuang Tzu means, and also why the ancients used more than one single term in the texts.

This note is added because we have been asked why we have not used one technical term what is either 'centre' of the Hindu word 'chakra' throughout the volume.

Psychic Channels, The eight ( Ch'o Ching Pa Mo )

The eight main psychic channels:

The channel of control ( Tu Mo ) rises from the base of the penis and passes through the coccyx up the backbone of the brain;
The channel of function ( Jen Mo ) rises from the base of the penis and goes up along the belly, passes through the navel, the pit of the stomach, the chest and throat, up to the brain;
The belt channel ( Tai Mo ) from both sides of the navel forming a belt which circles the belly;
The thrusting channel ( Ch'ung Mo ) rises from the base of the penis, goes up between the Tu Mo and Jen Mo channels and ends in the heart;
The positive arm channels ( Yang Yu ) in the outer sides of both arms, link both shoulders with the centers of the palms after passing through the middle fingers;
The negative arm channels ( Yin Yu ) in the inner sides of both arms, link the centre of the palms with the chest;
The positive leg channels ( Yang Chiao ) rise from the centres of the soles and turn along the outer sides of the ankles and legs before reaching the base of the penis where they connect with other channels;
The negative leg channels ( Yin Chiao ) rise from the centres of the soles and turn along the inner sides of the ankles and legs before reaching the base of the penis where they connect with other channels.

Pundarika

Sanskrit.
A white lotus blossom which stands for pure living.

Pure Land School

CF: Chin T'u Tsung.

Purifying

CF: Cleaning and purifying.

Purnamaitrayaniputra

Sanskrit.
A disciple of the Buddha who realized arhatship by means of meditation on tongue perception.

Pu-sa

Sanskrit is Bodhisattva.
A Mahayanist who seeks enlightenment for the sake of others and who is devoid of egotism. The Mahayana also recognizes the liberating power of past bodhisattvas through the strength of their vows, so that if a devotee links his or her mind with the qualities or characteristics of a given bodhisattva ( e.g. compassion, wisdom, etc, ). the same qualities can be aroused in that devotee's mind. Seen from a deeper level, such bodhisattvic energy is but a reflex of the innate wisdom-nature of the mind and does not come from the outside.

Pu-ti

Romanov-Pinyin transliteration.
Sanskrit is Boddhi,
Enlightenment, awakening, Realization of the absolute or unborn nature,

Qian

Romanov-Pinyin transliteration.
Trigram from the Yi Jing.
Usually referred to as Heaven, but is also known as the Creative. Associated with the sky, cold weather, action, strength, firmness and light.

Rajagrha

The capital of Magadha, at the foot of the Vulture Mountain.

Raksasa

Sanskrit.
A malignant demon.

Receptive

Trigram from the Yi Jing.
CF: Kun.

Red Hats

One of the two major splits that religious Daoism is split into. The other one being the Black Hats.The Read Hats are the wild uncontrolled ones, which become possessed mediums. They also specialize in exorcisms, and similar religious items. These are the priests of popular Daoism, not orthodox Daoism.
CF: Black Hats.

Red Snow

Daoist term for a woman's menstrual cycle.

Re-entry into the foetus for further creative

The outcome of the entry into a foetus is the birth of a man into the world, and his subsequent practice of Daoist alchemy causes him to re-enter a spiritual foetus to become an immortal.

Returning a myriad things to one whole

In order to develop the immortal foetus fully the practiser should concentrate on spirit forgetting all about the foetus which is within his spirit. This is called 'returning a myriad things to one whole.'

Rinzai

Japanese.
CF: Lin Chi.

Romanov-pinyin

Method of transliterating Chinese characters to the Roman alphabet, officially adopted by the People's Republic of China in the seventies. It was/is designed to replace the Wade-Giles completely, Furthermore, it is the first officially sponsored attempt by the Chinese government to replace the Chinese ideographs, with a linear script.

Sadabhijna

Sanskrit.
The six supernatural powers.

Divine Sight,
Divine Healing,
Knowledge of the minds of all other living things,
Knowledge of all forms of previous existences of self and others,
Power to appear at will in any place and to have absolute freedom,
Insight into the ending of the stream of birth and death.

Saddharmapundarika Sutra

Sanskrit:
CF: Lotus Sutra.

Sadhumati

Sanskrit.

Acquisition of the four unhindered powers of interpretation with ability to expound all Dharma doors everywhere.

The ninth of the ten stages of Mahayana Bodhisattva development.

Saffron

A precious spice that is used to dye the robes of the priests. Also is used as an incense, to offer to the various deities.

Saha

Sanskrit.
Our world of birth and death.

Sakra, The Vase of

A vase from which comes all things required by him.

Samadhi

Sanskrit.
Internal state of imperturbability, exempt from all external sensation.

Samantabhadra

Sanskrit.
A Bodhisattva, symbol of the fundamental law, dhyana and practice of Buddhas. he is the right hand assistant of the Buddha and Manjusri is his left hand assistant. His region is in the East. Mount O Mei, in Szechwan, china is his bodhimanadala, and devotees go there to see myriad Buddha lamps in the sky at night.

Samatha

Sanskrit.
CF: Chih Kuan.

Samatha-vipsayana

Sanskrit:
CF: Chih Kuan.

Sambhogakaya

Sanskrit.
Reqard body of the Buddha, that of bliss on enjoyment of the fruits on his past saving labours. It is perceptible to Bodhisattvas only.

Sambodhi

Sanskrit.
The wisdom or omniscience of the Buddha.

Samsara

Sanskrit.
The realm of birth and death.

Samskara

Sanskrit.
The fourth of the five aggregates; functioning of mind in its process regarding like and dislike; good and evil, etc. Discrimination. Also the second of the twelve links of existence.

Sandalwood

A herb that is commonly used as an incense, to offer the various deities.

Sun

Romanov-Pinyin transliteration.
Wade-Giles transliteration.
Trigram from the Yi Jing. English translation is Wind. Is associated with wood, gentleness and penetrating things.

San Chia

Wade-Giles transliteration.
CF: The Three Families

Seed, The true

CF: The Immortal foetus.

Serenity

Minor serenity ( Hsiao Ting Ching ) lasts only one day in
which dullness and confusion cause the practiser to be unconscious, like a dying man who is breathless,
Medium serenity ( Chung Ting Ching ) last three successive days;
Major serenity ( Ta Ting Ching ) lasts seven successive days.

Serenity, The four stages of

Thoughtlessness ( Nien Chu ),
Breathlessness ( Hsi Nhu ),
Pulselessness ( Mo Chu ),
Extinction ( unmindfulness ) of worldly existence ( Mieh Chin ).

Seven passions that damage vitality, The

Intense delight that harms the heart,
Intense anger that harms the liver;
Grief harms the lungs;
Fear harms the gall bladder;
Love harms the spirit;
Hate harms the disposition;
Intense desire harms the stomach.

Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

Lyrical Daoists, who spent their afternoons in discussions, and walking, and in the evenings got rip roaring drunk. Their behaviour was considered to be scandelous by the surrounding community. They went from a stage of reaching the Unnameable to that of being in a stupor of glorious indifference to the world, and not have a care about the Dao. Major adherents were Chi K'ang, Juan Hsien « 210 - 263 CE », Huan Chi, and Liu Ling « 221 - 300 ».

Sheng

Romanov-Pinyin transliteration.
Sanskrit is Arya.
A noble saint, an honoured bhiksu; one who follows the royal path to attainment. Noted for wisdom and insight.

Sheng Szu Ch'iao

Wade-Giles transliteration.
The mortal gate at the base of the penis, by which the generative fluid is discharged.

Shou I

Holding on to one ie: the great emptiness.

Shui Huo Chi Chi

Wade-Giles transliteration.
Water and fire in equilibrium. When fire is immersed in water it stops soaring up thereby causing the heart to be empty, and when water is scorched by fire it becomes steam and stops flowing down. This is water and fire in stable equilibrium which will in time produce true vitality
CF: Immersion of fire in water.

Silver

The bearer of the Jade Cavern.

Six Arts

Archery
Chariot Driving
Correct Behaviour
Mathematics
Music
Reading and Writing

The Six Emotions

Sorrow
Joy
Hate
Love
Pleasure
Anger

The Six Organs

Ch'an Buddhist Term

Six Schools

The six schools of philosophy that survived the time of the hundred philosophies. They are:

Yin-Yang
Ju « Confucian »
Mohis
Legalist
Sophist
Taoist

Six transcendental powers

To realize

stoppage of all drain of the generative and vital forces;
divine sight;
divine hearing;
knowledge of past lives;
understanding of other minds
divine mirror.

Snow and flowers

When the immortal foetus is fully developed snow flowers are seen falling in disorder by the practiser.

Solar Plexus

The middle tan t'ien; Also called Chiang kung and Huang Ting.

Source of the Nervous System

Pai Hui literally 'the point where hundreds meet' on the top of the head.

Spirit ( shen )

The divine in man or his immortal nature which derives from the purification of vitality. Spirit leads to the realization of essential nature and vitality to eternal life which are the aim of Daoist Alchemy.

Spirit, Positive and Negative

The negative spirit ( Yin Shen ), visible to the practiser when he closes his eyes, is created by the first five of six transcendental powers, and is the negative spiritual breath which can see others but is invisible to them, cannot speak to them and can not pick up objects, and is therefore, mortal in the end. The positive spirit ( yang Shen ) is created by the five kinds of eyes and six transcendental powers, is visible to others, can speak to them, can pick up objects and has the same features of the practiser's own body. It takes form when it gathers in one place, or becomes pure vitality when it scatters to fill the great emptiness which will be its boundless body.
The five kinds of eye are;

The heavenly eye which sees all things in the thirty-three heavens
The earthly eye which sees the eighteen hells
The spiritual eye, or eye of vitality, which sees past present and future events in the world
The human eye which sees happenings before birth and death
The ghostly eye which sees through the mountains, earth and metals.

Spirit-vitality

After spirit and vitality have returned to the lower tan t'ien under the navel, their union, called spirit-vitality, produces the spiritual light which springs from the middle tan t'ien or solar plexus.

Stirring the thought of jumping into the great emptiness

To open the heavenly gate on the top of the head in order to leap into the great emptiness otherwise the practiser will wail to emerge from the immortal foetus.

Storehouse of the Wind ( Feng Fu )

A cavity of the element of the wind in the back of the head.

Stove ( Lu )

A cavity where the inner fire is kindled by regulated breathing to put the generative force into microcosmic orbit and transmute it into vitality. The stove remains in the lower tan t'ien cavity throughout the process of alchemy.

Suck

Drawing nourishment from the body.

Sucking ( Hsi ),
pressing ( Shih ),
pinching (Ts'o ) and
shutting ( Pi ), The method of:

To gather the macrocosmic alchemical agent and help its ascent in the channel of control by shutting the anus with a wooden bun, by pressing the tongue against the palate and a finger on the mortal gate, by sucking in a breath through the nose and by pinching the backbone above the coccyx to warm and loosen the marrow at the base of the spine.

Sun

The left eye which stands for the positive yang; it also stands for the heart.

Sun and moon

The two eyes.

Sun and moon, the union of the

When the pupils of both eyes are drawn close to each other in a squint for pointed concentration so that the heart ( fire ) and lower abdomen ( water ) are linked before for the production of prenatal vitality.

Sun feng

Wade-Giles transliteration.
Gentle breeze of ventilation by in and out breathing.

Supreme Ultimate ( Tai Chi )

The circle of tai chi wherein real positive vitality and essential nature unite to emit the light of vitality which is the light of true nature in the precious cauldron in the brain and that of true life in the stove in the lower abdomen.
CF: Golden Elixir.

Sweet dew ( Kan Lu )

Pure saliva.
CF: Ambrosia.

Symbols, The four ( Szu Hsiang )

Prenatal heaven and earth and postnatal heart and abdomen gathered in the solar plexus to produce the macrocosmic alchemical agent.

Szu Ko Yin Yang

Wade-Giles transliteration.
CF: The four yin-yang.

Ta Ting

Wade-Giles transliteration.
Utter serenity.

Tai Ch

Wade-Giles transliteration.
CF: Supreme ultimate.
CF: Golden Elixir.

Tai Mo

Wade-Giles transliteration.
The belt channel
CF: The Eight psychic channels.

Tai Shan

One of the nine sacred mountains of China. This is a Daoist mountain in Shandong Province.

Tan

Romanov-Pinyin transliteration.

Tan-na

Romanov-Pinyin transliteration.
CF: Dana.

Tan t'ien

Wade-Giles transliteration.
Literally: 'field of the drug' ie: a psychic centre where the drug or alchemical agent is produced;

The lower tan t'ien, about one and a half inches under the navel where the generative force is retained so that it does not slip down and drain away, in order to purify it;
The middle tan t'ien, or the solar plexus, where the generative force is transmuted into vitality;
the upper tan t'ien or the original cavity of spirit between and behind the eyes, where vitality is transmuted into spirit.

The lower tan t'ien is also called the cavity or ocean of vitality, lung kung or the cavity of the dragon, and the northern sea.

Tao

Wade-Giles transliteration.
Prenatal spirit-vitality; The union of essential nature and eternal life, spirit being essential nature and vitality being eternal life.

Tao foetus

The immortal foetus
CF: Immortal foetus.

Tao Tsang

CF: DaoZheng

Tê

Wade-Giles transliteration.
Virtue.
CF: De.

Ten excesses that injure vitality, The

Excessive walking that harms the nerves;
Excessive standing that harms the bones;
Excessive sitting that harms the blood;
Excessive sleep that harms the pulses;
Excessive joy that harms the generative force;
Excessive looking ( at things ) that harms spirit;
Excessive speaking that harms the breath;
Excessive thinking that harms the stomach;
Excessive eating that harms the heart;
Too much sex that harms the life

The Ten Precepts

Threefold continual ascension ( San Ch'ien Fa )

The generative force, vitality and spirit united into a bright moonlight rises from the lower to the middle and then to the upper tan t'ien before the practiser sees falling snow and dancing flowers in front of him.

Thunder

Trigram from the Yi Jing.
CF: Zhen.

Romanov-Pinyin transliteration.

Ti Kuai Li

Wade-Giles transliteration.
One of the Eight Immortals, he is the second most important one. He is associated with medicine, and his sign is a metal crutch. Usually is depicted as a beggar.

T'ien

Romanov-Pinyin transliteration.

Tien

Romanov-Pinyin transliteration.

T'ien Hsien

Wade-Giles transliteration.
A heavenly immortal.

Tiger

CF: Dragon and Tiger.

Tiger's roar

The sound of fully developed vitality which is active.

Ti-wa

Romanov-Pinyin transliteration.
CF: Deva.

T'o Yo

Wade-Giles transliteration
Cf bellows.

Toa-ta

Romanov-Pinyin transliteration.
Sanskrit is Dhuta.
Ascetic practices and precepts to purify body and mind, Anyone who practices them is a Dhuta.

Tortoise

The creature that gave the Lo Shu Map of the trigrams to the emperor Yu.

Trigram

Lines 1, 2 and 3, or lines 2, 3, and 4, or lines 3, 4, 5, or lines 4, 5 and 6 in a hexagram. Depending upon placement of the Yin lines and Yang lines, its meaning can be interpreted,

CF: Qian.
CF: Dui.
CF: Li.
CF: Zhen.
CF: Sun.
CF: Kan.
CF: Gen.
CF: Kun.
CF: Hexagram.
CF: Bigram.
CF: Yin.
CF: Yang.

Treasures, the Three ( San Pao )

The three basic elements ( San Yuan ):

The generative force,
Vitality
Spirit.

CF: The three precious elements
CF: The Three Basic Elements.

Trunk pathway

CF: Heel and trunk pathways.

Ts'ai Ch'u

Wade-Giles transliteration.
Gathering the generative force for sublimation.

Ts'ao Kuo Chiu

One of the Eight Immortals, his symbol is an imperial tablet of recommendation. Probably became an immortal, because the others thought that he might become useful.

Tui

CF: Dui.

Tu Mo

The channel of control.
CF: Channel of Control.
CF: Eight psychic channels.

Tung Chung and Tung Ti

CF: Heels and trunk pathways.

Tzu Fu

Wade-Giles transliteration.
Heavenly palace, another name of tsu ch'iao, the original cavity of spirit
CF: Heavenly palace.

Umbilical cord

Before the umbilical cord is cut the baby's essential nature and eternal life are inseparable; this state is called prenatal. At birth his body becomes mortal because of the post-natal conditions of nature and life which are no longer united but divided into two, and so become unconnected.

Upper tan t'ien

CF: Tan t'ien

Vital breaths, the five

These come from the vitality in the lower tan t'ien cavity from which they spread to the five viscera:

To the lungs as the vital breath of the element of metal;
to the heart as the vital breath of the element of fire;
to the liver as the vital breath of the element of wood;
to the stomach as the vital breath of the element of earth;
to the lower abdomen as the vital breath of the element of water

Their union into one vitality causes the golden light to manifest.

Vitality ( Ch'i )

The vital principle derived from the purification of the generative force; it stands for eternal life.

Vitality, Positive and negative

Positive vitality is male vitality that soars up and negative vitality is female vitality that goes down. They are symbolized by the tiger and dragon respectively.
CF: Dragon and Tiger.

Vitality, Prenatal one true

Real vitality existing in the original cavity of spirit between and behind the eyes as revealed by the circle of light which Confucius called 'virtuous perfection ( Jen )', the Book of Changes calls the 'Ultimateless ( Wu Chi )', the Buddha 'perfect knowledge ( Yuan Ming )' and the Daoists the ' elixir of immortality or spiritual light.'

Voidness

Voidness that is relative and empty does not radiate whereas voidness that is absolute and is not empty is spiritual light which is spirit vitality that spring from the middle tan t'ian in the solar plexus.

Wade-Giles

Method of transliteration of Chinese characters to the roman alphabet, first developed in the 1850's.

Wang Bi

Neo-Daoist scholar » 226 - 249 CE «. Compiled what was considered to be the definite edition of the Dao De Jing until the Ming Dynasty issued the Imperial Edition in 1436. His edition of the Yi Jing became the standard text until the Ming Dynasty ordered Chu Hsi to edit and publish a revised version of the Yi Jing circa 1416 CE

Water

One of the basic trigrams of the Yi Jing.
CF: Kan.

Water-wheels ( Ho Che )

The microcosmic orbiting.

Wei

Romanov-Pinyin transliteration.
Wade-Giles transliteration.
Without doing.

Wheel of the law ( Fa Lun )

The microcosmic orbiting caused by in and out breathing.

Wheel of the law, Self-winding

Automatic immortal breathing caused by the rise of the postnatal vital breath from the heels to soar in the channel of function from the brain to the trunk or mortal gate, which if continued for some time, will vibrate prenatal true vitality in the lower tan t'ien causing the latter to rise also in the channel of control and descend in the channel of function. These ascents and descents of postnatal breath, followed by those of prenatal true vitality, will result in automatic immortal breathing, called the self-winding wheel of the law.
CF: Immortal breathing.

Wings

The appendices of the Yi Jing.
Traditionally ascribed to Confucius, they are composite writings, written over two or three millenia.

Commentary on the Judgements of King Wen
The Great Symbolism
The Great Treatise
On The First and Second Hexagrams
Treatise of Remarks on the Hexagrams
The Orderly Sequence of the Hexagrams
Treatise on the Hexagrams Taken

Wood

One of the eight basic trigrams.
CF: Sun.

Wade-Giles transliteration.
To do.

Wu Tai Shan

One of the nine sacred mountains of China. This is a Buddhist mountain in the province of Shanxi.

Wu Chi

Wade-Giles transliteration.
The Ultimateless.

Wu-ji

Romanov-Pinyin transliteration.
Sanskrit is Avyakrita.
Unrecordable, either as good or bad; thinks that are innocent and cannot be classified under moral categories. Also used in Chan and Mahayana to indicate a blank or torpid state of mind which is simply a lack of awareness and not to be confused with 'non-dual wisdom' which is beyond all categories and opposites. Sila ( discipline ) is a precondition for the awakening of wisdom.

Wu-ming

Romanov-Pinyin transliteration.
Sanskrit is Avidya.
Ignorance of unenlightenment. The first of the Twelve Nidanas or links in the chain of existence.

Xiao-cheng

Romanov-Pinyin transliteration.
CF: Hinayana.

Xu Yun

Romanov-Pinyin transliteration.
Master of both Ch'an Buddhism and the Pure Land School of Buddhism. Lived 1840 - 1959.
CF: Hsu Yun.

Yang

The positive, male, active, advance, progression.
Yang is the light, the south side of the mountain, but the north side of the river.

Yang ch'iao

Wade-Giles transliteration.
CF: The Eight psychic channels.

Yang Ching

Real positive generative force.
CF: Positive generative force.

Yang Kuan

The genital gate, the opening at the end of the penis.

Yang Yu

CF: The Eight psychic channels.

Yarrow

Achillea Sibirica

This is the plant that is traditionally used to make the stalks that are cast to obtain the hexagram. Tradition ascribes the best yarrow to being that growing on the graves of saintly men.

In the west, Achillea millefolium. is usually used, in its stead.

This plant is known for its medical properties.

Yellow Bud

The real generative force.
CF: Huang Ya.

Yin

The negative, female, passive, retreat, regression.
The north side of a mountain, the south side of the river.

Yin-yang, the four

The prenatal heaven and earth and postnatal heart and abdomen are called the four yin-yang ( Szu Ko Yin Yang ). ie: the four positive and negative principles.

Yin Ch'iao

Wade-Giles transliteration.
CF: The eight psychic channels.

Ying-ming Lun

Romanov-Pinyin transliteration.
CF: Hetuvidya Shastra.

Yuan Chueh

Wade-Giles transliteration.
Original awareness.
CF: Golden Elixir.

Yin Yu

Wade-Giles transliteration.
CF: the Eight psychic channels.

Zen

Japanese.
Philosophy/theology that originated with Buddhism, was influenced by Daoism to be Ch'an Buddhism, and then exported to Japan.

Zhen

One of the basic trigrams, associated with thunder, spring, activity and arousing energy. This is the trigram that is required to make manifest that which is created by the fusion of Qian and Kun.

Zhen-se

Bhutatathata is the Sanskrit Word

Bhuta means 'substance' or that which exists; tathata means 'thusness' or 'suchness'. ie: such is its nature. It means the real, thus always or eternally so; ie: reality as contrasted with unreality, or appearance, and the unchanging or immutable as contrasted with form and phenomena. Thus Bhutatathata means

That which exists in suchness', the always-so, the eternal or immutable mind- ground as contrasted with form.

It is the Buddhist 'absolute.'

YI JING OR ZICHOU ONE INDIVIDUAL'S [ MIS - ] [ ? ] UNDERSTANDING A Daoist Glossary: Letters 0 - Z

YI JING OR ZICHOU
ONE INDIVIDUAL'S [ MIS - ] [ ? ] UNDERSTANDING
A Daoist Glossary: Letters 0 - Z