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Taoist
20th Century

About Loy Ching-Yuen

Timeline (1873 - 1960)

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English version by
Thomas Cleary

Original Language
Chinese
No use fretting over gold, beauty or fame;

Themes
  Eternal Life
  Heart
  Mountain
 
 

 

Recommended Books

The Book of the Heart: Embracing the Tao, by Loy Ching-Yuen
The Essential Mystics: Selections from the World's Great Wisdom Traditions, Edited by Andrew Harvey
The Supreme Way: Inner Teachings of the Southern Mountain Tao, by Loy Ching-Yuen

No use fretting over gold, beauty or fame;
Nurturing these, how can we calm
Our fluttering heart?
Non attachment brings deep truth,
And a truthful nature brings immortality.
Empty your heart,
Sit quietly on a mat.
In meditation we become one with All;
Tao billows like the vapors
In a mountain valley,
And its supernatural power wafts into our soul.

 

 

 

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