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UNDER- STANDING REALITY A Taoist Alchemical Classic by Chang Po-tuan With a Concise Commentary by Liu 1-ming Translated fron1 the Chinese by T homas Cleary University of Hawaii Press • Honolulu
Acknowledgments IX Foreword xi Introduction 1 Yin and yang 3 The five elements 8 Essence and life 14 CONTENTS The use of I Ching signs 17 Praxis 19 Notes 22 Understanding Reality : A Direct Explanation 23 I. Sixteen verses, representing " eight ounces " of yin and "eight ounces" of yang , forming " one pound " of elixir 25 II . Sixty-four verses, modeled on the number of signs in the I Ching 57 1-2 On the crucible and furnace 59 3-4 On the crescent moon furnace 62 5-8 On the true lead 63 9 On using lead 67 10 On not using lead 68 11 On lead and mercury 69 12 On the one energy of nothingness 70 13 On water and fire 71 14 On heaven-earth and earth-earth 72 15- 16 On inverting water and fire 73 17 On the five elements 75 18 On the two poles 76 v
VI 19-20 On harmonization 77 21 On the dragon and tiger 79 22-24 On cultivating the self 80 25 26 27-28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36-37 38 39-40 41 42 43 44 45-46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 On the metal man 82 On the beautiful girl 83 On the firing process 85 On the firing process of gathering the medicine 87 On the firing process of extraction and addition 87 On the firing process of incubation 88 On the firing process of forming the embryo 89 On yin and yang returning to the center 90 - On bathing 91 On cultural cooking and martial refining 92 On the meanings of hexagrams 94 On the beginning of yang and culmination of yin 96 - On the mysterious female 97 On essence and sense 100 On doing 101 On female and male 102 - On being and non being 103 On ingestion of the elixir 104 On the elixir crystallizing from within 106 On medicine coming from without 107 On the two elixirs, inner and outer JOB On positive vitality 109 On returning to the root 110 On the sword of wisdom 111 On harmonious combination of essence and sense 112 On gradual and sudden 113 On the supreme ease of crystallizing the elixir 114 On difficulty and ease 115 On the mechanism of takeover 116 58 On thorough investigation of principle 117 59 On seeking a teacher 117 60 On stopping machination 118 61 On stopping at sufficiency 119 62-63 On life and death 121 64 On mixing with ordinary society and integrating illumination 122 Contents
Contents III . One verse representing the Great One engulfing true energy IV. Twelve verses on the moon over the West River, representing the twelve months 129 125 V. Five verses, representing the five elements , metal , wood , water, fire , earth 15 1 The Outer Collection 157 I. Four four-line verses 159 II . Verses on various themes On the essential ground 162 On birth and death 162 The three realms are only mind 163 Seeing mind in things 164 Equalizing beings 164 Mind itself is Buddha 165 Unminding 166 On the Heart ScnjJture 168 No sin or merit 169 Complete pervasion 170 Going along with it 170 The jewel moon 171 Picking up the pearl 171 Pointing out errors in meditation 17 3 Song on reading Ch ' an M aster Hsueh-tou 's A nthology on Eminent Adepts 177 .. Vll Interpretation of discipline , concentration , and wisdom 179 The moon on the West River-twelve verses 181 Glossary 191 Readings 203