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Li Er
The legendary sage who went by the name of Lao Tzu. Credited with writing Tao Te Ching, and billed as the father or Taoism. Many exercises are attributed to him. His most famous follower was Chuang Tzu.
Bodhidharma
Indian Buddhist priest Bodhidharma (Da Mo) who created a teaching at the intersection of Buddhism and Taoism, Zen Buddhism. Better known to the martial arts community as the father of Shao Lin Monastery Kung Fu. Author of Luo Han Qigong
Siddhattha Gotama
The master better known as Buddha. Buddhist exercises are a Qigong that allows one to enter a state of constant meditative awareness. Although physical exercises are absent in the main teaching, the body awareness is beneficial in this respect. Besides the main teaching, there is also direct transmission and sophisticated close disciple teaching, which is evident in Tibetan Buddhism that is particularly rich in visualization exercises.
Ramana Maharshi
"Amazingly, every major religious group in India agreed that Ramana Maharshi was enlightened." His books are available at the link above.
U. G. Krishnamurti
"Reluctant sage", "Anti-Krishnamurti" - U. G. (not to be confused with J. Krishnamurti) - the martial artist of the mind, whose fearless honesty threatened many "holy men", including Osho.
Speaking of Osho, here is a fascinating article: Osho, Bhagwan Rajneesh, and the Lost Truth
As much as he would despise such a name I would call him the Buddha for the modern age. Also of interest are some of the physical properties commonly attributed to the sages and Gods of the Vedas, which manifest in UG. Here you can read more. His books are available online.
Gurdjieff
George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff (1866?-1949) was born and educated in Russian Armenia. He spent years searching in Central Asia, North Africa, and other places for a hidden tradition whose traces he had encountered in youth. Glastonbury Archive has his book online.
to be continued....
Exercises
Meditation
- Blood And Ego - interesting angle
- Ashtavakra Gita - Tao Te Ching in Sanskrit.
- Mindgazer Tao Site , also see Chuang Tzu
- Hsin Hsin Ming - for me, this is the essence of meditation. With progress more and more of these verses starts to make sense. Also, read Rinzai Gigen.
- Wu Dang Internal Daoist Alchemy - interesting reading
- Tibetan Tonglen Meditations - recommended.
- Osho, Bhagwan Rajneesh, and the Lost Truth - fascinating article!
- Spirit Watch - move to science - dream research
The Seventh World of Chan Buddhism - history and practice of Zen, great web site
Tibetan Tonglen Meditations - recommended.
Realization.ORG - an online collection of articles and online translations of classics such as BHAGAVAD GITA under the link Books (scroll down to Classic How-To Books). Also see Bhagavad-gita.org
Christopher Calder's web site - interesting articles and instruction on meditation
- Access To Insight:
- a very large database of Buddhist teachings and meditation advise.
- BuddhaNet.net:
- a vast collection of online instructional and other material. Helpful even if you are not interested in Buddhism.
Nice: Sentient.org / Ram Tzu - Modern Lao Tzu?
Qigong Theory
Blood and The Ego - interesting angle
Spirit Watch - dream research
Taoism
'Golden Elixir 'from Fabrizio Pregadio - a website on Chinese Alchemy, excellent!
Tao Web Site - Has my favorite translation of Tao Te Ching. Also a link to the original Chinese version with letter by letter translation.
WWW Library: Taoism
Resources for the Study of East Asian Language and Thought
Science
Tantra
Shiva Shakti Mandalam - huge web site
Lucid Dreaming/Dream Qigong
SpiritWatch, also see: references - a wealth of online papers from written from modern theoretical perspective
The Lucidity Institute - "dedicated to the advancement of research on the nature and potentials of consciousness". They have done a great deal of lucid dreaming research. Of great interest are Tools for Lucid Dreaming, high tech gizmos that may speed up one's progress while doing Dream Qigong, a practice that many consider important.
Martial Qigong
SATMA, especially Wushu section - an incredible collection of links and info on martial arts
J. Szymanski Site - excellent!
Virtual Library of Sport - martial arts
Yoga, Kundalini, etc
Autobiography of a Yogi(The Original 1946 First Edition) by Paramhansa Yogananda, Complete On-Line
Realization.ORG - an online collection of articles and online translations of classics such as BHAGAVAD GITA under the link Books (scroll down to Classic How-To Books). Also see Bhagavad-gita.org
SpiritWeb - huge web site with a lot of useful material, if you can get through a ton of junk on the surface. Try Yoga and Healing links.
Medical Qigong
Medical Qigong Articles (scroll to articles)
Multimedia
- Do Not ZZZ.COM - Animated Zen meditation instruction.
- Cosm Animation - VERY COOL!
Miscellaneous
Also see Magazines & Newsletters for online newsletters.
http://www.chinaqigong.net ChinaQigong.NET] (China) - English and Chinese
FreeDharma.ORG - great!
Wikipedia - everything you ever wanted to know. Great source of information but can be rigid with the self imposed "quality standards".
