Celestial Masters

Details on some aspects of the procedure summarized by Ge Hong are found in the Oral Instructions of the Celestial Master. The commentary describes seven methods ... 

From the late second century also comes the first mention of the inner embryo, one of the most distinctive notions of neidan. Somewhat unexpectedly, it is found in the Xiang er commentary to the Laozi, written around zoo CE and associated with the Way of the Celestial Masters. The Xiang er criticizes those who meditate believing that one can find the Dao within one s body, saying ... 

On the Way of the Celestial Masters see Bo en amp, Early Daoist Scriptures, 29-148 and Nic erson, The Southern Celestial Masters. ... 

Han tianshi shijia (Lineage of the Han Celestial Masters CT 1463), 2.ia-5b. On this wor see Judith Boltz, A Survey of Taoist Literature, 62-64. 

Han tianshi shijia [Lineage of the Han Celestial Masters], Zhang... 

Precepts and Codes of the Celestial Master s Teaching, from the Normative Scripts of Correct Unity]. Contains materials originally dating from the third century. Daozang, CT 789. 

Nic erson, Peter. The Southern Celestial Masters. In Livia Kohn, ed., Daoism Handbook, 256-82. Leiden E. J. Brill, 2000. 

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