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Nine Essentials of Cultivation

Qiyun Mountain Simple Sanren Enlightenment Written by Yuanzi Liu Yiming

Revised by disciple Zhang Yang

Republished by Huai Qingshi, a later scholar

Preface to the Nine Essentials of Cultivation

The Way of Cultivation It is the most important thing in the world, and also the most difficult thing in the world. Because of its greatness and difficulty, the ancients called it a rare thing in the world. This is something that cannot be accomplished without a deep understanding of nature, a clear understanding of yin and yang, a long-lasting determination, and a step-by-step approach. Later generations of scholars, regardless of the reason for this matter, want to become Taoists if they have never learned Taoism; they want to become immortals if they have never learned Taoism. No wonder those who practice Taoism are like ox hair, and those who achieve Taoism are like lin horns. I have been pursuing Taoism since I was a child. I have never met a decent person, and I don't know right from wrong. I have become a mess and almost suffered harm. Fortunately, I met my master, the old man from Gu Gu, and after a brief smell of the fragrance, I realized that I had made mistakes in the past, and that most of the Taoists in the world were also wrong. In order to describe my master's intention and put forward his guideline for self-cultivation, it is summarized into nine points, which are called the Nine Essentials for Self-cultivation. The method proceeds from shallow to deep, from humble beginnings to ascending heights, and serves as a ladder for beginners. Regardless of whether you are studying Taoism or cultivating Taoism, if you follow these nine points and follow them step by step, you will eventually achieve deep learning and self-satisfaction, and you will be able to recognize the blind master and the enlightened master and distinguish the evil path and the right path. Even if you cannot do this rare thing in the world, you can still know that if you can do this rare thing in the world, you will not waste your time and your life in vain.

On the 9th day of the fifth month of the fifth year of the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, Liu Yiming, the simple and unsophisticated Sanren of Qiyun Mountain, narrated his words in his own nest

The first important thing to understand the world's affairs

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Sigh! Life in this world is like a dream, and hundreds of years pass by in an instant. When impermanence arrives, even if there are gold caves and silver mountains, they cannot buy life; filial sons and virtuous grandchildren cannot be separated from sorrow. If you don't take care of it as soon as possible, you will be in a hurry, and the king of hell will not show mercy. Once you lose your body, you will be ruined. Those who are aspiring to the Tao must quickly open this gate before they can have a thoroughfare. Otherwise, worldly connections will continue and you will dream of enlightenment. Although you have become a monk physically, your mind has never been a monk. Every move you make is nothing more than working hard on worldly affairs. Every step you take is always working on human relationships. Not only can you not become a Taoist, but you have no reason to learn the Tao, why should you become a monk? Countless mathematicians from ancient to modern times have made this mistake many times. Therefore, those who learn the Tao are like ox hair, and those who master the Tao are like lin horns. Wu Zhen said: "How about heaps of gold like Dai Yue, what can be bought by impermanence?" The song of Luo Dao said: "First let go of worldly things, and then study the truth carefully." This means that everything in the world is false, but life is the most true. If you want to know The truth must be discarded first. Why? Once you recognize that it is false, your heart will become a false servant. Every falsehood is false, and you are far away from the Tao. You are not a person who cherishes his life. If you don’t cherish your own life, you will hang on to nothing, and you will die of old age. What is the use of it? In the past, Luzu was suddenly freed from his thoughts due to a dream, Mazu became enlightened the fastest because of his realization of death, and it was Guan who first investigated the worldly affairs and then cultivated the truth. So it comes true that Tao is given to others. Kuang's practice as a monk was originally based on investigating the world's affairs. If you are forced to become a monk without any investigation, it will be in name only but in reality, and if you want to reach the sky but fall to the ground instead, and you will be defeated, wouldn't it be a waste of effort? I would like to learn from people, whether they are at home or a monk, if they want to identify important matters of immediate concern, they must try and explore the world beforehand. After trying it out, trying it out, until there is no taste left, I realize that all fate is empty and life is a big deal. From now on, I can eliminate all false things outside my body. Keep your feet on the ground, seek teachers and friends, be brave and diligent, and forget your body for the sake of the Tao. Naturally, you will be sincere and uphold the heaven. The ancestors will secretly support you. There should be a real person to guide you.

The second important point of cultivating virtues

Wu Zhenyun said: "If you don't practice to accumulate negative virtues, there will be a group of demons that will hinder you." It can be seen that cultivating virtues is an important task for Taoists. If you talk about Tao without virtue, it is heresy and heresy, and there are many differences. Therefore, the ancient saints must first understand the way; the ancient wise men must first accumulate virtue. There is no one who can be a saint without knowing the way, and there is no one who can be a virtuous person without accumulating virtue. However, if you want to be a saint, you must first be virtuous; if you want to become a Taoist, you must first accumulate virtue. Morality has dual uses, internal and external complement each other, and the studies of sages are achieved. The Taoist does things for oneself; the virtuous does things for others. If you practice the Tao to the end, your virtues will be endless. From ancient times to the present, after the immortals and Buddhas have attained enlightenment, they will still be like the light and dust, accumulating merits and deeds until three thousand merits are completed and eight hundred deeds are completed before they receive the decree from heaven. Kuang Jindan Dao is tabooed by ghosts and gods. People who are not loyal and filial cannot know it, and people who are not virtuous and virtuous dare not teach it. That is to say, it is known by force of transmission that ghosts and gods are not happy and will inevitably bring disasters secretly and prolong their lifespan. It is not only useless, but also harmful. Since I have obtained the decree of being an immortal in the niche, I have the great duke in my heart, and whenever I meet someone with lofty ideals, I want to guide him. Occasionally there were glimpses of clues, but after Xu looked at them, he soon became complacent and unable to go deep, and eventually became slack and exhausted over time. His greed and worries are worse than those of ordinary people. Several people before and after are all like this. Alas! This kind of people must have ancestors with no virtue and no conduct themselves. Therefore, they are diligent at first and lazy at the end, and they have lost their way to the true sect, which is irreversible. Because of my carelessness, I made mistakes and deceived others, and I also encountered demonic obstacles many times.

Fortunately, it didn't matter, and the real treasure was not stolen. In view of this, he became speechless and did not dare to reveal his secrets. He had to wait for someone with great strength to pour his money into his ears. Scholars from this world have just entered the sect and looked directly at the gods as the easiest thing to do, and then deceived all directions without knowing what to avoid. Never think about the blood and sweat of the ten directions; every drink and every peck is the hard work of all living beings. There are those who trap people with their words; there are those who use fake Taoist methods to gain wealth; there are those who use yellow and white tricks to deceive people; there are countless ways to do this. I will owe a lot of debt in the future and I don’t know how to digest it. The ancients said: "Two horns may be present or absent, and one tail may be determined thousands of times." Who must be of this generation? Those who are aspiring to the Tao must be virtuous and self-reliant, and should not act carelessly and delay their future. What is virtue? This is the kind of person who cares for the elderly and the poor, cherishes the orphans and the widowed, gives medicine and leaves tea, builds bridges and repairs roads, helps those in danger and relieves the poor, values ??wealth over righteousness, and promotes convenience. What is OK? This is the person who works hard for himself and others, works diligently and does good deeds without expecting retribution, does not grudge against others, does not attack when he has made achievements, is not afraid of difficulties, and does what is right when he sees it. Able to accumulate virtue, able to establish good deeds, the longer the time, the stronger the strength, the virtue is submissive to ghosts and gods, and the character is beyond the vulgar. When an expert sees it, he decides to follow it, and the road is promising. Otherwise, if you don’t accumulate any virtue or practice any practice, you will only dream of enlightenment, and when you meet an expert by chance, you will cover up your bad deeds and focus on your good deeds. You think you can deceive others, but you don’t realize that others regard you as if you see their lungs and liver are in trouble. There is also a class of people who do not do their duty, commit all kinds of evil, go to the wine shop and spend the night in the countryside, talk about morality but their heart is immoral, harm others and benefit themselves, do all kinds of strange things, do not know how to regret themselves, and complain that they are not blessed and have no fate, and slandering the Alchemy Sutra is all lies. Word. The seeds of true hell should be of a different kind. If you seek them as human beings, you can't get them. How dare you hope for immortals. Call! Virtue refers to one's own affairs in the human world; Tao refers to the matters taught by teachers to become immortals. If you want to cultivate the Tao without accumulating virtue, but you can't do it in human affairs, how can you achieve the Tao of Immortality? Why don't you think twice?

The third key to exhausting one's heart and pursuing principles

"Shuo Gua Zhuan" says: "Extending one's nature and leading to one's destiny." It can be seen that the study of exhausting one's nature and one's destiny all lies in the pursuit of principles. The ear determines right and wrong. If the principles are poor and thorough, then one's abilities will be perfect, one's life will be preserved, and one can go straight to the supreme and true place; if one's principles are unclear, one's life will be difficult to cultivate, one's nature will be difficult, and one will eventually regret the failure in old age. Today's scholars are confused about becoming a monk, confused about studying Taoism, and confused about practicing. If they are confused in life, how can they be clear when they die? What's the matter with life? You're doing this recklessly! The way of the golden elixir encompasses the way of heaven and earth, the way of stealing creation. It is the most noble, the most divine, the most wonderful, and it is not easy to understand. Scholars do not think about their own lives, do not understand the meaning of the teachings of the ancestors, eat all day long, and have no intention. They dream of a word or a half of wonderful things, that is, they want to achieve enlightenment. They spend the day wandering around and sleeping peacefully at night, treating the Alchemy Sutra as useless. He said that he used Zi Shu as a trick to deceive others. Those who falsely claim to be wise will lead the wrong with falsehood; those who falsely hope to come true will lead the blind with blindness. Even if there are a few people with faith, they are just looking at the flowers and looking at the flowers. How can they put their minds deeply into the truth? The ancients also said, "If you return the paper to find the true meaning, there will be great Luo Immortals everywhere." This is especially for those who do not seek teachers, and it is useless to say that the Alchemy Sutra is useless. Later generations do not know the meaning of the ancients, so they often use this as evidence, and then ignore the scriptures without asking, which is a big mistake. The true Dharma words of the Immortal Husband should not be uttered in vain, and every word or half of the words can contain the wonderful meaning. I don’t know how much my wife’s heart has been spent on it, so as to build a ladder for future generations and keep an eye on the teachings. But if you slander and slander him, the crime is beyond words! The actions of the later masters and wise men are always within the scope of the ancients. In fact, they may not be higher than the ancients. Today's masters do not coax students, so it can be seen that the ancient immortals will not mislead future generations. I advise people with lofty ideals to take the teachings of the ancients, study them in detail, seek advice from teachers, and understand the past and the future. Only when there is no doubt at all can you practice it. Be careful of the mistake of relying on your own wisdom when you have one and no one else; and do not listen exclusively to Bang. Sound, and let others mislead you; as for scholars who are not familiar with writing, they must also distinguish the actual meaning from common sayings. As the saying goes, there is a hidden secret in the truth, but some people have not thought deeply about it. Such as "no dignity", "no shape", "knowledge", "so comfortable", "confused", "just follow the rules", "play according to circumstances", "dig for gold in the sand", "make something out of nothing", "live and die" ”, “Have oneself and no one else”, “Don’t know whether to live or die”, “Don’t care about life”, “Only know that one has oneself but not anyone else”, “It is better to stay in one house than to stay in three houses”, “Being courteous to others will result in gains”, “Only knowing that one has oneself” One, I don't know the other." These words reveal the secrets of the world. Why not pick out one or two, make a head start, and think about it. Although the truth is unclear, but the knowledge gradually opens up and is close to the Tao, it is not a waste of time. This kind of learning of poor principles can be done by everyone, regardless of whether they are wise or foolish. If you are successful and have no shortage of time and effort, you will gain enlightenment over time. However, those who realize it have their own private opinions and should not act rashly. If you encounter an enlightened master, you must investigate the matter from beginning to end, and ensure your innocence. You will have true knowledge and insights, and you will be able to handle things well, so that you will not make any mistakes.

If you know the front but not the back, you know the back but you don’t know the front, you know the yin but don’t know the yang, you know the yang but don’t know the yin, you know the body but don’t know the use, you know the use but don’t know the body, or you know the action but don’t know the inaction, or you know the inaction but don’t know the action, or you know the essence. A person who knows about the formation of pills but does not know how to take them, or knows how to form a fetus but does not know how to get rid of it, or knows how to cook martial arts but does not know how to practice martial arts, or knows how to practice martial arts but does not know how to cook them. Maybe you know the Yang Fire but don't know the Yin Talisman, or you know how to advance the fire but don't know how to stop it, or you know how to warm and nourish the fire but don't know how to add it. A slight difference, a thousand miles of missing, may not come true. Not only this, but Yin and Yang have inside and outside, and the five elements have true and false. There are two periods of life and time, one day after another, there are true and false, there is false within true, there is true within false, there is true within true, there is false within false. If these mechanisms are not thoroughly studied, it means that they cannot be implemented; if they are not clearly distinguished, it means that they cannot be implemented. Therefore, Lu Zu tried to restore the elixir three times but failed, and then obtained Cui Gong's "Medicine Mirror" to complete the work. Ziqing was troubled by wind and thunder in the middle of the night, so he practiced repeatedly and the problem was solved. Just like Er Weng, the leader among the immortals, some of them are unknown, but there is still no danger, but what about others? Scholars should think twice.

The fourth point of interviewing and seeking the true master

The ancient immortal said: "If there is no master to teach people to know, there will be no place for the gods in the sky to live." "Wuzhen" also says: "Rao Jun is smart. If you don't meet a true teacher like Yan Min, don't make a guess. "It's true that the knowledge of life must be passed down by a teacher. It can't be arbitrarily guessed and learned privately. In the past, Daoguang suddenly realized the enlightenment and knew that he was not doing anything good. Later, he met the apricot forest and became the great road." "Shangyang has obtained the secret of Yuandu. He dares not be self-sufficient, but he must see Qingcheng and prepare for the fire. Sanfeng Songshan has been suffering for more than ten years and gained nothing. Later, after receiving the guidance of the two immortals Zheng and Lu, he knew about the great event." Although there are little skills in the world, they can only be known through the teachings of teachers. How can one learn about important matters in life without a teacher? The way to build one's life is to steal yin and yang, seize creation, reincarnate and kill, twist the qi, and the innate and unobstructed way. Ghosts and gods cannot predict it, and no turtle can take it. The one who gets it will be promoted to the holy position, and he will go straight to the other side, and he will be the best in the world. The first big thing is the most difficult thing in the world. How can you know it if Gou Fei, a holy master, whispers it? There are three thousand six hundred side sects and seventy-two levels of alchemy. They use evil to harm the good and confuse the true with the false. It is very difficult to distinguish who is the blind master and who is the enlightened master. However, it is easy to distinguish. Generally speaking, a great person is born, is pretentious, has a unique tune, is not promiscuous, does not flatter the world, does not belong to the same party, does not want fame, does not rely on talent, does not seek profit, does not deceive others, is not eccentric, and speaks one word. Words are all beneficial to the way of the world, and every line is of great benefit to the holy religion. There is no greed, anger, ignorance, and love. The intention, necessity, solidity, and self are fully understood. The moral character is pure and high, and no one can reach it. Being free and open-minded is beyond everyone's reach. Occasionally, people with lofty ideals are quoted, and they have to go through many hardships to test whether they are true or false. Only if they are white jade and flawless can they be able to give clues; if they are not human beings, they will never dare to reveal the secrets of heaven. This is why he is a wise master. If a blind teacher makes something out of nothing, and makes something out of nothing, he will not think about his own mistakes, and will teach others the wrong way. Some people refer to men and women as yin and yang, some use millet as millet beads, some use furnace fire as the outer elixir, some use refining the heart and kidneys as the inner elixir, some use thinking to concentrate the mind, or some practice Ziwu is used to draw out the wind, some turn the wheel into the Zhoutian, some regard stubborn emptiness as inaction, some use luck as doing something, some use oblivion as practicing tranquility, or some practice sleep as retreating from Yin. Some people may take sulfur to promote Yang, or some may avoid grains in order to prolong life, and so on, there are countless others. Such people have no words of merit and no integrity. They wear bare clothes but have money bags around their waists. They wear hairpins and crowns but care about snakes and scorpions. They pay attention to wealth when they see it. They forget the way when they encounter hardship. They drink wine and eat meat. They don’t care about the blood and sweat of the world. They lose their reputation. Teach, those who know that they will perish for a thousand eons. When walking, they only work hard on money. Wherever they move, they put all their thoughts on food and clothing. With one bow of the head, they are accepted as disciples. They have tea and meals. Even if they preach, they use the door of the sages. But they deceive themselves and the world, steal the teachings of immortals and Buddhas, and pretend to be monsters. They only know that they are full and warm, and they don't care about the lives of others. If a scholar listens to his words but does not observe his actions, he will not fail to fall into the net and harm his life. If Kuang is puzzled by what he says, he thinks falsehood is true, and he is stubborn and unresolved. Even though there are high-spirited saints who want to help him, there is no way to get in. There are many Taoists in the world who have suffered this kind of disaster. Huang and his ilk travel east and west, who doesn’t have many public cases? Who doesn’t have a few words to say? If you only use the three flavors of your mouth to judge people, then everyone will be a Buddha and everyone will be an immortal. I would like to ask, there are thousands of people who study Taoism. How many people can become enlightened? Generally speaking, saints and sages are not common and immortals and Buddhas are not common. Because they are not common and rare, they are considered experts. A superior person is beyond his kind and outstanding. How can he be called a superior person by speaking Samadhi? At that time, I was taught a secret touchstone by my master, who was good at recognizing the status of people. If you meet a practicing person and test him with wine, sex, wealth, and energy, but he cannot move, he must be of extraordinary quality. If you even question him with "Wuzhen" and "Shentong", and he answers casually, he is a wise master. I have tried and tested many times, and I am willing to use this method to win the hearts of all my colleagues. .com/

The Fifth Key to Refining Oneself and Building the Foundation

"Qin Yuan Chun" says: "The Seven Return Pills, people must first refine themselves and wait for the time."

"The Enlightenment Chapter" says: "If you want to achieve the Nine Transformations, you must first train yourself and uphold your mind." "On the way to cultivation, it is easiest to return the elixir, but to refine oneself is the most difficult. If you want to return the elixir without cultivating yourself, it is completely unreasonable. Those who return the elixir are like the beams and pillars of a house; those who refine themselves are like the foundation of a house. If the foundation has not been laid, the beams and pillars will have nowhere to build; if the self has not been refined, the elixir of return cannot be condensed. When a scholar learns the master's instructions, he urgently needs to refine himself, and become proficient in it. When facing the furnace, he will be able to have both sides, he will be at ease, and he will have the same temperament as lead and mercury. In harmony, there is no risk of gain and loss. Especially since people are born, the yang pole generates yin, the innate is lost, and the acquired is used. The old things are not mine. In addition, all kinds of worries are felt in the heart, and everything is strained and the essence is leaked. , dizziness, and weak energy, this phantom body is similar to a broken pot and a rotten urn, which cannot hold water; a person's body is decayed and cannot receive elixirs. Therefore, although it is an acquired artifact, it is not a return of elixirs. The medicine has not yet been returned, but it still depends on success, and it must not be damaged. The ancients said: "If there is no such dream, how can we do great things?" If you still have big things to do, why use this dream? " He also said: "We are not afraid that we will not have the true seed before birth, but we are afraid that we will not be able to achieve success the day after tomorrow. "If the day after tomorrow is enough, then the innate can be restored, and if the innate is restored, the day after tomorrow can be transformed. How can we underestimate the power of refining oneself and building the foundation! What is refining oneself? If you are less greedy and have no love, you can refining oneself; if you strengthen the Yin essence, you can refining oneself. To train the sleep devil is to train oneself; to suffer oneself and benefit others is to train oneself; to work hard in the world is to train oneself; to work hard with one's heart and throw away worldly things is to train oneself; to be brave and diligent and take the Tao as one's responsibility is to train oneself; to be down-to-earth , make efforts step by step to refine oneself; wealth cannot be eroded, poverty cannot be moved, power cannot be bent, it is to refine oneself; wearing brown and embracing jade, great wisdom is like foolishness, great skill is like clumsiness, most of the efforts to refine oneself are in vain. Self is the destination. Laozi said: "The reason why I have a serious illness is because I have a body, and I have no body. What trouble do I have?" "When you refine yourself to the point where you have no self, your body will exist outside of it. The day after tomorrow will be stable and the foundation will be solid. Innately, the true sun will come back and mix into one. "The air comes first and the air comes later. Those who get it are often like being drunk." The elixir will be completed within an hour. If you try to achieve success in a short period of time for self-improvement, then the day after tomorrow will not be solid. Although the innate world is close at hand, it is not allowed to exist. When he arrives, I will not wait. Alas! When building the foundation, you need to use the hammer. When you refine the self, you need to build the foundation. How easy is it?

The sixth key to harmonizing yin and yang

The way of cultivation is the way of the golden elixir; the way of the golden elixir is the way of creation; the way of creation is the way of yin and yang. "Yi" says: "One yin and one yang are called the Tao. "Also said: "The heaven and earth are dense, all things are transformed into alcohol, men and women form essence, and all things are transformed into life. "Only when yin alone does not give birth, and yang alone does not grow, only when yin and yang are combined can fertility be achieved. The way of golden elixir is to adopt the innate and pure Qi. The innate Qi is invisible and has no image. It cannot be seen or heard. What cannot be achieved is that it comes from nothingness. The sage uses reality to form emptiness, and what is real and exists is the true yin and true yang; Innate Qi, this Qi is not the interaction of Yin and Yang, and cannot have an image. If you want to cultivate the golden elixir path, there is no other way to abandon this Yin and Yang. Distinguish. The yin and yang of men and women are the yin and yang of the world; the yin and yang of the heart and kidneys are the yin and yang of the illusory body; the yin and yang of the sun and the moon are the yin and yang of the heaven and earth; the winter solstice and the summer solstice are the yin and yang of the year; the yin and yang of the new moon are the yin and yang of the month. Also; the time of Zi and Wu are the yin and yang of a day; the two periods and the four periods are the yin and yang of a moment. All of these are not the yin and yang of the golden elixir. My family is the yin, and his family is the yang; I am the separation. He is the Kan; one Yin in Li is the True Yin, and one Yang in the Kan is the True Yang. Taking the Kan to fill the Li is to use the True Yin to seek the True Yang, and to use the True Yang to supplement the True Yin. Moreover, Yin and Yang are different from the inside and outside: inside. The yin and yang of the direct movement, the things after birth, are the day after birth, and the human way; the yin and yang of the outside, the yin and yang of adverse luck, the things before the birth, are the innate, and the yin and yang inside and outside have no equal appearance of men and women, they are neither color nor color. Emptiness means color and emptiness; it is neither existence nor non-existence, that is, existence and non-existence. If the color is empty, it is not the true trace of true yin and true yang. We know that yin and yang need to be balanced and equal, neither more nor less, without bias. , neither hasty nor slowness, neither presence nor absence, neither instant nor separation, neither impatient nor cowardly, or the yang moves and the yin follows, or the yin senses and the yang responds, or the yin uses yang, or the yin uses yin, or the yin uses yin to Complete yang, or use yang to control yin, or use the yin and yang from the inside to help the outside, or use the yin and yang from the outside to help the inside, the inside and outside are combined, the golden elixir is formed from nothingness, take it and take it, and you will live forever. "Shen Tong". It says: “It is easy for people of the same species to perform martial arts, but it is difficult for people who are not of the same species to be clever. "Wu Zhen" says: "Internal medicine is also the same as external medicine. It must also be used to connect the inside and the outside. The combination of elixirs and herbs is the same, and it has two general functions of warming and nourishing." Sanfeng said: "In this world, a man and a woman have Yin and Yang, and they will produce children and grandchildren, which will be passed down from generation to generation." If you follow it, you will be ordinary, if you go against it, you will be immortal, just topsy-turvy in the middle. "This is the way to reconcile Yin and Yang.

The Seventh Key to Understanding the Temperature of Fire

The ancient scripture says: "The sage teaches medicine but not fire, and few people know the temperature of fire." It is easy to know the medicine, but the temperature of fire is the most difficult. Although it is difficult to find the medicine, if you encounter a wise master who can point it out, the true knowledge and insight will be available now without waiting for him to ask for it, so it is easy to know. As for the heat, there is cooking and martial arts, there is starting and resting, there is inside and outside, there is sequence, there is time, there is Yao Baht, there is haste and slowness, there is stop, there is heat for each step, and there is heat for each step. The temperature of the fire is ever-changing, so only by adjusting it at any time can you be sure. If you miss it by a hair, you will lose a thousand miles. So it’s the hardest. What is fire? The magical skill of forging; what is the waiting? The time of application is also. The time to use it is when the Hongmeng is about to judge and yin and yang are not separated; forging magical skills is within the coexistence of heaven and man, and the establishment of existence and non-existence. And there is external heat and internal heat. The external fire temperature gathers the five elements and harmonizes the four images; the internal fire temperature bathes and warms the body to prevent danger. Although the internal and external medicines are the same, the application of fire is very different. How can one know it without meeting a true master? The five elements gathered in clusters, combined with the four images, steal the vitality of heaven and earth, steal the ancestral energy of yin and yang, return the handle to turn the sky pivot, open the door of kun and block the door. The beauty lies in the time when a yang comes back under the accumulated yin. . At this time, it is in harmony with the heaven and earth, its brightness with the sun and the moon, its order with the four seasons, and its good and bad fortunes with the ghosts and gods. It is said that there is only one month in a year, one day in a month, and one hour in a day. But at this time, it is easy to lose but hard to find, easy to mistake but hard to find. If you get it, you will enter the path of life, if you lose it, you will enter the path of death. At this moment, the sage uses the yin talisman and yang fire, uproots the roots of the sky and drills into the moon cave, breaks the chaos and picks up the millet beads, returns to the key points of the seventy-two periods, and seizes the righteousness of the twenty-four periods. Water and fire join together here, metal and wood join together here, lead and mercury join together here, settle down and live here, and pass from death to life here. If after this time, yin and yang are separated, the true ones are hidden and the false ones are used, they will be behind the heavens and cannot be used. As for "the moon is shining brightly on the bank of Qujiang River", it refers to the temperature of raw medicine; "when the wind comes, look for the original sect", the temperature of collecting medicine; "the two aquatic medicines are true, if you wait for the third one, they will not enter", "old and tender"; " When lead meets Gui, it must be plucked quickly, and when gold meets the eye, it cannot be tasted." The heat is slow and slow; "When you suddenly see a dragon in the field, you must cook it fiercely and temper it quickly; but when you hear a tiger roaring into the cave, you should turn it upside down and use it in reverse." Use force. Heat; "Slowly watch the medicine stove to see the heat, but calm the mind and let nature take its course", the heat of the article; "You must refine the elixir quickly before refining it, and you must know how to stop it after refining it", the heat of warm and nourishing; "Only because the fire power is adjusted , sow the yellow buds and gradually grow into them." This is the heat of the elixir. "Know it in your heart, protect it carefully, and watch the fire in the furnace fly." It is the fire of the elixir. These are all the fire conditions of the elixir. The fire temperature of Ruofu's great elixir has other wonderful functions. It is the fire temperature of "receiving good luck and preventing evil"; "resurrection from the dead in seven days of chaos depends entirely on the adjustment of water and fire by a partner"; the fire temperature of solidifying Ji; "sending it back to the earth and sealing it in a pot "Solid, the next time it flows into the stream, the pearls will match it.", the temperature of raising the fetus; "Do not use ordinary lead, and discard the real lead if you use it.", the temperature of pumping and adding; "The carts on the Danzao River will cease to be silky, and the crane's fetus will rest on its own." "Mianmian", the fire of bathing; "In one day, at twelve o'clock, you can do whatever you want", the fire of guarding against danger; "The baby is a body containing true energy, and the tenth month of pregnancy is completed into the holy foundation", the fire of the formation of the fetus "The yin peels off all the elixirs and matures, jumping out of the mortal cage and living for thousands of years", the fire of rebirth; this is the eternal fire of the great elixir. There is also a fire that can be used both internally and externally. "Ordinary people want heavenly things, and to use them, they need worldly wealth." It is a fire among the fires that collect medicine; "The jade pistil grows in the Yanyue furnace, and the water in the cinnabar cauldron is flat." It is a fire among the elixir-forming fires; " On the seventh day, when the sun returns to its original state, it is a wonderful combination of hundreds of gods." "The fire within the fire of the womb is formed; there is no existence or non-existence, all things return to emptiness", the fire within the fire of rebirth; the secret of the internal and external elixirs, That's it. There are also subtle and mysterious things in it, which are revealed by God and exist in people. They can be adapted temporarily and cannot be transmitted in words.

The eighth key point of foreign medicine to cure life

"Wu Zhen" says: "Don't pretend to be skillful and use other people's immortal prescriptions." Yuan Duzi said: "Innate The energy comes from nothingness. "When you say that his family is nothingness, you know that it is not something produced by one body. When it comes to this, all heavens and people should be shocked and doubtful. Heaven uses yin and yang and the five elements to transform all things, and qi takes shape. Human beings are gifted with righteous qi and become the spirit of all things. With this qi, they have this principle. Qi means fate; reason means nature. It is life and destiny, given by heaven. Heaven gives it to you at the beginning, and Heaven takes it away at the end. This trend is inevitable. If things with illusory bodies in the future struggle with heaven for power, they are always under the control of nature. How can they escape from it? There is no way to return gold liquid to elixir, and it is completely unreasonable to try to save one's life. The way of returning gold liquid to elixir is also the innate way. The innate way encompasses heaven and earth, moves yin and yang, and is connected with the secrets beyond heaven and earth. Therefore, it can control life and death, avoid reincarnation, and escape from the mortal world and enter the holy foundation. But this secret is thousands of miles away, but it is so close. It is a pity that people in the world are unwilling to take it seriously, and as time goes by, they will never look back and risk their lives.

If a person with lofty ideals can study the truth thoroughly, suddenly break through the doubts, completely let go, and go straight to the other side, then the illustrious golden elixir will be achieved in one day, and it will not take three or nine years. However, it is the easiest to make the elixir, but it is very difficult to practice it. There is no way to correspond the virtual and the real, change the yin and yang, and use magic to prolong life, but the golden elixir does not form. The way to prolong life through magic is to seize the power of creation of heaven and earth, steal the opportunity of Yin and Yang information, reincarnate to kill, twist the handle of a fight, it is a way that is innate and cannot be violated by heaven. "Yinfu Jing" says: "No one in the world can know or see the stolen machine." "Wuzhen" says: "It is difficult for people to see it when there is something to do, and it will be known to everyone when it comes to inaction. But it is wonderful to see inaction. , How do you know that there is creation as the foundation? "Since the innate loss of human beings, the true yang has been deficient. Although the shape is male, it is all yin. If you insist on cultivating yourself, you will not be able to shed tears, saliva, essence, blood, eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind. However, the seven emotions and six desires, the five aggregates and eight consciousnesses, and the three pendulums and hundred acupoints use yin to help yin. How can life be connected, and how can elixirs be connected? Therefore, "Shen Tong" says: "When a hen lays her own eggs, the chicks are incomplete." This is the proof. The so-called foreign medicine in the Fu Dan Sutra is called foreign medicine because my family's true yang is lost outside, does not belong to me, and lives in other people's homes. Charming didn't know, so he mistakenly misunderstood other characters or foreign characters, and guessed it as Royal Girl's Pill, or five metals and eight stones, or guessed it as heaven, earth, sun and moon, or guessed clouds, grass and trees, and other tangible things. As everyone knows, the real great medicine is neither form nor emptiness, neither existence nor non-existence. It is the undivided primordial energy of Hongmeng, the undivided essence of heaven and earth. The sage followed the method and formed a millet bead within an hour. It was called Yang Dan, also called Huan Dan, also called Golden Pill, and also called True Lead. With this True Lead, it dotted one's yin mercury, like a cat catching. Rat, dried mercury instantly formed a holy fetus, which is where the name of this medicine comes from. Try to explain it in detail, "The medicine comes out of the southwest and is in the position of Kun. If you want to find the position of Kun, why don't you leave people." It's also about foreign medicine; "On the third day of the lunar month, Geng was shaken, and the moon on the bank of Qujiang River was shining brightly." It's also about foreign medicine; "The golden tripod wants to Leave the mercury in Zhu, and add mercury to the jade pond first. "For external medicine: "Take the position of Jiangkan in the heart, and enlighten the yin in the abdomen of the palace." Medicine; "The Qi of Kanli harmonizes, and the yellow buds grow by themselves." It is also an external medicine; but the medicine is external, so how can it grow inwards? The medicine belongs to him, how can I have it for me? The scripture says: "The five elements are born smoothly, and the Dharma Realm is a pit of fire; the five elements are reversed, and the seven treasures of the earth are born." Wood originally produced fire, and now fire produces wood; metal originally produced water, and now water produces metal; metal, wood, water, and fire contain two earths, Wu and Ji, and they are combined with the four images to match the five elements. When one Qi is used, it becomes a Tai Chi. When the fire power reaches the end, Refining a pill of the Supreme Yang, taking it and taking it, you will live forever, spring with the heaven and earth, and compete with the sun and the moon. It is said that after you swallow a pill of gold, you will know that your destiny is not determined by heaven. Alas! If you can't buy it with taels of gold, give it to someone in front of the cross street. The golden elixir road is passed down for thousands of kalpas. It is supreme and noble. Those who obtain it will be promoted to the holy position. Before they are born in future generations, they will receive the magical power of Buddha before their eyes. Why would people not accumulate virtue and cultivate Taoism?

The Ninth Key to Internal Medicine’s Effect of Nature

"Tao Te Ching" says: "If you have desire, you can observe its orifices, but if you have no desire, you can observe its wonders." These two words are the golden elixir avenue. From beginning to end, it is the key to learning from ancient and modern times. If the external medicine is not available, the yin and yang cannot be achieved; if the internal medicine is not available, the body cannot have both form and spirit. Those with high virtue cultivate internal medicine, and the external medicine will be complete; those with low virtue will cultivate external medicine, and the internal medicine will be complete. External medicine is a gradual method, internal medicine is a sudden method. External medicine is extraordinary, internal medicine is holy. "For those who have the desire to observe the orifices," external medicine steals the power of creation and acts on the body of the illusion; "for those who have no desire to observe the wonderful things," the internal medicine is the study of understanding the mind and nature, and works on the body of the Dharma. If the external medicine is obtained but the internal medicine is not repaired, this is what Lu Zu called "a fool whose life span is the same as that of heaven and earth." Kuang Dadan is a rare external medicine. Once the external medicine is available, it is an internal medicine. The sacred fetus has an image, and the power of the yin talisman is like this. "Shen Tong" says: "The three treasures of ears, eyes, and mouth are blocked and do not open up. A true person dives into the abyss and floats and observes the rules." This is the so-called "viewing wonderful things without desire". "Viewing the wonders without desire" is the way of inaction, but inaction is nothing more than dead wood and ashes, and it is absolutely nothing. Among them, it has the merits of staying in the morning, drawing lead and adding mercury, guarding against danger, and consolidating the holy fetus. Therefore, the five elements are merged and transformed into yin and yang, so that both Tao and Dharma are forgotten, existence and non-existence are established, frost flies in the tenth month, and there is a body outside the body. It knows the past and the future, and returns to the place of true enlightenment, which is what the Buddha calls the Dharma Eye, the wonderful mind of Nirvana. , the most superior road. If one does not perform this skill suddenly after death, it will not be solid at all, empty but not real. It has not been forged in the great furnace, but it has always understood the true nature. If there is even a trace of leakage, it is inevitable that one will be thrown into physical trouble. Later generations do not know the meaning of the ancients' words, and most regard human nature and rationality as unworthy. I would like to ask how many scholars in the world can understand the mind of nirvana? How many people can see the true nature? The nirvana mind, the true nature, is pure, red, round, radiant, and radiant, reaching the sky and the earth. It cannot be seen by the human nature of acquired nature. The ancients also said that sex cannot change one's destiny, and that the ghost spirit of all eons cannot become a saint. This is especially true for those who have not cultivated their destiny but only cultivate their nature. If you have already died, how can you not cultivate your nature? If you don't cultivate your nature, you will be stubborn about things, and you will have nothing but wealth and no master.

If one does not cultivate one's nature, even though the illusory body has been liberated, the dharma body cannot be liberated. If you don't cultivate your nature, you can only live forever, but not live without it. If you don't cultivate your nature, you will be able to do it when you first take birth, but you won't be able to do it before you are born. The power of internal medicine to regulate human nature is the most important and infinite cause, all of which will be achieved here. Why should we despise human nature? I hope that those who become enlightened must urgently cultivate their lives before cultivating their nature; after they have cultivated their lives, they must urgently cultivate their nature. Yin and yang are used together, and both life and life are cultivated. From doing things to doing nothing, to establish existence and non-existence, to break the void, and to enter the place of no birth and no destruction, the cultivation of truth is completed.

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