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Self-cultivation is the cultivation, integration, and coordination of mind and body. Although self-cultivation may be practiced and implemented as a form of cognitive therapy in psychotherapy , it goes beyond healing and self-help to also encompass self-development, self-improvement and self realisation.
Bildung (German: [ˈbɪldʊŋ] ⓘ, "education", "formation", etc.) refers to the German tradition of self-cultivation (as related to the German for: creation, image, shape), wherein philosophy and education are linked in a manner that refers to a process of both personal and cultural maturation.
The Xingming guizhi (性命圭旨, Principles of Inner Nature and Vital Force) is a comprehensive Ming dynasty (1368-1644) text on neidan ("internal alchemy") self-cultivation techniques, which syncretistically quotes sources from the Three teachings of Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism (particularly the Yogachara school), and is richly illustrated with over fifty illustrations that later ...
Self cultivation standing and seated meditation technology has a long history in East Asia and as a consequence has developed a specific specialised language based on observation of historical outcomes the term 走火入魔 is a general categorization for many adverse effects and classical syndromes of improper practice.
Through self-cultivation a person is enabled to discharge a responsibility which is uniquely human: to help keep the world in good order. The Daoist conception of a flourishing life is enrooted in this vision of the human being: it is a virtuous life in which, through self-cultivation on the bodily, mental and spiritual sides, a person comes to ...
Jing zuo (Chinese: 靜坐; lit. 'quiet sitting', from Sanskrit pratisaṃlīna) refers to the Neo-Confucian meditation practice advocated by Zhu Xi and Wang Yang-ming. Jing zuo can also be described as a form of spiritual self-cultivation that helps a person achieve a more fulfilling life ("6-Great Traditions").
This is often achieved through spiritual self-cultivation, alchemy, or worship by others. [2] This is different from the gods in Chinese mythology and Taoism , who were inherently supernatural. Xian is also used as a descriptor to refer to often benevolent figures of great historical, spiritual and cultural significance.
Agriculture, the land-based cultivation and breeding of plants (known as crops), fungi and domesticated animals Crop farming, the mass-scale cultivation of (usually a specific single species of) plants as staple food or industrial crop; Horticulture, the cultivation of non-staple plants such as vegetables, fruits, flowers, trees and grass