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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.
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 ...
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").
In religious Daoism [broken anchor] and traditional Chinese medicine, yangsheng, refers to various self-cultivation practices aimed at enhancing health and longevity. Yangsheng techniques include calisthenics, self-massage, breath exercises, meditation, internal and external Daoist alchemy, sexual activities, and dietetics.
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.
This article was written by Marian Venini and originally published in El Planteo.In a historic legislative measure, the Argentine government has modified the regulations for Law 27,350 on the ...
Confucius taught that the ability of people to imagine and project themselves into the places of others was a crucial quality for the pursuit of moral self-cultivation (§4.15; see also §5.12; §6.30; §15.24). [33] Confucius regarded the exercise of devotion to one's parents and older siblings as the simplest, most basic way to cultivate ren ...
Filial piety also forms the basis for the veneration of the aged, for which the Chinese are known. [ 15 ] [ 10 ] However, filial piety among the Chinese has led them to be mostly focused on taking care of close kin, and be less interested in wider issues of more distant people: [ 14 ] [ 52 ] nevertheless, this should not be mistaken for ...