Esoteric doctrines and physical, mental, and spiritual practices in Taoism
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Neidan
Seal script for nèidān内丹
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
內丹
Simplified Chinese
内丹
Literal meaning
inside cinnabar
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
nèidān
Bopomofo
ㄋㄟˋㄉㄢ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
neydan
Wade–Giles
nei-tan
IPA
neitan
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
noi6daan6
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
lǎitan
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese
nuʌiHtɑn
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)
nˤ[u]p-s/tˤan
Korean name
Hangul
내단
Hanja
内丹
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Revised Romanization
naedan
McCune–Reischauer
naedan
Japanese name
Kanji
内丹
Hiragana
ないたん
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn
naitan
Development of the immortal embryo in the lower dantian of the Daoist cultivator
Neidan, or internal alchemy (traditional Chinese: 內丹術; simplified Chinese: 內丹术; pinyin: nèidān shù), is an array of esoteric doctrines and physical, mental, and spiritual practices that Taoist initiates use to prolong life and create an immortal spiritual body that would survive after death.[1] Also known as Jindan (金丹 "golden elixir"), inner alchemy combines theories derived from external alchemy (waidan外丹), correlative cosmology (including the Five Phases), the emblems of the Yijing, and medical theory, with techniques of Taoist meditation, daoyin gymnastics, and sexual hygiene.[2]
In neidan, the human body becomes a cauldron (or "ding") in which the Three Treasures of Jing ("Essence"), Qi ("Breath") and Shen ("Spirit") are cultivated for the purpose of improving physical, emotional and mental health, and ultimately returning to the primordial unity of the Tao, i.e., attaining Taoist Immortality. It is believed the Xiuzhen Tu is such a cultivation map. In China, it is an important form of practice for most schools of Taoism.
^Skar, Lowell; Pregadio, Fabrizio (2000). Daoism Handbook. Brill. pp. 464–497. ISBN 9004112081.
Neidan, or internal alchemy (traditional Chinese: 內丹術; simplified Chinese: 內丹术; pinyin: nèidān shù), is an array of esoteric doctrines and physical, mental...
He was one of the main representatives of Taoist Internal Alchemy, or Neidan. He was an 11th-generation master of one of the northern branches of the...
The term Neidan can be divided into two parts: Nei, meaning inner, and Dan, which refers to alchemy, elixir, and cinnabar (mercury). Neidan uses techniques...
translator of Chinese language texts into English related to Taoism and Neidan (Internal Alchemy). He is currently affiliated with the International Consortium...
Dōng pài), Neidan Dong Taoism (内丹東派 Nèidān dōng pài) Xi Taoism or Western Taoism (西派 Xi pài), Neidan Xi Taoism (内丹西派 Nèidān xi pài) Faism Neidan and Waidan...
zongzhi, Chinese for The Secret of the Golden Flower, Taoist classic on neidan meditation Tai Yi, ancient Chinese name for Mount Taibai in Shaanxi Province...
two main kinds of alchemy, internal alchemy (neidan) and external alchemy (waidan). Internal alchemy (neidan, literally: "internal elixir"), which focuses...
t'u) is a Daoist "inner landscape" diagram of the human body illustrating Neidan 'internal alchemy', Wu Xing, Yin and Yang, and Chinese mythology. The name...
Quanzhen School specializes in the process of "alchemy within the body" or Neidan (internal alchemy), as opposed to Waidan (external alchemy which experiments...
or life force energy. The dantian are important points of reference in neidan, qigong, neigong, daoyin, Taoist sexual practices, reiki and other self-cultivation...
Nature and Vital Force) is a comprehensive Ming dynasty (1368-1644) text on neidan ("internal alchemy") self-cultivation techniques, which syncretistically...
immortal") who was a patriarch of the Quanzhen School, and a master of neidan "internal alchemy" techniques. Liu Haichan is associated with other Daoist...
ISBN 0-86568-174-0 Neigong.net is a site devoted to original texts of neigong, neidan, neijia and qigong Video of Nei Kung practitioner, John Chang website for...
techniques. In the early 700s, Neidan (also known as internal alchemy) was adopted by Daoists as a new form of alchemy. Neidan emphasized appeasing the inner...
Practices Three Treasures (virtues) Five Precepts Ten Precepts Meditation Neidan Waidan Bugang Chu Diet (Bigu) Sexual practices Art Talismans Priesthood...
Practices Three Treasures (virtues) Five Precepts Ten Precepts Meditation Neidan Waidan Bugang Chu Diet (Bigu) Sexual practices Art Talismans Priesthood...
traditions, in particular the Taoist meditative practice of "internal alchemy" (neidan), the ancient meditative practices of "circulating qi" (xingqi) and "standing...
for his occult writings focused on the integration of Taoist qigong and neidan, Tao inner alchemy. Michael Winn was part of a core group of Western esoteric...
'Folios on Awakening to Reality/Perfection') is a 1075 Taoist classic on Neidan-style internal alchemy. Its author Zhang Boduan (張伯端; 987?–1082) was a Song...
the "external pill", or Waidan (外丹). By contrast, "internal alchemy", or Neidan (内丹), was thought to create an immortal body within the corporeal body,...
latter group—called Wudangquan—are those with a strong element of Taoist neidan exercises. Typical examples of Wudangquan are tai chi, xingyiquan, Bajiquan...
chemistry-based waidan 外丹 "external elixir/alchemy" to physiology-based neidan 內丹 "internal elixir/alchemy" gave new analogous meanings to old terms. The...
other natural substances in a luted crucible. The later branch of esoteric neidan 'inner alchemy', which borrowed doctrines and vocabulary from exoteric waidan...
longevity (long life), who is connected to calisthenics, diet, alchemy, neidan (inner alchemy), and physiology Sekhmet, goddess of healing and medicine...
(Chinese: 太乙金華宗旨; pinyin: Tàiyǐ Jīnhuá Zōngzhǐ) is a Chinese Taoist book on neidan (inner alchemy) meditation, which also mixes Buddhist teachings with some...
Practices Three Treasures (virtues) Five Precepts Ten Precepts Meditation Neidan Waidan Bugang Chu Diet (Bigu) Sexual practices Art Talismans Priesthood...
Practices Three Treasures (virtues) Five Precepts Ten Precepts Meditation Neidan Waidan Bugang Chu Diet (Bigu) Sexual practices Art Talismans Priesthood...
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