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Chapter Three: The Hermit of Dao Mountain
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As the fat Daoist brings Xiaoyao across the river one evening, the boatman warns Xiaoyao that the fat monk may not be all he seems on the surface arousing Xiaoyao's suspicions.
Nonetheless, Xiaoyao and the monk discuss the use of certain stories as repositories of wisdom, immune from inquisitions and heretic hunters, but reflective of deeper patterns that operate in our mind, heart and interactions with the world. And that they have been designed and used in this fashion for thousands of years.
Asked for proof of this, the Daoist points to the Mogao caves at Dunhuang: one thousand caves all painted, dynasty after dynasty, with different stories, many animal stories that look like fairy tales. But the caves are used for meditation ...
They meet the Hermit of Dao mountain in his high, lonely, but rather well-appointed eyrie,. They discuss nuances of the Mutual Cultivation of Essence and Life, and end up discussing the hidden meanings within, of all books: Monkey!
Otherwise known as the Journey to the West. They look at commentaries by the 18th century Daoist Sage Liu Yiming which lay out the spiritual meanings, and how to read Journey to the West and begin the perceive those meanings.
SHOW NOTES:
Xiaoyao Xingzhe, the self-styled carefree pilgrim, has lived and worked all over the world, having crossed the Gobi in a decrepit jeep, lived with a solitary monk in the mountains of Korea, dined with the family of the last emperor of China, and helped police with their enquiries in Amarillo, Texas.
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for pdfs of all recorded chapters and a few more, as well as other bits of interest on Daoism, Buddhism and Neidan, with an emphasis (but not a limitation) on pre-twentieth century authors such as Huang Yuanji and Li Daochun.
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