The Primordial Breath: An Ancient Chinese Way of Prolonging Life Through Breath Control, Vol. 2

278 Pages·1990·17.68 MB·English

by  Jane Huang

THE
PRIMORDIAL
BREATH
VOLUME II
AN ANCIENT CHINESEW AY
OF PROLONGING
LIFET HROUGH
BREATH CONTROL
Addi tionalt ranslatioonfsn inet retaiseso n
Embryo nicB reathinfrgo m theT aoisCta non,
theT aoT sang,b y Jane Huang.
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INSCRIPTIONO N JADE.
JoseNpehe dhtarma nsliatt feso llows:
as
Inb reathionnge m ustp roceed( asf ollowOsn)e. h olds
(theb reatha)n d iti sc ollectteodge therI.fi ti sc olelcted,
itex pands.Wh en ite xpandsi,tg oesd own.Wh en itg oes
down. itb ecomesq uietWh.e n itb ecomesq uieti,tw ill
solidifWhye.n itb ecomes solidifiietdw ,i llb egin to
sproutA.f teirt h ass prouteitd ,w ilglr ow.As itg rowsi,t
willb e pulledb acka gain( tot heu pperr egionsWh)e.n it
hasb eenp ullebda cki,t w illr eacht hec rown oft heh ead.
Above itwi llp ressa gainstth ec rown oft heh ead.B elow,
itwi ll pressd ownwards.Wh oever followtsh isw ill live.
Whoevera ctsc ontratryo i tw ildile .
Ch Pang-trHaunsalia itte fso llows:
'en as
"Int ransportingt he breathif, one swallosw, the
breatwihl lb e transporteIdf.i ti st rasnported,i tw ill
extend.Wh en itex tends,i t will descendWh.e n it
descendist,w ill be calmlys ettleWhde.n iti sc almly
settleidtwi, l lb es tronagn dfi rm. When iti ss tronagn d
firm ,i tw illg erminateWh.e n itg erminatesi,t wi llg row.
When itg rowsi,t wi llt urn back.Wh en itt urns back,i t
willg o toth e top.T he rooto fH eaveni su p above.T he
rooto fE arth isd own belowO.n e who followtsh isw ill
live. wOhnoe a ctsa gainstt hiwsi ldli e."
Additiaolntr anslaiotnso ft hisi nscrtiiponb,y Hellmut
Wilhelma ndK uo Mo-Jow,e rep rinted in thefi rst voulme
ofTHEP RIMORDIAL BREATH .
-6 -
The reasfoontr h edif efrenttr asnlatiiosmn asin lyt he
factth att hem eaning ofm any Choui degormas in
certasinp eicalizceodtn esxt.i so pent oc ojncetuer and
interpretaotin.
Following artew op asgseasi nP atW en P'tewnh ich
might ehlpt her eaduenrd etrsandb etetrt hec ompleyxi t
oft hej adein scriptaipoepna ring on thec overo ft he
booka.n in scriptiwohnih c so sfeamers toh aved efied
alaltt empmtasd ea ta t horougtharn satlion.
PatW en P'tenc.h apt1e9:r ' Thereofr.ew hoever does
notdi seprse[ hibsr ea]t ihsa realized [per]s (ocnhen).
whoe vedri spers[ehsib sre athi]s a dea[dpe rs]o.n"
PatW en P'tenc. hatper5 0:" Ch'un-yang-atzskued :
Manh asH evaena ndE arth( t'ten-YtinO an.d Yang (yin­
yangw)h.a td oetsh imse an? Cheng-yang-rtzeulp ide:
The heda (shoui)sH evae.nt hefe e(tts uar)e Earth.T hese
aret hee xternla [coerrsopndecnes.]Th e herta (hsin) is
rounadn dt heki dney(ss hen)a res quare. These aret he
intern[alc orrespocned]se.nTh e sun isY anga ndth e
moonis Yin.Th esea ret heeirxt ernal[ ocrrepsonden]c.e s
The braeth( ch'riOs e.san d they eh-liquo(ry eh)s etltes.
Thesea ret hre iinetrnal [ocrrepsondecnes]. Thu s.t he
distabnetwcee en hevaena nde arthi s84 .000l aegues( l0.
thed istanbcetewe enh eart and kidneysi s8 incehs
(ts'uan)n d4 tetnhso fa ni nchlf en)T. hi[ss hwost hat]
hearantd kidneyasre c omparablteoh evaen ande art.h"
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE 9
SELECTED CHAPTERS
FROMC HIHYE N TSUNG 19
TheGe neral Collectiono fth e MostP rofoundS ayings
TAOYI N SHIH 45
Ways ofP hysicEalx erc iset oG uidet heB reathE nergy
Lao Tzu'sM ethodo fM assage
LINGC HIENTZ U
YIN TAOTZU WU CHI 53
MasterM agic Sword's Record ofE xercise
between Tzu and Wu
SHES HENGTS UAN LU 75
A CollectioonfM ethodst oN ourish Life
CHUANG CHOU CH'IC HUEH CHIEH 91
Explanatiotnh eSeco rfe t
ofC huang-Tzu'Bsre athing Method
TAOS HU( THE PIVOT OFT AO) 99
TheC hapteorn N ourishing Life
The First and Last Chapters
oft heS upremCe larity's
134
Nourishingo fL ife
Chapteorn V arious Wonders 168
CH'FIA Y AOM IAO CHIHC HUEH 201
TheU tmostSec ret oft heE ssentialW onder
ofth e Methodso fB reathing
TAl SHAN G HUANG T'ING
WAI CHINGy(J CHING 221
The SupremeS uperiorJ'asd eC anon onth e
External View ofth e YelloCwo urtC anon
T'AIS HANG HUANG T'ING 231
NEIC HINGy(J CHING
The SupremSeu periorJ'asd eC anon onth e
Internal Viewo ft heY elloCwo urCtan on
GDO SSARY 255
BIBLIOGRAPHY 281
PREFACE
What referentcoeth se Embryonic Breathinpgr actices
aret herien n on-Chinessoeu rce?s How wouldo ne go
aboutd escriibngt hisp ractiicnem odern terms? Does
thipsr actciew ork?
This prefawcilel t ry toa nswert hesaen do thesrim ilar
questipoonsse db y readerso fo urf irstv olumeo fTH E
PRIM ORDIAL BREATH .
Non-ChineSsoeu rces
ont heE mbryonicB reathiPrnagc tice
Theb ody·fsu nctioofnb reathingh asb eenr eagrded by
mostan cienets oterrielcig ious teachingsa s thev ery
handlteob eu sedt og eth oldo f.o ro batin thec ontroofl
one·minsd and body.
The DhyanabinduU panisha(dv ers6e1 )s tatefso r
exam ple':Th e Prana( exhaling breathe nergy)exi ts
(osunding)l ikHAMe: theA pana (inhalinbgr eatehn ergy)
enters (soulnikdei nSgA ) Thus thein dividual soul
repeautnsc easinglyt he sacred formula HAMSA!
HAMSA! Yes.ni ghta nd day. constanttlhye.s oulr epeats
ovearn d overa gaintw.e nty-onet housands ix hundred
times.t hifso rmulaw.h icht hough( igto es)u nnoticeidt.
canb e wellm easured.O"t hery ogico r tantricw orks
indicamtaen y two-syllabfiocrm ulaso r mantrasw hich
expresso nomatpooeilcyo rin a symb oliwca yt heo ngoing
exhalatioann din halatioTnh.e rei sf orin stance.E -V AM
in theG uhyasamajTaa ntra.O ne may conjecture even
thatht e unspeakablheo yl nameo fJ ehovaohf t heB ibel
wasm isunderstoaosd be ing unspeakableb ecausoef i ts
hoilnessI. nf actt hei njucntiotno p ronouncite was a
merpeo inttehra tth tweo sylla(bIlHe-sO rHe)p resent the
sounodfb reathainngdt huthse rei sn on eefdo tra lking.
TheT aoT eC hin(gc hpate2r) a lsmoe ntio"nats e ahcign
ofn ow ordpsr"o bainb ltyhe s amev ein.
Beyontdh ipso intitnogt heb reathiunngc tifoanll.
nonT-aoitsetxt s are exceptionavllagyu e and
unintelliagsi tbohl eow top roceewidt h thisse cret
training oft heb reatYho.g aS hastorfaD attatrtehyea .
oldeysotg trae atipsreo basbtliyexl tla nstt at(epsa g2e6: )
'Thep ractitsihoonuetlrryd t ob reatihnte a kinags m uch
air asp ossiibnlth ee stomasclho wlTyo.a "n ym odem
readtehre sweo rdasr es heenro nsensIeti. s d oubtful
thathte y mades enseev einn a ncietnitm essi ncieti s
hardt od enyt hathte inhalatinoonm ,a ttehro w deep.
placesair intoth e lungsa ndn otin tot hes tmoach.Y e,t
thTea oipsrta ctoiftc hees w allowing ofb reath( sebeeo lw)
maketsh ea bovuen derstandalb.e Int hes ame way.
Kanha.a nI ndiBaund dhimsyts toifcth e 7thc entury AD
writess uccin(cvtrelsye2 2)":I af strolnogc k plicase da t
thgea toef t hee ntarnceo fb reath.if in thitsnie ble
darknesst hes piriti sm adei ntao l map,if thej ewe(hlte
tongeu,N ..T)o fJ ian (tehs oulN,.T .t)ou cheusp- hight he
supreHmeeva e,n( thpeal atNe.T.. Ka)n has ttaesi.t o ne
succeesdt heN irvana stille njoying the (everydya)
existen.cAl"eso brietfh,e g raet 11thc etnury A.D.
Tibetna poe-ty oiMg ilaerpain structhsi fsor emsotd isciple
Gam bopat o" firstp ratcciem y Dumo Ytoogs aee the
Mind-Essence."
Gambopa,w e are tol,di sa bllea tetro
hodlh isb reatihngf orm any hours.A referecnet ot he
Taoipsrtat ciec oft hes otppgi nofth e braeth exeircsse
elucidates
sucehn igamtcii nstructi.o ns
Inl igohftt h ea bov,te hesdee tadi tlextes stilalva ilbale
tou sin the TaoiCsatn ona ppera invaulable Howevre.
.
asc omprehenassit vhee se taextres.t her eadesrh ould
notb eo verconfi denyte t bielni evintgo u nderstantdh is
secretp racticeT.he set exts stlils eme tob es hrto notse
takenb y studenftrso ma maste.r obrre viriaes tohfe
practciewri.tt en by texhpee riencedi ntsructro who was
ablteo c overm an y fine dettaihrlousg h personalo ral
pointers.I ti sf urtherp osisblet hate vne thme osetxp lcllt
textsc otnains ercelta ngaugeim posbsliet od ecpihreb y
non-initeisat.I ti sin theg enisuo ft heC hniespee polteo
takaep eculiinart erest inri ddlesT.he C hniesel anguage
itsleelfn disst elfi deayl tlom ulptlimee aningansd velled
referencesI.f a Chinesweo rdm eansa tt he same time
"tos wallow" and" cloets"h.o nem ay seee asilhyo w
speaking abotu wearing coltehs would santd for
swallowing.Th e examplearse countslse.T he reader's
attentsihoounl bde d rawn tot heY ellow CourtC anon.
an importanTta oiswto rkh edl ing reate setemb yth e
Chniese.t rasnaltedan d publhiesdh eer in Wae setrn
languagfeo rt he first tmie. The readerm ay look
carefullya tt he" external view"( ore xoetric)t ext oft he
YelloCwo urtC anon and to the "itnernal viwe" (or
esotriec)v ersni ooft he Ylleow CourtC anon.If onew ere
to roenlayd t he" inetrnalv iewt"ra etiits ceo ulhdar dlyb e
suspectthaetdt hist ext speaks bascialyl oft he same
breahtingp raccteia st hec leearr" externalvi ew"t ext.
Moreoverre.a dse srholudr ealize thatt he Embryonic
Braehtinpgra ctciew asc ocnevieda sa setppgin stonfeor
ohtemro rper oofunsdp iritaulin sihgts.
TheT aoisBtr eathiPnrga ctices
Froma careuflr eadgin oft hed ffierentt xetso n
EmbryoniBcre athing it seetmhast thep ractcies
consisdto eft hef ollowinmga ojre elments:
TheDi et
A consistveengte tariadin ets houlbde maintainbeyd
thea deptO.n em ay noth opet op rolonlgif es ol ongo ne
participatine st he destructioonf life. The oldest
Japanesem edical manuoafCl h ineseo rigint,h eI shtmpo
(volp..4I5.) s ttaes":E videnptriloyri ty is plaocneth de life
ofh uman beingso vert hato fa nimals.Th e loveo fli fe,
howeveri,sth e same in animals asi nh umanb eings.T o
benefimta n by harming otherl ivincgr eatureiss
contemptifbrloem t hep ointo fv iewo f both maannd
othefro rmso fl ifeI.t d oesn ot taak sea get of eeslo ,d oes
itT?o destrooyn elif e in ordetro s avea nothert oid srift
awayf romth e meaningo flif e."O therr easonfso rs ucha
diearte the animal fata nd theh eavy digestioonf m eat
interferingw itht hep ractiocfet hes wallowing ofb reath.
Forth e samer easonhsa rd graliinkse w heath avet ob e
renounced too. Non-Cphriacntietsieo nersh ave to
become awaorfte h ec omplexityo fa Chinesvee getarian
diewth ich includseos m any mushroomsf,u ngusa nd
plantusn known inW esternc ooikngTh.e textsex plain
that the non-eoaftih nagr dg rains isp ossibolnel yw hen
donei nc onjunctiwointh theb reathienxge rcisAlesso.
attentsihono ulbde drawn tot heC hinese penchtaon t
usec hile, spicfeoso daa dnddi tsi vaned especiawlhlayt
isk nown modernly MasS G orm onosodiugml utamate.
MSG ise xtractefdr oms eaweeda nd also fromc ertain
tunas pecieThso.u gh MSGh asb eenm uch malignebdy
then on-Chineshee altliht eratufroer p ossiblael lergic
reactiotnois t i,t i sin terestitnong o tet hatt hes ubstance
molecuhloel dsa n inordien altargeam ount of oxygen
atomsIf. this largoexy gen contenotf c ertains eafoods
hasa nythitnogd o with the capabiliotyf d iving animals
tos topb reatnhgi forl argpee riodissa subject tsotb ilel
studibeydm odem sciencPea.rt oft he dieptr actiicset o
try tok eept hew holed igestsiyvset ehme alhty,f unctiaoln
and mosotft he tiemmep tyo ff ood.
Saliva
Thep racttiionre hast op roudcea largea mount of
saliavan dc osntatnlsyw allowi .t Saivlai sp roducedby
moving repeatdelyth e tognue overt het eethan dl pisb,y
knocking thet eettgohe hte.rb yi ngestginl qiuisda nda slo
byth e swallowing ofb raet.h Thisp ractiocfse w allowing
breathd own into thes otmachan d gutsa.s d esrciebd
beolw.p roduceasp partyel ninsidtehe boyd anu pward
moveo fl iuqidse videcnedb y a markde irneacsei n
savliation.
Swallowbinrge ath
The swallowingo fb raethi sw eldle scrbiedi n the
texts.T hea detpfi rsinth alse.t hena tfear w hileexh alse
inttohe c losmeodu th,p uffingi tu p,an dt riest os wllaow
thigsu lopfh umidifieadn dw armeda iri tnot hes tomach.
Easieisstt o b edn theh eaddo wn antdhe s wallowihnags
tom akea markde noi.s eThe swallowingh as tob e
undertank aesm ucha sp ossbilbee formee alsa ndm any
timesI.t i sa constanetffo rt ofp lacing ianitro t he
dgiesvteti arc.t Int ime, afterm any montsh,a stbale
pocketo fair is formed int he lagrein tetsine,i nt hes o
caleldl oewrT an-'iTeonr C innabarF ide.lIt ry nott ow ear
down the readerwi th itnerprettianos of symbolico r
alchemictale rms in thisd escriptoioftn h ep racticThei.s
pockeot fa ir is renewed ona cosntatn basisa nd the
oxygen insiidtec ana pparnetlye nterin to theb lood
streatmh rough thein testinwaall lI.t i st hipso ckeotf air
thaetna blse hte practitiotnoue nrd ertaket hen ext step,
andt haits t heh oldinagn dg uardinogft heb reath.