Search results for "Neidan" - New World Encyclopedia

system), the pressure points, and various stages of Neidan attainment. Xiu (修) means “to practice” or “to better;” Zhen (真), “the ...

believed to increase physical longevity. Neidan (內丹; "internal alchemy ... textual tradition of internal alchemy (neidan). The text, which probably ...

(618-907 C.E.), differentiated into two schools: neidan (inner alchemy) and waidan (outer alchemy). Inner alchemy concentrated on using internal practices ...

relationship between internal cultivation (neidan) and external cultivation ... confer long life) was eschewed in favor of neidan, a form of internal alchemy ...