The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu, Translated by Burton Watson.
Heaven and earth were born at the same time I was, and the ten thousand things are one with me. The universe and I came into being together I and everything therein are One. Translates it as "The Universe and I are One." While Ni does not identify the exact source of this quote, a kindly correspondent, Kwan-Yuk Sit, has pointed out to me that it appears to be an abridgement of the following statements from the second chapter of Chuang-Tzu: The capital "I" at the end is pronounced "ee." In Nurture Your Spirits, Ni attributes the above invocation to Chuang Tzu and This phrase is taken from the end of Chapter 1 of Lao Tzu's Tao te Ching. Wonders." Ni explains: "It means, the universal and your spiritual Translates it as "The essence of the mystery is the gate of all In Nurture Your Spirits, Ni calls this Lao Tzu's invocation, and Live, so the world lives." Putting oneself last is the Taoist harmonious Universe and because it does not put "I" first, like "Because I Life lives within me." I like it because each life is a life of the
With me." Practically, it means "May the life of the universe liveįorever with me." Or it means, "The immortal essence of universal
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Literally, Lieu Huh means the six directions (four cardinal directions plus upĪnd down or three dimensions). In the book Eternal Light: Teachings of My Father, Grandmaster Ni Yo-San, Ni explains this invocation as follows:Įach syllable represents one of the six subtle essences of your own life. This invocation is also given on a cassette tape by Ni's son, Maoshing Ni, asĭiscussed on the page on this website called MostĪccessible Chants. In the book Mysticism, Ni identifies this invocation with somethingĬalled the Jade Pivotal Power, but does not explain further. What I particularly recommend to you it is spiritually associated andĬonnected with the souce of the entire spiritual world. Invocation "Chiu Tien, Yen Yuan, Rei Sheng, Pu Hua, Tien Tsun" is
Many people ask me to give a personal spiritual code. Hua, Tien Tsun" to put yourself back in order. When disturbed, quietly recite "Chiu Tien, Yen Yuan, Rei Sheng, Pu Tien, Yen Yuan, Rei Sheng, Pu Hua, Tien Tsun" is the God who checks your The nine spiritual centersĪlso connect with the natural spiritual centers of the universe."Chiu Nine sacred spiritual points within your own life. Practically, it is communication, unification, persistence and oneness of the In his book Nurture Your Spirits, Ni calls this "the unified Chiu Tien, Yen Yuan, Rei Sheng, Pu Hua, Tien Tsun More information on these techniques in his books, listed under Sources at theĮnd of this page. He calls "invocations," or short Chinese phrases used forĬontemplation and meditation. The large and somewhat rambling body of his writings. Nevertheless, a number of interesting ideas and techniques are scattered through Within his family and might not be typical of other Taoist practitioners. Some of his practices were apparently passed down as oral traditions Has assimilated common elements of the world's religious traditions in addition to He refers to his teaching as the Integral Way, because he One quirk of Ni's writing is that he rarely identifies the sources of his Teacher of natural spiritual truth by his own spiritual attainment rather than The other hand that he "is fully acknowledged and empowered as a true Wisdom passed down to him through many generations of his family," and on The one hand stating that he is "heir to an unbroken succession of Taoist L.A., teaching spiritual practices and traditional Chinese medicine. Hisīook jacket biographies give somewhat varied impressions of his background, on Born in China, he laterĮmigrated to Taiwan and then the United States, where he currently resides in Invocations from Ni Hua-Ching: Taoist Chant, Mantra, and InvocationsĪuthor on Taoism and related subjects in English.