Danyang Real Person's Quotations

"Quotations of the True Master of Danyang" was written by Ma Yu, the Quanzhen Taoist master of the Jin Dynasty, and edited by his disciple Wang Yizhong. It was later included in the Taixuan Department of "Tao Zang". The book contains more than 50 quotations from Ma Yu, all of which promote the Quanzhen teachings and advocate the inner alchemy of dual cultivation of life and life. This book discusses the principles of cultivating the mind and nature in the true way, focusing on tranquility, inaction, meekness and humility. Pure means clearing the source of one's heart, and pure means purifying the ocean of Qi. When the source of the heart is pure, external objects cannot disturb it, so the emotions are calm and the spirit is clear; when the sea of ​​qi is pure, evil desires cannot come into play, so the essence is comprehensive and the abdomen is solid. Highlighting the importance of the method of losing purity in the practice of Taoism, "therefore, Taoists left behind a number of Alchemy Classics, thousands of sutras and thousands of theories, which can be summed up in one sentence: Qingjing." In addition, it is also advocated to reduce the taste to nourish Qi, to remove anger to nourish the nature, to reduce the pollution to nourish the virtue, to maintain tranquility to nourish the nature.