Journey to the West: Cultivating the Way with the Great Sage

A man suddenly suffers a devastating calamity, and his heart turns to ash. But as the saying goes, “When the heart dies, the Dao cannot be born.” Most who cultivate the Dao begin in poverty or after enduring great tribulation. The man enters the mountains and finds two old men playing chess. To his surprise, he is led onto the path to immortality, where he cultivates across multiple lifetimes.

This book introduces some basic Daoist techniques and methods for cultivating qi.

This book draws on Journey to the West, True Words on Cultivation, The Great Penetration Scripture of the Supreme One, The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, Five Spiritual Writings, Formation Diagrams, the Book of Changes, Lianshan, An Introduction to Chinese Feng Shui, The Complete Collection of Daoist Methods, the Yellow Court Scripture, and other works. If needed, the sources will be identified in the book.