| "Yin from yang and yang from yin occur cyclically and constantly, so that no one principle continually dominates the other or determines the other. ...all conditions are subject to change into their opposites. Since the one principle produces the other, all things have within them the seeds of their opposite state and nothing is completely devoid of its opposite state. "presence in absence." |
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| The Shaolin Monks |
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| The Goddess of Mercy, a bodhisattva of compassion.. The name Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin which means "Observing the Sounds (or Cries) of the World |
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| Hua T’o was a renowned Taoist physician of the 2nd/3rd century CE, who helped develop the tao-yin breath and movement practices to stimulate ch’i. |
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| Part of statue of the eight immortals crossing the ocean - born as ordinary people but achieved immortality through the Tao |
| "When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be” | Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, 600-531 BC |