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First conceived by Harrison Moretz, Liu Ming, Livia
Kohn, and Louis Komjathy at the Harvard University Daoism
and Ecology Conference, this invitational Daoist Cultivation
Conference brings scholars and practitioners together
to discuss and experience different forms of Daoist
cultivation. The conference format includes summaries
of papers, scheduled meditative practices, hikes, and
rests, as well as formal and informal discussions and
question periods.
Publication of a volume based on this conference is
scheduled for release in 2003. The volume, edited by
Livia Kohn and Louis Komjathy, is tentatively titled,
Daoist Cultivation: Traditional Models and Contemporary
Practices.
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May 9
2:00–6:00 |
Arrival |
| 6:00–7:30 |
Dinner, Introductions,
Orientation |
| 8:00–9:00 |
Practice
Harrison Moretz: Meditation and Self-Massage |
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May 10
7:00–8:00 |
Practice
Michael Winn: Inner Smile |
| 8:00–8:45 |
Breakfast |
| 9:00–11:30 |
Panel 1: Early Cultivation
Chair: Livia Kohn Harold Roth: “The ‘Numinous
Essay’ in the Huainanzi and the Foundations
of Inner Cultivation Practice”
Patricia Leong: “The Daoyin tu”
James Miller: “Living Light: Shangqing
Visualization in Theory and Practice” |
| 11:30–12:30 |
Lunch |
| 2:30–3:30 |
Practice
Jeff Nagel: Qigong |
| 3:30–6:00 |
Panel 2: Modern Cultivation
Chair: Michael Saso Solala Towler: “The Slippery
Art of Wuwei”
Harrison Moretz: “Daoist Elements of Taiji
quan”
Scott Phillips: “Push-Hands and Wuwei:
How Daoist Method Embodies Daoist View” |
| 6:00–7:00 |
Dinner |
| 7:00–9:00 |
Conversation Exchange
Period |
| 9:00–10:00 |
Practice
Liu Ming: Zuowang |
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May 11
7:00–8:00 |
Practice
Patricia Leong: Liuzi jue |
| 8:00–8:45 |
Breakfast |
| 9:00–12:00 |
Panel 3: Ethics and
Ascetics
Chair: Harold Roth
Livia Kohn: “Morality and Daoist Cultivation”
Suzanne Cahill: “Women’s Cultivation in
the Tang”
Chunyi Lin: “Daoist Ascetic Practices”
Brock Silvers: “Modern Daoist Communities in
China and the United States” |
| 12:00–12:45 |
Lunch |
| 2:00–3:00 |
Practice
Solala Towler: Wuji gong |
| 3:00–6:00
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Panel 4: Internal
Alchemy
Chair: Terry Kleeman
Elena Valussi: “Nüdan: Female Alchemy”
Xun Liu: “To Enter the Chamber: The Ethos of
Duo Practice in Late Ming Inner Alchemy”
Roger Jahnke: “Three Treasure Neidan:
A Form of Internal Alchemy”
Michael Winn: “Daoist Alchemical Formulas as
a Deep Language Structure for Communication with
Nature” |
| 6:00–7:00 |
Dinner |
| 7:00–9:00 |
Conversation Exchange
Period |
| 9:00–10:00 |
Practice
Scott Phillips: Qigong |
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May 12
7:00–8:00 |
Practice
Roger Jahnke: Neidan |
| 8:00–8:45 |
Breakfast |
| 9:00–11:30 |
Panel 5: Medicine
and Daoist Cultivation
Chair: Suzanne Cahill
Heiner Fruehauf: “Acupuncture Points: Mythology
and Symbolism”
Jeff Nagel: “Eight Branches Daoist Style Qigong
Acupuncture”
Nam Singh: “Daoist Dietetics” |
| 11:30–12:30 |
Lunch |
| 2:30–3:30 |
Practice
Harrison Moretz: Hunyuan gong |
| 3:30–6:00 |
Panel 6: Ritual and
Lineage
Chair: James Miller
Liu Ming: “The True and Simple: Criteria for
Orthodox Practice According to the Liu-Zhang
Covenant”
Michael Saso: “On the Transmission and Practice
of Daoist Registers”
Terry Kleeman: “The Dao of Rites: Ritual Performance
as a Path to Transcendence” |
| 6:00–7:00 |
Dinner |
| 7:00–9:00 |
Conversation Exchange
Period |
| 9:00–10:00 |
Practice
Heiner Fruehauf: Qigong |
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May 13
7:00–8:00 |
Practice
TBA |
| 8:00–9:00 |
Breakfast |
| 9:00–9:30 |
Concluding Ceremony |
Suzanne
Cahill
Department of History
University of California, San Diego
Daoism
Transcendence and Divine Passion: The Queen Mother
of the West in Medieval China (Stanford, Calif.:
Stanford University Press, 1993)
Heiner Fruehauf
Chinese Medicine
The Five Organ Networks of Chinese Medicine (Portland,
Ore.: Portland Institute for Traditional Medicine, 1997)
Pearls from the Golden Cabinet: The Practical Guide
to the Use of Chinese Herbal Formulas (Portland,
Ore.: Portland Institute for Traditional Medicine, 1997)
Roger Jahnke
International Qigong and Taiji Training Center
Santa Barbara College of Chinese Medicine
Chinese Medicine: Qigong
The Healer Within (New York: Harper Collins,
1991)
The Healing Promise of Qi (New York: Contemporary
Books, 2002)
Terry Kleeman
University of Colorado, Boulder
Daoism
A God’s Own Tale: The Book of Transformations
of Wenchang, the Divine Lord of Zitong (Albany,
NY: State University of New York Press, 1994)
Great Perfection: Religion and Ethnicity in a Chinese
Millenarian Kingdom (Honolulu, Hi.: University of
Hawaii Press, 1998)
Livia Kohn
Department of Religion
Boston University
Daoism
God of the Dao: Lord Lao in History and Myth
(Ann Arbor, Mich.: Center for the Chinese Studies, University
of Michigan, 1998)
Daoism Handbook (Leiden: E. Brill, 2000)
Louis Komjathy
Department of Religion
Boston University
Quanzhen Daoism
Patricia Leong
Daoyin
Chunyi Lin
Daoist Asceticism
Liu Ming
Daoism
Dragon’s Play: A New Taoist Transmission of
the Complete Experience of Human Life (Berkeley,
Calif.: Great Circle Lifeworks, 1991)
Xun Liu
Late Imperial Daoism
“In Search of Immortality: A Study of Travel in
Early Twentieth Century Neidan Practice”
Taoist Resources vol. 7, no. 1 (1997): 23–42
James Miller
Department of Religion
Queens University, Canada
coedited with Norman Girardot and Liu Xiaogan. Daoism
and Ecology (Cambridge, Mass.: Center for the Study
of World Religions/Harvard University Press, 2001)
Harrison Moretz
Taoist Studies Institute
Daoism
Jeff Nagel
Daoist Healing, Internal Martial Arts
Scott Phillips
Qigong, Neidan
Harold D. Roth
Department of Religious Studies
Brown University
Early Daoism Original Tao: Inward Training and the
Foundations of Taoist Mysticism (New York: Columbia
University Press, 1999)
Michael Saso
Modern Daoism, Ritual
The Teachings of Taoist Master Chuang (New Haven,
Conn.: Yale University Press, 1978)
Taoism and the Rite of Cosmic Renewal (Pullman,
Wash.: Washington University Press, 1972)
Brock Silvers
Contemporary Daoism
The Taoist Manual (Nederland, Colo.: Sacred Mountain
Press, 2001)
Nam Singh
Daoist Dietetics
Solala Towler
The Abode of the Eternal Tao
Daoism, Qigong
A Gathering of Cranes: Bringing the Tao to the West
(Eugene, Ore.: Abode of the Eternal Tao, 1996)
Mary Evelyn Tucker
Department of Religion
Bucknell University
Religion and Ecology, Japanese Religion
Elena Valussi
Ming/Qing Daoism
Michael Winn
Healing Tao
Taoist Secrets of Love: Cultivating Male Energy
(Walker Valley, N.Y.: Healing Tao Books, 1993)
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