Mattias Daly is Taoist practitioner and a professional translator with a degree in acupuncture and a master’s in Chinese Literature. He was inducted into the Longmen lineage of Complete Reality Daoism by Abbess Liu of the Three Purities Monastery in Jilin province, China in 2013. He primarily translates for the National Palace Museum in Taipei and the Chinese Taipei PEN quarterly.

His new translation of Taoist Inner Alchemy: Master Huang Yuanji's Guide to the Way of Meditation by Ge Guolong and Huang Yuanji is out now on Shambala Publications.

Topics:

04:42 — Core Principle of Taoism
10:59 — Path of Taoist Inner Alchemy
15:11 — Metaphor of Alchemy
22:44 — Energies of Inner Alchemy
27:09 — Chan Buddhism
35:36 — Physical Components of Inner Alchemy
43:45 — Importance of Heart Practice
45:15 — Navigating the Polycrisis

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