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In this episode I am joined by Johan Hausen, Taoist teacher, translator, Chinese medicine practitioner, and founder of Purple Cloud Press.
Johan shares his life story from years of competitive Tae Kwon Do, through his travels and travails in China in search of a master, and to his eventual training and discipleship in the Wu Dang mountains.
Johan reflects on his years learning Classical and spoken Chinese, considers the challenges of translating ancient literature for modern readers, and reveals the unique metaphors and analogies used in textual descriptions of Internal Alchemy.
Johan also describes the Taoist quest for immortality, explains his research into the dantien and the mineralogy of cinnabar, and recounts stories of his own encounters with spiritually advanced beings.
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Topics Include:
- Intro
- Admiration for Mattias Daly
- Learning Chinese to better learn Taoism
- How Johan learned Classical vs Spoken Chinese
- Language is about communication
- Should we consult living masters about textual translation problems?
- Metaphors and analogies used in Internal Alchemy
- Why are there different ideas about the dantian?
- Is the dantian constructed or inherent?
- Elixir fields?
- Johan’s research on the mineralogy of cinnabar using Chinese texts
- The old alchemists’ surprisingly good understanding of organic chemistry
- Johan’s childhood and training in Tae Kwon Do
- Johan’s competitive Tae Kwon Do career of over 100 fights
- Injury and travel to China for healing
- Travelling to China at 20 years old to train Shaolin kung fu
0 Training methods of Shaolin kung fu
- Demystifying the myths of Shaolin training
- Recovery routine
- Illness and leaving China
- Returning to Germany and feelings of failure
- Leaving a film course in London to train in the Wu Dang mountains
- Meeting Li Shifu at the Five Immortals Temple
- Curriculum at the Five Immortals Temple
- Studying acupuncture and dedication to learning
- Years of study under Li Shifu and joining the lineage
- Struggles with being treated as a foreigner in China
- Growing resentment and leaving China
- Johan’s Dragon Gate Lineage
- The quest for immortality
- Details about Taoist Immortals
- Difficulty of becoming an Immortal
- Consolation prize if you fail to achieve immortality
- Ethical rules of the Dragon Gate Lineage
- A typical daily practice routine
- Singing the scriptures to communicate to spirits
- Taoist patron spirit of Wudang
- The remarkable qualities of Li Shifu
- Praise is bad in traditional Chinese teaching
- Is Li Shifu an Immortal?
- Johan’s reverence for his teacher
- Explaining culture clashes to Lif Shifu
- Is charisma and spiritual power inherent or cultivated?
- Li Shifu does not have attained disciples
- Is it really possible to achieve success in Taoism, or is it mostly just natural talent?
- Using gifted practitioners as inspiration
- Purple Cloud Press
- Johan’s goal to create community and preserve texts
- Search for location and funds
To find out more about Johan Hausen, visit:
- purplecloudinstitute.com/about-us/who-we-are-2
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Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James
