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branch of Longmen Pai called Chun Yang.
Five Immortals Temple is a small and secluded place in the Wudang Mountains of China,
welcoming all who seek to shape themselves in the Taoist Arts. Come study under the
guidance of Abbot Li Song Feng (Li Shifu). Experience the Taoist lifestyle and worldview.
Taoism and Martial Arts Courses are offered throughout the year on scriptures,
ceremonies, Traditional Taoist Medicine and healing, internal martial arts, Wudang
Qigong, Wudang Tai Chi, Wudang Sword and more.
Our goal is to produce coaches of a high-standard, masters of medical treatment, and the
recovery from illness, people sharing the same path of the Wudang Internal
Alchemy practice. Through study, the ultimate goal is to open ones own Wudang Kung
Fu school to instruct Kung Fu, to establish a longevity space, a healing center, to transmit
the theories of longevity, to help even more people by easing the pain and suffering of illness,
to make people return to naturalness and to co-exist with the harmony of Heaven and Earth;
to communicate with the wisdom and life forms of higher dimensions, and to jointly explore
the mysteries of the universe and the truth.
Despite which area of study one pursues, the true goal is always to open greater doorways of
compassion inside the self. The places power and traditional teaching style provide a deep
journey for every aspirant.
Wudang Five Immortals Temple
This place is not a school or martial arts academy, this is a temple and this is a home for a
family. This is the only place in Wudang where foreigners can legally lodge and study
Taoism and Martial Arts inside a temple. That is why one must respect the temple rules and
Taoist precepts. One must be able to endure bitterness, follow the plans and arrangements
with discipline, unite and mutually support each other with love, compassion, kindness, as
well as understand the concept of gain and loss. One must study simple, common Chinese
terms and phrases. If within two weeks one cannot get used to or is unable to endure the
conditions, one can quit. If one violates the rules and regulations, one must withdraw and
leave. Every course-batch has a maximum quota of people, Li Shifu personally teaches all
courses contents. Future students can also choose to first visit the temple for 3 days to
inspect the conditions, at which time food and accommodation will be free of charge. One
must study and take part in the temples everyday chores and tasks for example being in
charge of temple halls, lighting incense, sweeping, cleaning, and so on. One to three people
are accommodated per room, the diet is vegetarian inside the temple.
The vibrational frequencies of the sound waves of the scripture recitation are capable of
cleansing our Five Zang-Organs and Six Fu-Viscera, our Qi and Blood, meridians and
channels, as well as our cells. It can heighten our energetic fields vibrational frequencies.
Therefore the masters of the past all placed utmost emphasis on the recitation of the
scriptures. When reciting the scriptures, we must take a deep breath, in order to recite and
chant the scriptures as long as possible to the best of our ability. It both increases the lung
functions and amplifies the lung capacity. Through kneeling during recitation, we are able to
temper the post-heavenly formed two kneecaps and to increase the strength of our knees, as
well as to foster the robustness of the True Qi of the Gate of Life. Kow-towing and
prostrating in reverence enable us to refine the post-heaven craniums fontanel and the
pineal gland. Moreover it is beneficial to the circulation of Qi and Blood in our body and to
opening our wisdom. Wholeheartedly reciting and chanting the scriptures of sagely
appellation enable us to obtain the mercy of high-dimensional Realized Ones and sages,
eliminating our own bodys karmic afflictions, far distancing ourselves from negative
energetic fields. Reciting the scriptures has fartoo many benefits for our body, thus only a
short introduction can be given here.
If one is able to pledge ones devotion in utmost sincerity for twenty-four hours a day and is
able to forge ahead full of vigor and valor towards progress without ever retreating, as a
result one will be able to transcend beyond the Three Realms in this lifetime and to possess
a physical body in the mortal world. Despite living in the dust, the Self will be able to leave
the dust behind:
and tread on the path of the Great Dao of universal long life. Moreover one will be warding
off calamities and eliminating disasters. When one prays for good fortune, it will arrive.
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