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Contains resources for Daoist study-practice, including previous issues of the Vermillion Brush, the newsletter of the Daoist Foundation; Blue Papers, information sheets on various Daoist topics; select general-audience publications; and online teaching and practice session videos

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RESOURCES FOR DAOIST STUDY-PRACTICE

Welcome to our Daoist Resources page. This page offers access to foundational teachings and practices, including the following.

Blue Papers: Information sheets on a range of Daoist topics.

Articles: Various general-audience and occasional writings on an array of important Daoist topics.

Vermillion Brush: Links to past issues of our biannual newsletter, with each issue organized according to four sections and concerns: Seasonal energetics (including the twenty-four solar nodes), inner cultivation, scripture study, and updates about the activities of the Foundation.

Online Daoist Teaching and Practice Sessions: Videos covering foundational Daoist views and practices.

 

 
  • Dào 道

  • Dàodé jīng 道德經

  • Dé 德

  • Jìngzuò 靜坐

  • Kūndào 坤道

  • Mountains 山

  • Nine Practices 九行

  • Qīngjìng 清靜

  • Tiāndào 天道

  • Wúwéi 無為

  • Xìng 性

  • Zìrán 自然


Articles

Developing Clarity and Stillness by Louis Komjathy

Foundations of Daoist Practice by Louis Komjathy & Kate Townsend

Fasting and Daoist Cultivation by Kate Townsend

Reading Daoist Texts as Practice Manuals by Louis Komjathy

Training the Horse-Mind by Louis Komjathy

Wang Chongyang’s Guidance for the Jade Flower Society by Louis Komjathy


Previous Issues of the Vermillion Brush

  • Issue 1.1 (Spring/Summer 2016)

  • Issue 1.2 (Fall/Winter 2016)

  • Issue 2.1 (Spring/Summer 2017)

  • Issue 2.2 (Fall/Winter 2017)

  • Issue 3.1 (Spring/Summer 2018)

  • Issue 3.2 (Fall/Winter 2018)

  • Issue 4.1 (Spring/Summer 2019)

  • Issue 4.2 (Fall/Winter 2019)

  • Issue 5.1 (Spring/Summer 2020)

  • Issue 5.2 (Fall/Winter 2020)

  • Issue 6.1 (Spring/Summer 2021)

  • Issue 6.2 (Fall/Winter 2021)

  • Issue 7.1 (Spring/Summer 2022)

  • Issue 7.2 (Fall/Winter 2022)

  • Issue 8.1 (Spring/Summer 2023)

  • Issue 8.2 (Fall/Winter 2023)

  • Issue 9.1 (Spring/Summer 2024)

  • Issue 9.2 (Fall/Winter 2024)


Online Teaching (Lundao Talks) & Practice Session Videos

Lùndào 論道 Teaching Videos

The Daoist Tradition 道統

Daoist View 道見

The Nine Practices 九行

Daoist Quiet Sitting 靜坐

Daoist Yǎngshēng 養生 (Nourishing Life)

Daoist Being

The Inner Cultivation Lineages of Classical Daoism

The Contemplative Dàodé jīng 道德經

The Daoist Foundation Approach

Towards New Daoist Studies

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Practice Session Videos

Daoist Quiet Standing 靜站

Basic Daoist Yǎngshēng 養生 (Nourishing Life)

Daoist Quiet Sitting 靜坐

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Located on the North Shore of Chicago, Illinois, the Daoist Foundation 道教基金會 is an independent and non-sectarian Daoist non-profit religious and educational organization dedicated to fostering authentic Daoist (Taoist) study and practice and to preserving and transmitting traditional Daoist culture. Established in September of 2007, the Foundation is a federal non-profit organization (501[c][3]) and public charity (170[b][1][A][vi]).

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