Monday Night Qigong with Coach Roselando

MIT Qigong Club

Monday, April 8, 2013 

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 warm-up

10min Dr. Ma Li Tang gathering qi exercise

 30min Wuji Post

10min Er Mei leg qi exercise

 Seal/Wash

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Quotes from the Dhammapada and other early writings attributed to Buddha:

"A man in not learned because he talks much; he who is patient, free from hatred and pain, he is called learned"

"As solid rock is not shaken by the wind, wise people falter not amidst blame and praise"

"Earnestness is the path to immortality, thoughtlessness is the path of death; those who are earnest do not die, those who are thoughtless are as if dead already"

If one man conquers in battle a thousand times a thousand men, and if another conquers himself, this last is the greater of the conquerors"

  

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Prayer Wheel: Om Mani Padme Hum

Om Mani Padme Hum

The Five Origins of Traditional Qigong

Qi for Life

By David Cowan

Traditionally, all qigongs come to us from five distinct schools of philosophy—these are the Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist, Martial and Medical schools of qigong. Each qigong school shares similarities in form and principals of practice but emphasizes a distinctly different goal.

• Confucian qigong—as practiced by the ruling elite—the goal was to train oneself to remain emotionally detached and centered no matter what the situation.

• Daoist qigong focused primarily on increasing longevity which led to the pursuit of alchemy—the turning of base metals into gold—and an attempt to discover: Dan, the ‘Elixir of Life.’ The goal of Daoist qigong is Immortality.

• Buddhist qigong focuses on the attainment of Enlightenment. The goal of all Buddhist practices is to become a Buddha sustained by undisturbed inner-peace gained through the practice of meditation.

• Martial qigong’s goal is to become invincible in any fight—a supreme martial artist. Kung fu masters train themselves to become impervious to injury and perform amazing feats of skill and agility due to their years of intensive physical, mental discipline, and their heightened body awareness.

• Medical qigong’s goal is the alleviation of illness, freedom from sickness, good health and long life.

Many medical qigongs are Daoist in origin, but Indian and Buddhist yoga is strongly influential too. Interestingly, the fateful blending of Chinese Daoism and Indian Buddhism gave rise to a powerful new branch of Buddhism known as Chan Buddhism—or as it is commonly known in the West—Zen.