anyone heard of this ??

havn't. Gonna google it now.

any thoughts...?

It seems interesting. I found some Kunlun qigong stuff from another person, but havn't went and got it. have you got this guys book?

no, but I'm gonna order it.....I've never heard of kunlun before, i only came across this info whilst looking for info on Tibetan Tummo....

I am not sure what this particular link might be alluding to, but there are a minimum of 2,000 types or forms of qigong in China. Kunlun is one type, but I am unfamiliar with it. When I lived in China, the parks were full of folks practicing various traditions of qigong and, of course, Taiji. Nei gung can be roughly translated at "inner work" and, as a suffix, is attached to the formal names of many practices and schools. Like I mentioned, I am not familiar with this one. The school I did most of my work with was a fusion of Blue Dragon qigong and a school of energy work called Jingtu Da Bei, which translates as "compassion from the Pure Land" and is connected with Jingtu (Pure Land) Buddhism. The whole system, when put together, is commonly called "Jingtu Energetics" and is a combination of meditation, movement, mastery of the mind, mindfulness, and metta (or loving kindness). (sorry about all the alliteration with the Ms". It is written that way because it is easier for westerners to remember.

In this system (Jingtu) much is made of the importance of compassion (da bei) and the student making positive contributions to the local community. In Jingtu, qigong practice is augmented by a chanting practice called "nien fo" and it involves calling on the name of Amitabha (Omito fo in Chinese and Amida in Japanese), the Buddha of Infinite Light. In China, the chanting of the name of Amitabha is often surplanted by chanting the name of Guan Yin Pusa, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, regarded as "One who hears the cries of the world." My avatar is a traditional image of Guan Yin. Coming out of Hong Kong and Chiang Mai, Thailand there is also a Reiki component to the Jingtu Energetic work and it is called "Reiki Da Bei." I am a Master Teacher in the Reiki Da Bei lineage, along with my traditional Usui certifications.
My memory may be a bit faulty, but it seems that I ran across a group of qigong students that practiced kunlun qigong.

Sorry for getting carried away there, but I love to discuss how these traditions are connected with one another.

Blessings and Light,

KiKi

kiki da bei wrote:I am not sure what this particular link might be alluding to, but there are a minimum of 2,000 types or forms of qigong in China. Kunlun is one type, but I am unfamiliar with it. When I lived in China, the parks were full of folks practicing various traditions of qigong and, of course, Taiji. Nei gung can be roughly translated at "inner work" and, as a suffix, is attached to the formal names of many practices and schools. Like I mentioned, I am not familiar with this one. The school I did most of my work with was a fusion of Blue Dragon qigong and a school of energy work called Jingtu Da Bei, which translates as "compassion from the Pure Land" and is connected with Jingtu (Pure Land) Buddhism. The whole system, when put together, is commonly called "Jingtu Energetics" and is a combination of meditation, movement, mastery of the mind, mindfulness, and metta (or loving kindness). (sorry about all the alliteration with the Ms". It is written that way because it is easier for westerners to remember.

In this system (Jingtu) much is made of the importance of compassion (da bei) and the student making positive contributions to the local community. In Jingtu, qigong practice is augmented by a chanting practice called "nien fo" and it involves calling on the name of Amitabha (Omito fo in Chinese and Amida in Japanese), the Buddha of Infinite Light. In China, the chanting of the name of Amitabha is often surplanted by chanting the name of Guan Yin Pusa, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, regarded as "One who hears the cries of the world." My avatar is a traditional image of Guan Yin. Coming out of Hong Kong and Chiang Mai, Thailand there is also a Reiki component to the Jingtu Energetic work and it is called "Reiki Da Bei." I am a Master Teacher in the Reiki Da Bei lineage, along with my traditional Usui certifications.
My memory may be a bit faulty, but it seems that I ran across a group of qigong students that practiced kunlun qigong.

Sorry for getting carried away there, but I love to discuss how these traditions are connected with one another.

Blessings and Light,

KiKi

I enjoyed reading this post I know little
about qigong. I like your avatar, if I had
to choose its country of origin I would have
said Phillipines or Portugal.

kiki da bei wrote:When I lived in China, the parks were full of folks practicing various traditions of qigong and, of course, Taiji.

KiKi,

When and where did you live in China? I'm just curious because I was teaching English in Wuhan in 1988-89. (Various people practiced qigong and taijiquan in the mornings, but there were also groups doing "dis kou.")

Bruce

aloha!!! ,I;m aspissed as a fart at the mo....but but still semi able to cfommunicate!! ahahahah

thankyou so much for your contribution kiki da bei XXX ...........I mwntioned this to my tai ci teacher........he told me that Kunlun was an area in china ( I had no idea) and nei gung was simply another expression fo the meaning of chi gung/qi gong.......... in a few sentences he expressed so much that resonated so deeply......

i thought you were on the merry juice, being up so late, hehe. I've got an excuse to be up at this time, besides being an insomniac i'm wathcing UFC 100 live, hehe!

Bruce wrote:

kiki da bei wrote:When I lived in China, the parks were full of folks practicing various traditions of qigong and, of course, Taiji.

KiKi,

When and where did you live in China? I'm just curious because I was teaching English in Wuhan in 1988-89. (Various people practiced qigong and taijiquan in the mornings, but there were also groups doing "dis kou.")

Bruce

My first year in China 1997-98, I lived in Hefei, the capital of Anhui Province. From June 1999 until late 2003, I lived in Shantou, which is on the coast in the northeastern section of Guangdong, about 185 miles north of Hong Kong.

Milarepa wrote:i thought you were on the merry juice, being up so late, hehe. I've got an excuse to be up at this time, besides being an insomniac i'm wathcing UFC 100 live, hehe!

Aye, it was quite a late drunken night for me!! ahahah......but i certainly felt it all day yesterday! * groans* you're an insomniac?...sleeping is one of my favourite things...

yeah i hardly sleep. I'm up with us UK guys, and still up with the US/Canadian members, hehe. It prob goes back to my party days sharon, i wouldn't sleep for days. Plus i'm an incredibly light sleeper.

I'm thinking that since i consider myself an insomniac that it might actually reinforce it?

I would definately agree with that logic *nods*

can you function well on a daily basis with little sleep?...or does your lack of sleep effect you detrimentally? does your mind never unwind and calm down?.......only the insomniacs I know are real worriers ( spg?) constantly spinning thoughts around in their minds...

i might sleep for 2 hours, then get up in middle of night. then go back to sleep for an hour, then get up for kids. then maybe go to sleep for another couple hours. that's on a good day. sometimes i've stayed awake all night right through to late the next night though. i swear i'm not drinking or anything! Hehe.

Yeah, it can affect me a bit at times, it's not usual though. I get a lot of chances for spiritual stuff. Even talking on here bout that kinda stuff always creates the Reiki feeling in me, so i benefit.

See when i don't be using Drink or drugs, and particulalry when i live in england, i feel i can achieve anything, so i do all these new things. there's a lot going on in my mind, i can burn myself out a bit though. Perhaps i'm a bit of a manic depressive. Or maybe folks on here would call me a maniac who'se depressive to others, !