While sparring with Xiaoyao, the Daoist demonstrates the real application of the fabled “paralysis points” used in martial arts. As Xiaoyao recovers, the fat monk teaches him a Qi Gong practice from Chen village used to drum up the qi before a session of Taichi practice.
Later they discuss savouring the Dao De Jing character by character to learn how to slowly extract the wisdom embedded in the multiple meanings each chapter contains.
Finally the fat monk shows how “wordless teaching” can be employed through manipulating items in the environment.
SHOW NOTES:
Xiaoyao Xingzhe, the self-styled carefree pilgrim, has lived and worked all over the world, having crossed the Gobi in a decrepit jeep, lived with a solitary monk in the mountains of Korea, dined with the family of the last emperor of China, and helped police with their enquiries in Amarillo, Texas.
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