Zhuang Zi & Healing (The Miscellaneous Chapters) - An Interpretation with Jeffrey C. Yuen

Zhuang Zi & Healing (The Miscellaneous Chapters) - An Interpretation with Jeffrey Yuen

Zhuang Zi is considered one of the most profound thinkers under the auspices of Daoist philosophy and religion. His teachings (Inner chapters) and their interpretations (Outer and miscellaneous chapters) have been deeply appreciated, provoking, and insightful to students and thinkers of Chinese philosophy. Many of the reflections and realizations found in the ZhuangZi have been integrated, or at least, utilized to provoke and instill conscious cultivation among students, clinicians, and practitioners of Chinese medicine.

Rich in allegories, paradoxes, metaphors, and humor, Zhunag Zi challenges the readers to ponder some of the most existential questions, such as the pursuits and virtues of humanity, the way of nature, limits of learning, significance of oneself, and cultivational reflections.

This weekend exploration in ZhuangZi is intended to question, to contemplate, and to entertain how Zhunag Zi's insights can serve to deepen one's connection to the process of being and healing. Utilizing passages from the miscellaneous chapters, the instructor will discuss how these teachings can and have been immersed into Chinese medicine and the significance of such endeavors in the cultivation of the patient and clinician.