Bonus Episode: Two Letters of Liu Yi-Ming

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Liu Yiming was one of the greatest Daoists of the eighteenth century, with numerous writings on all the Daoist classics.
He corresponded with numerous disciples and other devout lay people throughout the country, describing in many cases his owns travails on the Path and the various teachers he learned with.
He may then provide spiritual advice for his correspondent (at which point it becomes obligatory to state that attempting to follow spiritual advice designed for another is tantamount to taking someone else’s medical presription).
In either case, to date very little of Liu’s correspondence has made it through into English. Here are two samples.

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