The Origin and Meaning of the Name

‘Yuan Tze Ren Xue’

Let’s first look at the meaning of ‘Yuan Tze’ and ‘Ren Xue’ separately.

‘Yuan’ has been explained on several occasions, including The Voyage to the Shore Part 1. Here we will just give a brief description. ‘Yuan’ can be described as a relatively independent system or entity. It also has the connotation of ‘encompassing’ and ‘connecting’. ‘Yuan’ can therefore mean a totality that contains and connects the whole universe and everything in the universe. ‘Tze’ means ‘small’. It is the ‘seed’ or ‘core’. It can be so small that it cannot be smaller. However, in the ‘small’, there is ‘information’, ‘intention’ and ‘powerful and lively potential’.

If ‘Yuan’ can be described as: ‘‘It is so big that there is no room further out’, ‘Tze’ can then be described as: ‘It is so small that there is no room further in’ and at the same time contains information, intention and infinite potential. Traditionally, this is called ‘Dao’. ‘Dao’ can be interpreted as a kind of law, or manifestation of that law.

I have adopted ‘Yuan Tze’ as my personal goal and principle. I also use it as my name for life cultivation, in which I aim to seek truth and cultivate truthfulness.

‘Ren Xue’ is only a name or a symbol. It is a name of a system or body of information that embraces every aspect of human life, including human cultures of all forms and the new systems of knowledge that are yet to be established. Ren Xue is a system for individual human beings and humanity to understand, change and elevate their lives. A system of this kind should have been established long ago in the history of human civilization. It is a system about human life and for human life itself.

Whether such a system can be established is important to the development of humanity. This is crucial because it can have a significant influence on the direction in which human civilization develops and how the future of humanity manifests. Creating this system is not something one person or one organization can do alone. The establishment of ‘Ren Xue’ requires:

· the application of the achievements of human culture, including science and technology, and

· the understanding and use of wisdom culture in life exploration and development.

Through this process, the laws of human life on every level can be established. Not only that, the laws of the relationship between human beings and society and between human beings and nature can also be understood. This system will probably be the biggest system of knowledge that humans have created and the most relevant to their collective and individual wellbeing. This system is able to help humanity improve its quality of life. The scale of it is so large that it could even take a few generations to complete.

In China, someone has set up a website named ‘Ren Xue’. This website mainly promotes some religious teachings, especially Buddhism. Please note that this ‘Ren Xue’ does not have anything to do with the ‘Ren Xue’ and ‘Yuan Tze Ren Xue’ we have been discussing.

The initial construction of the framework of ‘Yuan Tze Ren Xue’ is based on my understanding of existing achievements in human civilization and especially the wisdom culture of traditional Chinese culture. I have been receiving, learning and practising what has been passed on to me with the intention of seeking the truth. I am also collecting evidence and information in order to further understand the fundamental laws and how the laws work. I will continue to apply and prove the validity of the fundamental laws I have come to understand. Through this process, the framework of ‘Ren Xue’ has been and will continue to be built bit by bit. As you can see, ‘Ren Xue’ (at this stage of its development) is very much based on the knowledge gained from my own understanding and life cultivation. This is why the full name of the system is ‘Yuan Tze Ren Xue’.

Because ‘Yuan Tze Ren Xue’ (at this stage of its development) consists only of knowledge gained from my own life cultivation and interpretation of human knowledge, it is bound to be limited. Like the establishment of any system of knowledge, it consists of work of its foundation builders and will be added to by the collaborative work of many people in the future. It is even so for ’Ren Xue’, a system to encompass everything about life. I believe you, as the students of ‘Ren Xue’, are happy and honoured to be the pioneers, learners, practitioners, explorers and contributors of ‘Yuan Tze Ren Xue’. I believe you would like to see the ‘Yuan Tze Ren Xue’ system continue to develop as it reaches more people, and continues to improve as it develops. This way more and more people will learn and use ‘Ren Xue’ to grow and to contribute to society in the process. I truly hope that ‘Yuan Tze Ren Xue’ will start to make true contributions to the benefit of humanity and the progress of human civilization. With your genuine and persistent effort, Yuan Tze Ren Xue will become more and more established. I hope one day ‘Yuan Tze’ can be taken out and the system will truly become ‘Ren Xue’. After which Ren Xue will continue to make contributions to the development of humanity.

Yuan Tze Ren Xue 12345

One Mission

Zi Du, Du Ren

Two Aspects of Cultivation

Xing and Ming

Three Guidelines

Internal -

Be calm; Be relaxed; Be natural

External -

Teach with Authentic understanding

Touch People with Virtue

Earn Trust with True Abilities

Four Pillars

Theories, Methods, Abilities, Virtues

Five Elements with which to Learn

Openness, Respect, Harmony, Joy, Seeking Truth

Ten Features of Yuan Tze Ren Xue

- brief introduction

1. The establishment and development of Yuan Tze Ren Xue has a clear goal and direction. It also has a mission and guiding principles which are to be strictly adhered to under all circumstances. They are in place to direct and ensure that Yuan Tze Ren Xue will follow a healthy and bright path for its steady development in the long term.

2. It has a profound and sound theoretical base with holism as its core. The holism theories can be gradually established by:

· following the principle of ‘exploring and using the objective laws’,

· following the methodology of ‘applying theories’,

· examining the effects, then

· adjusting and enriching the theories.

These theories are unique and they form interdependent, complementary, cause-effect relationships with one another and constitute an organic whole, encompassing theories and ideas such as ‘universal holism’, ‘human and universe holism’, ‘holism of an objective reality’, and ‘micro holism’.

3. It has a series of safe and effective methods for practice. The principal methods are Zhineng Qigong methods with supplementary methods based on traditional Qigong techniques. By using different methods with different intensities and different focuses such as Jing, Qi and Shen, the practice is mainly to work on Qi and to make Qi more abundant and flow better in specific parts of the body or the whole body. This way of practice aims to improve health, clear health problems, prolong life and improve the power of the mind.

Incorporating Qigong practice in everyday life is equally emphasized. Methods and theories are applied to unify every activity of life with Qigong. They are applied in depth, at any place and any time in order to maintain a Qigong state in everyday life.

4. ‘Qi’ is used as a measure for assessing ones’ activities on the consciousness level and on the behavioural level in order to know whether the activities are beneficial or detrimental, right or wrong, positive or negative. ‘Qi’, as a complex element and profound concept is explained in a way that is easy to understand. The role of Qi in life and in health, how Qi can be affected by habits, behavioural patterns or every behaviour, and the relationship between Qi and emotions are all illustrated. The role of the patterns of the consciousness and the effect on Qi, including how a thought can affect Qi, is even more stressed.

Not only is Qi used as a measure, it is also an important element to work on and bring change to. All this is to achieve the purpose of initially reducing the loss of Qi and disturbance to Qi, then gradually developing an excellent, stable and strong Qi condition which is an important component of the foundation for health and further development of life.

5. Following the law of life, Yuan Tze Ren Xue adopts the approach of ‘healing a person’s life as primary and healing the illness as complementary’ in helping people deal with their problems. Problems will be treated according to the law of the problem in order for the causes on different levels to be seen clearly. This way they can be dealt with on the root or fundamental level and the work can be effective. Following the same approach, life can continue to develop beyond the clearing of the problems. Let’s use the following example to illustrate this approach.

In reality we can use the comparison of how humans should be when they follow the law of life, to see that almost every person has lost a lot of precious things in life and at the same time has developed problems of all sorts. When we are plagued by problems, we usually try our best to deal with them. However, a very common reality is that no matter how many things we try, how much time we spend or how much effort we make, the results are not that satisfactory. It is not saying that what we have done is totally useless or valueless. But it doesn’t bring about change on the fundamental level of life.

The problems that we have and desperately want to deal with can manifest in many different forms and can be very complicated. Let’s focus on one that is relatively simple and yet relevant to almost every person – health. The current reality of health is that despite the development of human civilization and the effort people have made, most people do not have good health, nor are they able to clear their health problems effectively. In other words, health problems are still very common in human life. Is this not a phenomenon that makes you wonder? Of course, every person has different criteria for judging their health condition. The meaning of health in our discussion follows a new set of criteria, which are also the criteria for health adopted in Yuan Tze Ren Xue. These criteria are based on the law of life.

We can all attempt these questions: if we intend to deal with health problems on the fundamental level, what approach should be taken, what levels should be worked on and how?

These are questions that require a lot of work and explanations to be answered properly. Let’s just use Yuan Tze Ren Xue to briefly highlight the main components involved and make connections between them.

To maintain health or deal with health problems properly, Qi has to be dealt with properly (including Qi condition as a whole and Qi on different levels).

To deal with Qi problems effectively, life has to be worked on because every activity of life will impact on Qi. Identifying activities that can have a negative impact on Qi and dealing with them effectively are essential for dealing with Qi problems. Such activities can be seen as problems in life.

To deal with problems in life effectively, it is necessary to deal with the consciousness properly as it is the main determinant or source of everything we do.

To deal with the problems on the consciousness level properly, the key is to look at the patterns on this level.

In Yuan Tze Ren Xue the patterns of the consciousness are closely connected with a person’s ‘destiny’, or ‘the individual’s law of life’. Hence working on destiny is an important part of dealing with the patterns of the consciousness.

To work on destiny, it is necessary to have a good understanding of the law of life and identify all the problems and deal with them accordingly in order to elevate life.

From the above, we can see something both complex and simple: the problems we often see are not the real problems. What we see are often just the superficial manifestations of the real problems. The causes behind them can be numerous and can are deeply intertwined. In the list above, the levels further down get closer to the root causes of problems and so are more important for working out problems at a fundamental level.

This above example is to illustrate the different levels involved when we try to deal with health problems. It is put in a linear way and that is just because of the limitation of using a language to describe it. It is far from the true reality which is a total (holistic) existence. A ball would be closer to this true reality and reflect the fundamental law of health better. All these different levels of life are integral parts of life. They depend on one another, work with one another, control one another, and generate one another. The key is to understand the whole and follow its law in order to bring about positive transformation and development.

6. Yuan Tze Ren Xue emphasizes the importance of being the master of one’s own destiny and the work on changing one’s destiny according to the law of life. Here is the brief explanation.

Everything in the universe and nature has its law of development and change;

As a part of the universe and nature, human life has its law of development and change;

As a member of the human race, each individual human being also has his/her own law of development and change. Every person follows his/her individual law which is to a substantial degree pre-determined throughout the course of life.

‘Destiny’ can be likened to a pre-written ‘programme’. Life seems to be the execution of this ‘programme’ with no choice. However, the main ‘programmer’ is actually each individual. Over many life times before the present one, this programme has been written continuously. The programme for this life was the continuation of the programming from the previous life with some ‘sorting’ work done.

‘Destiny’ can be understood. It is actually one’s individual law of life.

‘Destiny’ can be changed. However, it cannot be changed by using the ‘usual things’ we do. It has to be done by following the law of life and working on the fundamental levels of life. We truly need to work on the key area of life cultivation, if we want to make any meaningful change to life.

Through learning and gaining understanding of ‘destiny’ and the law of life, one can work to change his/her ‘destiny’. This is the beginning of having control of one’s ‘destiny’.

Changing ‘destiny’ is done by working on the present, by being the master of one’s own life in every present moment. This is the way to change the future and to have the future in one’s own hands. The future doesn’t end at the end of this life. If one works to change his/her ‘destiny’, he will more and more become the master of his/her own life.

7. Identifying and changing/clearing habits and patterns that can affect health and the development of our lives is essential in Ren Xue practice. This has to be done with utmost effort by following the standards and principles set in Ren Xue. These patterns include the ones on the behavioural as well as the consciousness level. Work in this area is on-going and requires consistent effort. The aim of this work is to ensure that all the patterns we follow are beneficial for our health and life development. This leads to not only better health, but also more happiness, freedom, wisdom, and ultimately, being a better master of one’s own life.

8. All this work is done ‘in the present’.

‘In the present’ refers to every minute, every second, every moment and every present time-space frame. In Ren Xue, being ‘in the present’ refers to using every present moment to cultivate life. It is done by being constantly aware of one’s state of body, Qi, and mind and any external changes, including people and situations and the interaction between them. With this constant awareness, when anything that can have a negative impact on life arises, it can be detected, adjusted and changed immediately. Through constant adjustment and change, life can gradually become elevated. When life is in this process of continuous change, it is moving forward in a ‘virtuous cycle’. Life is constantly developing. Life also becomes a process of benefiting other people, society and nature.

9. Harmony will always be a goal Yuan Tze Ren Xue will endeavour to realize.

Harmony is one of the core values and qualities to be realized in the life-cultivation culture and is an important part of the traditional Chinese culture which has developed throughout Chinese civilization for thousands of years. Yuan Tze Ren Xue fully embraces this traditional value and the essential teachings related to it. Not only that, it has also approached this value from the perspective of the law of life and of the development of human civilization, incorporating the achievement of modern science and culture. This approach has brought the meaning and realization of harmony to a new level and helped form a systematic and comprehensive approach to ‘harmony’ in Yuan Tze Ren Xue, encompassing human beings, society and nature and their relationships with each other. Yuan Tze Ren Xue will actively promote this value to the world in the hope of realizing the ultimate goal of a harmonious world as soon as possible.

Harmony in Chinese consists of two characters: ‘和’ (he) and ‘谐’ (xie). ‘He’ means ‘integration’, ‘no fighting’, ‘no struggling’, ‘no killing’, ‘peace’, ‘not extreme’. ‘Xie’ means ‘balance’, ‘coordination’, ‘unison’. ‘He xie’ (harmony) refers to ‘unification’, ‘oneness’ and signifies health and normality. There can be opposite forces in everything. They will be uplifted and unified on a higher level to achieve harmony. The manifestation of harmony is a calm, peaceful, natural, balanced and uplifting state.

In Yuan Tze Ren Xue, the realization of harmony should manifest on three levels:

A. Harmony within an individual life: It manifests as the high level of unification of Jing, Qi and Shen and hence life is in a harmonious state.

B. Harmony between individual human beings and between humans and society: It manifests as peace, equality, justice, freedom, care and love, helping each other, respect and giving.

C. Harmony between humans and nature: it manifests as a good understanding of the law of life, the law of the development of human society, and the law of nature and its development. This understanding is the foundation of an equal, mutually sustainable and mutually beneficial relationship between humans and nature. Achieving harmony between humans and nature is a huge area to learn about and explore. In traditional Chinese culture, the knowledge and practice of Fengshui has been used to realize harmony on this level. Yuan Tze Ren Xue has taken the essence of Fengshui and lifted its knowledge and practice to the level of Qi and information which are the fundamental elements of Fengshui. Understanding the relationship between humans and their environment from this perspective can help humans create a harmonious relationship with nature and follow the law in this area.

All this is to realize a high level of harmony within human society and between humanity and nature. This is to support a sustainable approach for human development which is a core value of Yuan Tze Ren Xue.

10. ‘Help yourself as if you are helping other people; help other people as if you are helping yourself’ is an important way to realize and fulfil the true purpose of life. It is also an important vehicle for re-establishing the view of world, the view of life and the value system for Yuan Tze Ren Xue practitioners. This is why making the Yuan Tze Ren Xue operation non-profitable and charitable is the only way to go.

Yuan Tze Ren Xue

– Ownership and Related Statement

Although a lot of work needs to be done to make Yuan Tze Ren Xue a more complete system, more and more people are using it to work on life in depth. The positive changes these learners and users of Yuan Tze Ren Xue demonstrate on all aspects of life are definitely powerful proof of the value of Yuan Tze Ren Xue.

Yuan Tze Ren Xue was not created out of nowhere and Yuan Tze is not someone who just ‘descended from the sky’. Yuan Tze Ren Xue is built upon the achievements of human culture and has its roots deep in the soil of traditional Chinese culture, especially its wisdom culture and life-cultivation culture. Yuan Tze Ren Xue is the result of my understanding and use of what I have learned in these cultures to search and discover fundamental truths and laws. The establishment of its basic framework and its core contents are a creative and innovative process.

As commonly known, culture is a continual phenomenon. It is constantly evolving from what has previously been achieved. No cultures or cultural activities have just appeared by themselves without the influence of anything else. Yuan Tze Ren Xue, being a cultural phenomenon, has to go through the same process. Its development originates in, and draws on, what has been achieved collectively by human beings. Human culture, especially wisdom culture, is the product of the interactions between human beings in a society. Human beings have always been at the centre of the constant developmental and renewing process of human culture. In this process, people’s lives also benefit from its development. It only makes sense that this common asset should be shared by all human beings and should be used to serve the whole of humanity.

I am very grateful that Yuan Tze Ren Xue can be established, develop and exist as a meaningful and valuable cultural phenomenon. I would like to thank all the ‘sages and saints’ for their contribution to the wisdom culture on which Yuan Tze Ren Xue is founded. I especially would like to thank my teachers. They gave me unconditional help, teachings, support and did everything they could to care for, encourage and uplift me. I would like to pay my utmost respect and gratitude to them. Here I would like to especially express my heart-felt gratitude to the founder of Zhineng Qigong, Pang Ming Laoshi for creating the safe and effective Zhineng Qigong system, and his selfless support of my Ren Xue work. Finally, I would like to thank all the people who have helped me in the development and promotion of Yuan Tze Ren Xue. Hence I would like to make this statement on behalf of myself and the Yuan Tze Centre, according to the Mission and Guiding Principles of Yuan Tze Ren Xue (Yuan Tze Ren Xue 12345):

Yuan Tze Ren Xue has come from humanity and therefore should be returned to humanity. Yuan Tze Ren Xue in principle does not belong to Yuan Tze, nor does it belong to any organization or individual person. It will always belong to humanity and society.

Yuan Tze Ren Xue will gradually transition to operating as a non-profit and charitable organization. The organizational structure and the management of the organization will then be abiding by the law of the nation and the articles and by-laws of the organization. Exercising the rights and fulfilling the obligations of the organization will be executed by the Board of Directors collectively and democratically.

Yuan Tze