Kung-Fu, or Tauist Medical Gymnastics: The Twelve Positions: 1.

Kung-Fu, or Tauist Medical Gymnastics, by John Dudgeon, [1895], at sacred-texts.com

The Twelve Positions.

1.—The First Aspect of Wei-to (a Deva or inhabitant of heaven, a deity of Hindoo mythology who protects the Buddhist religion, and three of the four continents into which the world is divided. It is the name of the Bodhisattwa (he who knows and feels) a general under the Four great kings who stands in the front hall of all Buddhist monasteries), offering the Pestle.

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Stand upright; form a ring with the hands and apply them to the heart; fix the breath and gather in the spirit (energy) with a pure heart and respectful countenance. See No. 1.

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