Discipleship and Community

Dedicated community members have the opportunity to make formal commitments, receive the precepts, and be initiated in the lineages that flow through Li XingHui.

The Dragon Gate Secret Lineage is unusual, if not unique, in the Daoist tradition for strictness with which it guards it’s heart transmission. In order to protect the strength and purity of the stream, the right to ordain is held only by the Abbot of the Dragon Gate Caves Ancestral Temple. The way I have come to manage this from so far away is to initiate my students into the hermit lineages I am empowered to transmit, and look for opportunities to take these initiates to the temple for ordination into this lineage. The energy of the lineage comes through me always, but even so this additional ceremonial seal on the developing adept has proven to be deeply meaningful and supportive.

My teacher, Grandmaster Zhu, passed away in June 2023. His light shines brightly through me and my students and we are eternally grateful to have had the opportunity to share time with him in this life.

Discipleship is not necessary to participate in the community and learn the tools you need for realization. If it is the right thing for a student, he or she will know, and and if it is a fit for the community as well, we can proceed.