The Celestial Aureate Primordial Decalogue

The Celestial Aureate Primordial Decalogue 虚皇天尊初真十戒文

Paul Peng

The Celestial Aureate Primordial Decalogue FULL NAME IS

The Text of the Ten Initial True Precepts of the Void Sovereign Heavenly Venerable

The author is unknown; it was probably compiled in the early Tang Dynasty. This set of precepts was already mentioned in Collected Precepts of the Three Caverns by Zhang Wanfu of the Tang Dynasty.
It is a single scroll, incorporated into the section of Precepts and Commandments under The Dongzhen Section of The Daozang.

The precept text is pseudonymously attributed to the discourse of the Void Sovereign Heavenly Venerable, and was intended for newly initiated Taoist priests—hence the name "Initial True Precepts". The ten precepts generally exhort people not to be disloyal or unfilial, not to harbor secret malicious plots, not to kill living beings, not to indulge in lechery and corrupt one’s true nature, not to frustrate others’ successes, and so on.

A supplementary commentary is appended after each precept, elaborating on the essential meaning of the precept.
Paul Peng — Zhengyi Taoist Priest, Longhu Mountain

About the Author

Paul Peng

Paul Peng is a Zhengyi Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain, Jiangxi — the ancestral home of the Celestial Masters' tradition. Ordained at 25 after a dream from the Celestial Master, he has practiced for 25 years under Master Zeng Guangliang. He is one of the curators of this store, which is officially authorized by Tianshi Fu. All items are consecrated at the temple by the resident priest team.

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