The Eternal Bliss Scripture

The Eternal Bliss Scripture 长乐经

Paul Peng

The Eternal Bliss Scripture

The author is unknown. It is believed to have been compiled during the Sui and Tang dynasties.

The original number of fascicles remains unrecorded. The text was not included in the Zhengtong Daoist Canon.

Two fragmentary manuscript copies from Dunhuang are extant today. Manuscript S4610, titled Scripture of Eternal Joy, Fascicle 6, preserves 78 lines of the text. Manuscript P3200, incomplete at both the beginning and the end, has 24 surviving lines.

Composed in the form of five-character ancient poems, each poem opens with the line "Honor to the Scripture of Eternal Joy".

The core message exhorts people to cultivate the Dao and pursue immortality, while eulogizing the joys of those who practice the Dao.

It is presumably an early Taoist scripture for popularizing Daoist teachings among the common people.
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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