Taishang Dongxuan Lingbao Sanshier Tianzun Yinghao Jing (The Scripture of the Responses and Titles of the Thirty-Two Heavenly Worthies of the Numinous Treasure of the Cavernous Mystery of the Supreme Oneness), the author of which is unknown.
Judging from its content and wording, it should have been compiled by Taoist priests during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
The original text consisted of twenty-six scrolls, but only the twelfth and twenty-second scrolls survive in the current Daozang version, which is included in the Taiping Section.
The twelfth scroll records the titles of one hundred Heavenly Worthies such as "Qingming Hetong Heaven";
the twenty-second scroll records the titles of two hundred Heavenly Worthies such as "Wusi Jiangyou Heaven". The scripture claims that if men and women in the world burn incense and lamps, wholeheartedly submit to and reverence the Heavenly Worthies, contemplate the gods and cherish the true Dao, and recite the cavernous scriptures, they can beg the Heavenly Worthies to absolve the sins committed by themselves in past and present lives as well as by their nine generations of relatives and in-laws, eliminate the five sufferings, ensure the peace of their bodies and souls, attain clothing and food spontaneously, and live a carefree and joyful life.
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