The San Huang Chuan Shou Yi 太上洞神三皇传授仪
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The Transmission Ritual of the Three Emperors of the Supreme Lord Cave Gods
The author is unknown. It was probably compiled in the late Northern and Southern Dynasties.

This text elaborates on the ritual procedures for transmitting the scriptures and talismans of the Cave God Section. First, it expounds the origin and dissemination of the scriptures and talismans of the Cave God Section, and lists their titles. According to the text, the scriptures and talismans of the Cave God Section include The Great Treasure of Diagrams and Talismans: The Scripts of the Three Emperors, The Wonderful Essential Scripture of the Eight Emperors, The Scripture of Mysterious Transformations, The Scripture of Divine Manifestations, as well as The Fasting Ritual of the Three Emperors, The Court Ritual of the Three Emperors, The Transmission Ritual of the Three Emperors and other works, totaling fourteen volumes.
This very text is the fourteenth volume of the Cave God Section, The Transmission Ritual of the Three Emperors.
The book further details the ritual methods for transmitting the scriptures and talismans of the Cave God Section, including procedures such as activating the register of true officials, conferring dharma positions, the master announcing the dharma positions, the Twelve Vows, closing the ritual furnace, and chanting the divine odes while circumambulating.
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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