The Supreme Scriptural Precepts 太上经戒

The Supreme Scriptural Precepts 太上经戒

Paul Peng

Supreme Scriptural Precepts

The author is unknown. The text is likely compiled during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Consisting of one scroll, it is included in the Daoist Canon, under the category of Precept Texts in the Dongshen Section (the Section of Cave Spirits).

This book is a compilation of six sets of precepts excerpted from early Taoist scriptures, including The Ten Precepts of the Jade Pure Scripture, The Supreme Precepts of Wisdom, *The Ten Merits and Ten Evils from the Great Profound Jade Book, The Ten Precepts of the Scripture of Contemplating Subtleties and Stabilizing Resolve, The Twenty-Seven Precepts of the Wonderful Grove Scripture, and The Twenty-Seven Precepts of Lord Lao.

The fundamental tenet of these six sets of precepts is to exhort people to do good and eschew evil, observe the precepts faithfully, and refrain from killing, stealing, indulging in lust, practicing fraud, and disobeying parents and teachers, among other injunctions.

These aforementioned precepts also appear in Volumes 38 and 39 of Cloudy Satchel of Seven Lots (Yunji Qiqian).
Paul Peng — Zhengyi Taoist Priest, Longhu Mountain

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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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