The Taishang Dongxuan Lingbao Shoudu Yi 太上洞玄灵宝授度仪

The Taishang Dongxuan Lingbao Shoudu Yi 太上洞玄灵宝授度仪

Paul Peng
Taishang Dongxuan Lingbao Shoudu Yi (The Rites of Bestowing Transmission in the Numinous Treasure of the Cavernous Mystery of the Supreme Oneness) was compiled by Lu Xiujing, a Taoist priest of the Liu-Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties.

It consists of one scroll and is included in the Rituals category of the Cavernous Mystery section of the Daozang (Taoist Canon).

The text records the rituals for Taoist priests of the Southern Dynasties to impart the scriptures, precepts, and talismans of the Lingbao Sect. At the beginning of the scroll is Shang Shoudu Yi Biao  Lingbao scripture formulas and instructions.

The main text first compiles requirements from Taoist texts such as Huanglu Jianwen (Yellow Register Concise Text), Mingzhen Ke (Statutes of Manifesting the True), and Yu Jue (Jade Instructions) that Taoist priests must meet to receive and uphold scriptures and methods, including preparing altar oaths and pledges, constructing altars and posting announcements, and so on.

Next, it details the procedures and stages of the scripture-bestowing ceremony, as well as the memorials, petitions, invocations, praises, and incantations used in the process.

Its main procedures include incense offering and obeisance, beating the celestial drum, activating the ritual furnace, summoning celestial officials, reading memorials, issuing injunctions, clicking teeth and reciting incantations, and dismissing celestial officials and closing the ritual furnace.
Most of the incantations and hymns recited are sourced from various Lingbao scriptures.
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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