The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Yan Suan Zhai (延算斋): The Taoist Fast for Extending the Reckoning of Days

Yan Suan Zhai (延算斋): The Taoist Fast for Extend...

Paul Peng

Yan Suan Zhai (延算斋) is the Taoist purification on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month — when the Supervisors of Transgressions subtract suan (units of three days) from...

Yan Suan Zhai (延算斋): The Taoist Fast for Extend...

Paul Peng

Yan Suan Zhai (延算斋) is the Taoist purification on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month — when the Supervisors of Transgressions subtract suan (units of three days) from...

Zi Ran Zhai (自然斋): The Taoist Ritual of Gratitude to the Ten Directions

Zi Ran Zhai (自然斋): The Taoist Ritual of Gratitu...

Paul Peng

Zi Ran Zhai (自然斋) is the Taoist ritual of offering thanks to the ten directions of the universe. Codified by Lu Xiujing in the fifth century CE, it is one...

Zi Ran Zhai (自然斋): The Taoist Ritual of Gratitu...

Paul Peng

Zi Ran Zhai (自然斋) is the Taoist ritual of offering thanks to the ten directions of the universe. Codified by Lu Xiujing in the fifth century CE, it is one...

Yan Shen Zhai (延神斋): The Taoist Fast for the Day the Gods Inspect Your Soul

Yan Shen Zhai (延神斋): The Taoist Fast for the Da...

Paul Peng

Yan Shen Zhai (延神斋) is the Taoist purification on the 7th day of the 1st lunar month — when the Three Officials audit human deeds. Through fasting and stillness, the...

Yan Shen Zhai (延神斋): The Taoist Fast for the Da...

Paul Peng

Yan Shen Zhai (延神斋) is the Taoist purification on the 7th day of the 1st lunar month — when the Three Officials audit human deeds. Through fasting and stillness, the...

Yan Fu Zhai (延福斋): The Taoist Rite of Spring’s Turning

Yan Fu Zhai (延福斋): The Taoist Rite of Spring’s ...

Paul Peng

Yan Fu Zhai (延福斋) is the Taoist purification performed at the spring equinox — one of the Eight Seasonal Purifications. Nine lamps are lit, transgressions confessed, and blessings extended. Documented...

Yan Fu Zhai (延福斋): The Taoist Rite of Spring’s ...

Paul Peng

Yan Fu Zhai (延福斋) is the Taoist purification performed at the spring equinox — one of the Eight Seasonal Purifications. Nine lamps are lit, transgressions confessed, and blessings extended. Documented...

Wu La (五腊): The Five Sacred Days of the Taoist Ritual Year

Wu La (五腊): The Five Sacred Days of the Taoist ...

Paul Peng

Wu La (五腊) are the five annual Taoist festival days dedicated to ancestral offerings and ritual purification. Documented in the Shangqing Lingbao Dafa, these sacred days mark the Taoist ritual...

Wu La (五腊): The Five Sacred Days of the Taoist ...

Paul Peng

Wu La (五腊) are the five annual Taoist festival days dedicated to ancestral offerings and ritual purification. Documented in the Shangqing Lingbao Dafa, these sacred days mark the Taoist ritual...

Tian Gong Zhai (天功斋): The Taoist Fast That Joins the Work of Heaven

Tian Gong Zhai (天功斋): The Taoist Fast That Join...

Paul Peng

Tian Gong Zhai (天功斋), also called Qing Zhai (清斋), is the Taoist fast of heavenly merit — a purification of clarity that aligns the practitioner with the ongoing creative work...

Tian Gong Zhai (天功斋): The Taoist Fast That Join...

Paul Peng

Tian Gong Zhai (天功斋), also called Qing Zhai (清斋), is the Taoist fast of heavenly merit — a purification of clarity that aligns the practitioner with the ongoing creative work...