The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Shangqing Northern Pole Correct Rites

Shangqing Northern Pole Correct Rites 上清北极天心正法

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Shangqing Northern Pole Correct Rites, likely from late Northern Song or Southern Song, presents a concise manual of Tianxin Zhengfa exorcism. It features three core talismans—Tiangang, Heisha, and Three Lights—and...

Shangqing Northern Pole Correct Rites 上清北极天心正法

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Shangqing Northern Pole Correct Rites, likely from late Northern Song or Southern Song, presents a concise manual of Tianxin Zhengfa exorcism. It features three core talismans—Tiangang, Heisha, and Three Lights—and...

Discourses on Cultivation by Master Xujing

Discourses on Cultivation by Master Xujing 三十代天...

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Discourses on Cultivation by Master Xujing compiles writings of 30th Celestial Master Zhang Jixian (d. 1127), emphasizing the mind as root of all existence. It blends philosophical essays—like “On the...

Discourses on Cultivation by Master Xujing 三十代天...

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Discourses on Cultivation by Master Xujing compiles writings of 30th Celestial Master Zhang Jixian (d. 1127), emphasizing the mind as root of all existence. It blends philosophical essays—like “On the...

Three Radiances Scripture for Longevity and Blessings

Three Radiances Scripture for Longevity and Ble...

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Three Radiances Scripture for Longevity and Blessings, likely from Tang–Song China, teaches that aligning the body’s senses with the celestial “Three Radiances” (sun, moon, stars) purifies the self, extends life,...

Three Radiances Scripture for Longevity and Ble...

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Three Radiances Scripture for Longevity and Blessings, likely from Tang–Song China, teaches that aligning the body’s senses with the celestial “Three Radiances” (sun, moon, stars) purifies the self, extends life,...

Qingwei Liturgy for Ritual Retreat

Qingwei Liturgy for Ritual Retreat 清微斋法

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Qingwei Liturgy for Ritual Retreat, a two-volume Yuan-dynasty text, traces Qingwei’s synthesis of four Daoist lineages and emphasizes moral cultivation—aligning Daoist practice with Confucian “rectifying the mind.”

Qingwei Liturgy for Ritual Retreat 清微斋法

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Qingwei Liturgy for Ritual Retreat, a two-volume Yuan-dynasty text, traces Qingwei’s synthesis of four Daoist lineages and emphasizes moral cultivation—aligning Daoist practice with Confucian “rectifying the mind.”

Qingwei Descended Great Rites

Qingwei Descended Great Rites 清微元降大法

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Qingwei Descended Great Rites, a 25-volume Yuan-dynasty compendium, unites Daoist lineages under the Qingwei school and details 50 thunder rites. Emphasizing inner stillness over ritual form, it teaches that true...

Qingwei Descended Great Rites 清微元降大法

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Qingwei Descended Great Rites, a 25-volume Yuan-dynasty compendium, unites Daoist lineages under the Qingwei school and details 50 thunder rites. Emphasizing inner stillness over ritual form, it teaches that true...

Qingwei Mystic Pivot Petition Rituals

Qingwei Mystic Pivot Petition Rituals 清微玄枢奏告仪

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Qingwei Mystic Pivot Petition Rituals, likely composed by Yuan–Ming Qingwei Daoists, details a formal ceremony to petition high deities and ancestral masters for longevity and disaster relief. It includes altar...

Qingwei Mystic Pivot Petition Rituals 清微玄枢奏告仪

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Qingwei Mystic Pivot Petition Rituals, likely composed by Yuan–Ming Qingwei Daoists, details a formal ceremony to petition high deities and ancestral masters for longevity and disaster relief. It includes altar...