The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

The Yang Can Ying Zhong Jing 太上洞玄灵宝天尊说养蚕营种经

The Yang Can Ying Zhong Jing 太上洞玄灵宝天尊说养蚕营种经

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This unique Lingbao scripture sanctifies agriculture and sericulture as vital to human survival. By venerating the Three Treasures and reciting the text, devotees secure abundant harvests of silk and grain,...

The Yang Can Ying Zhong Jing 太上洞玄灵宝天尊说养蚕营种经

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This unique Lingbao scripture sanctifies agriculture and sericulture as vital to human survival. By venerating the Three Treasures and reciting the text, devotees secure abundant harvests of silk and grain,...

The Xiao Rang Huo Zai Jing 太上洞玄灵宝消禳火灾经

The Xiao Rang Huo Zai Jing 太上洞玄灵宝消禳火灾经

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This concise Lingbao scripture attributes fires to divine punishment for moral failings—disrespect to heaven, filial impiety, or oppression. Yet repentance and recitation of its four-character mantra and five-line verse on...

The Xiao Rang Huo Zai Jing 太上洞玄灵宝消禳火灾经

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This concise Lingbao scripture attributes fires to divine punishment for moral failings—disrespect to heaven, filial impiety, or oppression. Yet repentance and recitation of its four-character mantra and five-line verse on...

The Hua Guang Ben Xing Jing 太上洞玄灵宝五显灵观华光本行妙经

The Hua Guang Ben Xing Jing 太上洞玄灵宝五显灵观华光本行妙经

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This Tang–Song scripture recounts how Yuanshi Tianzun commissions the Five Manifest Lingguan Tian Masters—embodiments of stellar essences—to descend and subdue demons, heal plagues, and rescue souls. Devotees invoke them through...

The Hua Guang Ben Xing Jing 太上洞玄灵宝五显灵观华光本行妙经

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This Tang–Song scripture recounts how Yuanshi Tianzun commissions the Five Manifest Lingguan Tian Masters—embodiments of stellar essences—to descend and subdue demons, heal plagues, and rescue souls. Devotees invoke them through...

The Tai Shang Chang Sheng Yan Shou Ji Fu De Jing 太上长生延寿集福德经

The Tai Shang Chang Sheng Yan Shou Ji Fu De Jin...

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This Tang–Song Daoist scripture, attributed to Yuanshi Tianzun, teaches that body, heart, and speech must first be purified before practicing advanced Three Caverns methods. Reciting the “Longevity” and “Merit-Accumulating” mantras...

The Tai Shang Chang Sheng Yan Shou Ji Fu De Jin...

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This Tang–Song Daoist scripture, attributed to Yuanshi Tianzun, teaches that body, heart, and speech must first be purified before practicing advanced Three Caverns methods. Reciting the “Longevity” and “Merit-Accumulating” mantras...

The Tai Shang Tian Zun Shuo Yan Shou Miao Jing 太上灵宝天尊说延寿妙经

The Tai Shang Tian Zun Shuo Yan Shou Miao Jing ...

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This Tang–Song Lingbao scripture features Lingbao Yanshou Tianzun teaching that all phenomena are empty, yet compassionate action—such as incense offerings, almsgiving, releasing life, building merit, and supporting Daoist clergy—earns divine...

The Tai Shang Tian Zun Shuo Yan Shou Miao Jing ...

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This Tang–Song Lingbao scripture features Lingbao Yanshou Tianzun teaching that all phenomena are empty, yet compassionate action—such as incense offerings, almsgiving, releasing life, building merit, and supporting Daoist clergy—earns divine...

The Rang Zai Du E Jing 太上灵宝天尊说禳灾度厄经

The Rang Zai Du E Jing 太上灵宝天尊说禳灾度厄经

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This concise scripture, attributed to Taishang Lingbao Tianzun, promises swift relief from calamities: devotees need only recite its brief text and sincerely repent before Yuhuang Tianzun and the Sacred Daoist...

The Rang Zai Du E Jing 太上灵宝天尊说禳灾度厄经

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This concise scripture, attributed to Taishang Lingbao Tianzun, promises swift relief from calamities: devotees need only recite its brief text and sincerely repent before Yuhuang Tianzun and the Sacred Daoist...