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Shangqing Scriptures
Revelations and instructions of the Shangqing (Supreme Clarity) tradition — visualization, body-spirits, and celestial ascent — translated from the Daoist Canon.
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Texts
Commentary on the Inner Scripture of the Cavern Chamber — Taishang Dongfang Neijing ZhuA Shangqing commentary, probably from the Eastern Jin or Southern Dynasties period, guiding the visualization of three body-deities who dwell in the 'Cavern Chamber' of the head — with its complete Daozang source text.Instructions for Dissolving Transgression — Shangqing Dongzhen Jieguo JueA Shangqing ritual manual of confession and repentance, transmitted in the voices of several early masters, teaching how to dissolve one's own and one's ancestors' transgressions through the ritual calendar — with its complete Daozang source text.Instructions on the Sovereign Chapters of the Carnelian Script — Taixiao Langshu Qiongwen Dizhang JueA set of Shangqing ritual instructions, probably from the 5th or 6th century, on copying, transmitting, and paying for Daoist scriptures between master and disciple — with its complete Daozang source text.The Hidden Text of the Divine Tiger — Dongzhen Taishang Shenhu YinwenA Shangqing revelation hymn-and-talisman text, probably of the fourth to sixth century, in which the Most High Lord of the Great Dao transmits the Divine Tiger and Golden Tiger talismans through two celestial hymns — with its complete Daozang source text.The Jade Instructions on the Three Rushings — Shangqing Huachen Sanben YujueA Shangqing scripture of visualization and spell on the Assisting and Supporting stars beside the Northern Culmen, spoken by the Most High Lord of the Dao — with its complete Daozang source text.The Perfected Scripture of the Eight Simplicities — Shangqing Taishang Basu ZhenjingA Shangqing revelation text teaching the visualization and invocation of the five planets as a path to becoming Perfected — with its complete Daozang source text.The Precious Instruction on the Hidden Commentary to the Jade Scripture of the Great Ultimate — Shangqing Taiji Yinzhu Yujing BaojueA Shangqing ritual manual of unknown authorship, probably Eastern Jin to Southern Dynasties date, giving the rites and verse charms for transmitting and reading the great scriptures of the Daoist Canon — with its complete Daozang source text.The Scripture of Stone Radiance and Golden Yang — Shijing Jinyang SujingA Shangqing revelation scripture of talismans, invocations, and visualization instructions attributed to the Celestial Emperor Lord of the Yellow Book of Grand Subtlety — with its complete Daozang source text.The Supreme Scripture on the Flying Ascent of the Sovereign of Jade Perfection, Cinnabar Origin — Shangqing Danyuan Yuzhen Dihuang Feixian ShangjingA Shangqing revelation text of uncertain date teaching a rite of sun- and moon-visualization by which the adept ingests jade essences from solar and lunar deities to ascend as a flying immortal — with its complete Daozang source text.