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Yiguandao
Texts from the Yiguandao tradition, the Way of Pervading Unity — scriptures of the Eternal Mother and the returning Dao.
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Texts
Calendar and Principles of ChangeWang Jueyi's patriarchal chronicle and Yijing cosmology through the Yiguandao lens — the Introduction and Preface of the last untranslated Category 9 text. First English translation.Collection of Inscribed TeachingsFourteen spirit-writing teachings transmitted in 1981 under the Eternal Mother's command — Ji Gong and the celestial teachers speak in seven-character verse on heaven's mandate, spiritual testing, leadership, and the golden thread of the Dao.Compassionate Teachings of Ji Gong, Volume OneThe complete first volume of Ji Gong the Living Buddha's spirit-writing teachings — fifty-six chapters on faith, cultivation, community, family, the inner life, the nature of mind, endurance, joy, and the path to sainthood. The Miko's ancestral tradition speaks through the ragged saint.Deeds of the Golden Patriarch, the Teacher Father, and the Teacher MotherFirsthand oral history of Yiguandao's founding — the 17th and 18th Patriarchs, their trials and triumphs — by Baishui Elder Han Yulin, who served the movement for sixty years.Five Provisions for Returning to HeavenJi Gong the Living Buddha teaches the five provisions for returning to Heaven — moral character, precepts, right thoughts, inner tempering, and the fulfillment of vows.Introduction to YiguandaoAn introduction to Yiguandao — the Way of Pervading Unity — its theology, its history, its scriptures, its persecution, and its place in the landscape of Chinese religion.Learning the Dao and Cultivating the SelfA philosophical essay on the unity of all religions through the character 'one' — and the cultivation of the heart as the path home.Maitreya Buddha's Guide to Spreading the DaoThe mythic biography of Maitreya Buddha — his seventy-two lifetimes, his cultivation under the Elder, and the cosmic history of how the Dao came to the world. A foundational Yiguandao scripture.Nature, Mind, and BodyJi Gong the Living Buddha teaches his students about the three aspects of the self — nature, mind, and body — and how to cultivate each one.Nine Rules that Thread the WayLü Dongbin, the Pure Yang Patriarch, reveals nine rules for cultivators of the Way of Unity — on the Mother's grief, karmic debt, the Gold and Wood Patriarchs, the four barriers, proper transmission, guiding the seeker, harmony among practitioners, fallen disciples, and the final return.One Golden ThreadJi Gong threads the golden thread — a fifteen-chapter teaching on the Dao, its descent, its proof, and its fruit, delivered through planchette divination at a Yiguandao altar.Path of Awakening to True CultivationThe Teacher Mother speaks alone through the planchette in 1948 — six sessions of urgent spirit-writing instruction for Yiguandao followers, delivered in the year after Zhang Tianran's death and the year before the Communist revolution.Precious Raft to Return to the OriginTwenty-three letters from Elder Suyi to Yiguandao practitioners — on the cosmic crisis, the Mother's decree, the tests of faith, the lineage of the patriarchs, and the raft that carries the faithful home.Recognizing Principle, Returning to TruthA systematic introduction to Yiguandao belief and practice in eighteen chapters — from the nature of the Dao to the diagram of reincarnation. The most accessible Yiguandao catechism in English.Seeking the Dao and Worshipping the BuddhaGuanyin explains why the Dao must be sought though it was never lost — the fish in water that does not know water, the mountain path choked by sixty thousand years of weeds.The Dean's Commentary on the Classic of Purity and StillnessA Yiguandao commentary on the Daoist Classic of Purity and Stillness — fifteen chapters of word-by-word annotation and spiritual exposition by the Foolish Elder (呆叟), reading Laozi through the lens of the Bright Teacher, Universal Salvation, and the Three Teachings as one.The Disciple's Bright LampJi Gong, the Living Buddha, speaks to his disciples through spirit-writing — on his true nature, on their vows, on his love that never lets go. First English translation.The Teacher's HeartJi Gong speaks from the heart to his disciples — a passionate call to remember their heavenly origin and fulfill their vows in the final age.Thirteen Laments of the Imperial MotherA Yiguandao spirit-writing scripture in which the Eternal Mother delivers thirteen laments for her lost children, escorted by twenty-four celestial beings -- received in 1936.Transmission Records of the Chan PatriarchsThe complete record of the Chan Buddhist Dharma transmission from Mahākāśyapa to Huineng — twenty-eight Indian patriarchs and six Chinese patriarchs, each with their encounter story and transmission verse.True Words of the Old MotherThe Eternal Mother speaks in Hokkien dialect to her lost children — laments through the five watches of the night, instructions on the vegetarian path, and a vision of reunion in the Western Heaven.With Every Thought, Leave the Wheel BehindThe Song dynasty general Yue Fei, serving as a celestial judge in the White Sun era, warns Yiguandao practitioners about the weight of karmic debt and the urgent need for true repentance.
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