The Yiguandao shelf gathers the public texts, source dossiers, and support pages currently held under this tradition room. Use this page as a doorway into the shelf rather than as a complete history of the tradition.
Main Doorways
- General Texts holds 28 public texts or support pages. Start with Calendar and Principles of Change, Collection of Inscribed Teachings, Compassionate Teachings of Ji Gong, the Living Buddha — Volume One.
- Major Scriptures holds 11 public texts or support pages. Start with Essentials for Leaving the World, Forty-Eight Instructions of the Patriarch, Golden Patriarch's Wondrous Canon.
- Spirit-Writing Revelations holds 14 public texts or support pages. Start with 921 Earthquake — Tianran Ancient Buddha Speaks, Talks on Truth, Golden Patriarch's Elucidation of the Dao.
- Teachings on Practice holds 16 public texts or support pages. Start with Abstaining from Killing is the Root of Ending War, Cautions for White Sun Cultivators, Cultivation of the Three Treasures.
Suggested Use
Begin with the introduction if one is present, then move into the rooms or individual texts listed above. For technical terms, names, and recurring concepts, use the local glossary on this shelf together with the central Good Works Glossary.