Calendar and Principles of Change — Wang 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 Teachings — Fourteen 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 One — The 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.
Compassionate Teachings of Ji Gong, Volume Three — The Living Buddha's spirit-writing teachings, Volume Three — good thoughts, mindfulness, true cultivation, and the recording device of the universe.
Compassionate Teachings of Ji Gong, Volume Two — The second volume of Ji Gong the Living Buddha's spirit-writing teachings — covering affinity, the transformation of nature, the meaning of prostration, the true transmission of the Heavenly Mandate, and the nature of the Dao. First English translation.
Essentials for Leaving the World — A Yiguandao cultivation manual in twenty chapters, guiding practitioners through the essentials of leaving the world — from understanding karma and opening wisdom to inner cultivation and the Dragon Flower Assembly.
Explanation of Nature and Principle — First complete English translation of Ji Gong's Explanation of Nature and Principle (性理題釋) — the foundational catechism of Yiguandao in ninety questions and answers. The whole system in one text: the Dao, the three cosmic eras, the Eternal Mother, the unity of the three teachings, and the inner work of return. Modern Chinese with Classical Chinese quotations, c. 1937 CE.
Five Provisions for Returning to Heaven — Ji 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 Yiguandao — An 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 Self — A 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 Dao — The 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 Body — Ji 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 Way — Lü 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 Thread — Ji 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 Cultivation — The 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 Origin — Twenty-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 Truth — A 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 Buddha — Guanyin 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 Stillness — A 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 Lamp — Ji 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 Record of Teachings on the Fifteen Buddha Rules — Ji Gong the Living Buddha's verse commentary on the Fifteen Buddha Rules of Yiguandao — composed through planchette mediumship in 1971, with prefaces and epilogue by the Patriarch Lü Dongbin (Pure Yang Emperor). First English translation.
The Teacher's Heart — Ji 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 Mother — A 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 Patriarchs — The 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 Eternal Mother — The Eternal Mother calls her children home — a Yiguandao spirit-writing poem in 175 stanzas, moving through the soul's primordial fall, nighttime lament, the vegetarian precepts, and the splendors of the Pure Land. First English translation.
True Words of the Old Mother — The 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.
Wang Fengyi's Excellent Sayings — Aphorisms of Wang Fengyi (1864–1937), the Good Man of Manchuria, founder of the Morality Society — on transforming inherited temperament, the three natures, four realms, five phases, and healing through moral counsel.
With Every Thought, Leave the Wheel Behind — The 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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