Daoist Texts in Western Languages

By Purple Cloud Institute | 22nd August 2023 |

Daoist Texts in Western Languages This free downloadable PDF was inspired by Louis Komjathy’s influential ‘Daoist Texts in Translation’, which is available at no cost online. It identifies the few English translations available to us over the last decades. Since more and more treatises and scriptures have been made available,  we decided to put together…

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The Dragon Gate’s Core Methods: Intial Truth’s Preceptual Statutes (excerpt)

By Purple Cloud Institute | 2nd August 2023 |

Intial Truth’s Preceptual Statutes (excerpt) 天尊曰：三皈依戒者，天地之樞紐，神仙之根基，發行之初門，建心之元兆。運氣含靈，冥真入理，包羅有象，朕形无外。持之者，天地神明慶快，心智耳目開張，萬物敬畏，六腑和樂，眾真衛護羣生，父母長世不遺，人身交泰。 The heavenly worthies said: ‘The precepts of the three refuges are the pivot of the heavens and earth, the foundation of spirit immortality, the initial gateway for developing one’s practice, and the primordial starting point for establishing one’s mind. They circulate qi in those who contain the divine, coincide…

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