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21 October 2009
Commandment Plaques
Created page with '{{Rituals}} ==Origin of the Commandment Plaque== The Commandment Plaque is a Magical Instrument ( 法器 Faqi ) frequently used in Daoist rituals of Fasts and Offerings ( 齋醮 ...'
Wooden Fish
Created page with '{{Rituals}} The Wood Fish ( 木魚 Muyu ) is a kind of Daoist musical instrument used for striking during scripture recitation. It is a wood block shaped like a fish and so is na...'
The Ancestral Altar of All Skills
Created page with '{{Rituals}} The Ancestral Altar of All Skills is a court in the Celestial Masters' Mansion ( 天師府 Tianshi Fu ) on Dragon and Tiger Mountain (Mt. Longhu) in Jiangxi provi...'
Altars for Commandments
Created page with '{{Rituals}} Commandments altars are set up for the Transmission of Commandments by the Daoist priests of the Complete Perfection sect ( 全真派 Quanzhen Pai ). They are onl...'
Altars for Ritual Offerings
Created page with '{{Rituals}} ==Origin of the Offering Altar== Offerings originally referred to rites for rendering cults to deities performed in large-scale Daoist rituals. The Offering Altar ori...'
Altars for Fasts
Created page with '{{Rituals}} ==Origin of the Fasting Altar== Fasting Altars are altars for worship set up for the Ritual Masters ( 法師 Fashi ) and Daoist priests when large-scale Daoist ritual...'
Scripture Attendant
Created page with '{{Rituals}} ==Origin of the Title of Scripture Attendant ( 侍經Shijing )== The function of Scripture Attendant is a role played by a Daoist ritual attendee. No records remain a...'
Lantern Attendant
Created page with '{{Rituals}} ==Origin of the Title of Lantern Attendant ( 侍燈Shideng )== The Lantern Attendant is a managing role played by a Daoist ritual attendee during Daoist rituals. No r...'
Incense Attendant
Created page with '{{Rituals}} ==Origin of the Title of Incense Attendant ( 侍香 Shixiang )== The role of Incense Attendant, a Daoist ritual function, is taken by a Daoist ritual attendee. No rec...'
Inspector of Fasts
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Inspector of Fasts
Created page with '{{Rituals}} ==Origin of the Title of Fast Inspector ( 監齋Jianzhai )== The Fast Inspector is one of the "Three Masters" ( 三法師San Fashi ) who preside over Daoist rituals, ...'
Cheif Cantor
Created page with '{{Rituals}} ==Origin of the Title of Chief Cantor== The Chief Cantor is the title for a type of servant in the performance of Daoist rituals. Together with the High Priest ( ...'
High Priest
Created page with '{{Rituals}} ==Origin of the Title " High Priest"== " High Priest" is the name of the servant for the performance of Daoist rituals. Together with the Chief Cantor ( 都講 Du...'
Rituals for Sending Petitions to the Heavens
Created page with '{{Rituals}} ==Origin of the Memorial-Presenting Rituals== Memorial-Presenting Rituals are the most important kind of Daoist Fasts and Offerings ( 齋醮 Zhaijiao ). Memorials ref...'
Rituals of Purification and Salvation
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Rituals of Purification and Salvation
Created page with '==Origin of the Rituals of Refinement and Salvation== The Rituals of Refinement and Salvation are often performed in Daoist Fasts and Offerings ( 齋醮 Zhaijiao ). Refinement re...'
17 October 2009
Rituals of Purification and of Sacrifice to the Ancestral Souls
Created page with '{{Rituals}} ==Formation of the Anterior Heaven Ritual for Feeding, Saving and Refining Ghosts ( 先天斛食濟煉幽科儀Xiantian Jilian You Keyi )== The Anterior Heaven Ritual...'
Lantern Rituals for the Destruction of Hell
Created page with '{{Rituals}} ==Origin of the Lantern Ritual for the Destruction of Hell== The Lantern Ritual is one of the rituals of Fasts and Offerings ( 齋醮 Zhaijiao ) often practised in Da...'
Great Ritual Offerings to the Overarching Heaven
Created page with '{{Rituals}} ==Origin of the Great Ritual Offerings to the All-Embracing Heaven ( 羅天大醮LuoTian Da Jiao )== The Great Ritual Offerings to the All-Embracing Heaven is the nam...'
Names of the Three Fasts
Created page with '{{Rituals}} ==Origin of the Three Registers Fasts ( 三籙齋名 Sanlu Zhai Ming )== The ' Fast' is the traditional name for Daoist worshiping rites. The ''Most High Efficient Fa...'
Numerology
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Numerology
Created page with 'The Daoist skill system includes numerous Numerological Arts ( 數術Shushu ), such as Fortune-Telling ( 算命Suanming ), Physiognomy ( 看相Kanxiang ), Geomancy ( 風水Fengsh...'
Praying for Happiness and Offering Sacrifice
Created page with '{{Rituals}} ==Praying for happiness and offering sacrifice are the most typical of Daoist magical skills.== Praying means telling the spirits one's requests for happiness and lo...'
Magical Transformation Skills
Created page with '{{Rituals}} Magical Transformation Skills ( 變化之術 Bianhua Zhi Shu ) are one of the elementary types of Daoist skills. They refer to various kinds of skills such as becomin...'
Pacing the Big Dipper
Created page with '{{Rituals}} In the process of conducting Daoist Magical Skills, the ritual master often recites incantations with his mouth, making Finger Gestures with his hands, and Pacing the...'
Finger Gestures
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Finger Gestures
Created page with 'Finger Gestures, which are designated by quite a number of different names, are another one of the basic forms of Daoist Skills. Finger Gestures involve pinching certain parts of...'
Divine Incantations
Created page with '{{Rituals}} In the Daoist rituals for conducting Magical Skills, there are incantations, Finger Gestures, and Big Dipper pacing. Together with the writing of talismans, they have...'
Talismans, Registers, and Magic Skills
Created page with '{{Rituals}} Magical Skills ( 法術 Fashu ) play a very important role in the religious activities of Daoism. Magical Skills refer to a sort of operational system for invoking sp...'
Temple Regulations
Created page with '{{Rituals}} ==The Sources of the Monastic Rules of Temples== The Monastic Rules of Daoist temples refer to all the regulations and rules made for temples on the basis of Daoist r...'
Commandments of the Complete Perfection Sect
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Commandments of the Complete Perfection Sect
Created page with '==The Formation of the Commandments of the Complete Perfection Tradition== The Complete Perfection Tradition, which was established in the early Jin Dynasty by Wang Chongyang...'
16 October 2009
Commandments of the Orthodox Oneness Sect
Created page with '{{ Rituals}} ==Formation of the Commandments of the Orthodox Oneness Tradition== The Orthodox Oneness Tradition ( 正一道 Zhengyi Dao ) refers to the Five Pecks of Rice Tra...'
Fasting
Created page with '{{ Rituals}} ==The Causes of Fasting== Fasting is one of the principal tasks in Daoists' daily religious practice. The aim is for pious Daoists to keep their body clean and thei...'
Wandering About and Seeking Masters
Created page with '{{ Rituals}} ==The History of Wandering About and Visiting Lofty Daoists== Wandering About and Visiting Lofty Daoists are considered one form of the Daoist life of practice. Zhu ...'
Refining the Vital Breath
Created page with '{{ Rituals}} ==The Origin of Refining the Vital Breath== Refining the Vital Breath is one of the primary routine practices of Daoists. It refers to constantly practicing Daoist G...'
Template:Rituals
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Morning and Evening Rites
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Template:Rituals
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Rituals
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Morning and Evening Rites
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Morning and Evening Rites
Created page with '{{Religious Activities and Rituals}} ==The Origin of Morning and Evening Rites== Morning and Evening Rites are one of the main forms of religious practice for Daoists at temples....'
The Motherly Matriarch
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The Queen Mother of the West
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Guanyin (Avalokitesvara)
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Guanyin (Avalokitesvara)
Created page with '{{Immortals and Immortalism}} ==Explanation of the name Guanyin== The Buddhist scripture the ''Universal Salvation Chapter of the Lotus Sutra of the Sublime Dharma'' ( 妙法蓮...'
Emperor Guan
Created page with '{{Immortals and Immortalism}} ==Origin of Emperor Guan== Emperor Guan was originally the revered Mr. Guan of the Shu kingdom in the Three kingdoms Period. Named Yu and literally ...'
The Water-Margin Lady
Created page with '{{Immortals and Immortalism}} ==The Story of the Water-Margin Lady== The Water-Margin Lady ( 臨水夫人 Linshui Furen ) was also known as the Great Lady ( 大奶夫人 Danai Fu...'
12 October 2009
The Great Life-Protecting Emperor
Created page with '{{Immortals and Immortalism }} ==Origin of the Great Life-Protecting Emperor== Also known as the Daoist Elder ( 大道公 Dadao Gong ) or Perfect Sovereign Wu, the name of the Gr...'
The Saintly Founder-King of Zhang
Created page with '{{Immortals and Immortalism }} ==Origin of the Saintly Founder-King of Zhang ( 開漳聖王 Kaizhang Shengwang )== Also known as Revered Sage King ( 聖王公 Shengwang Gong ) an...'