《道教法派文化。法門三祖。威靈顯赫。2022》

 《道教法派文化。法門三祖。威靈顯赫。2022》

 

法門三祖，

神力無邊救世人，

威靈顯赫。

 

上清系承，

道脈相輔永留傳，

盛名遠播。

 

應【同道好友】之詢問，於此再分享，【法門三祖】之【寶誥】。

《壬寅虎年。冬至聖節。2022》

 

《壬寅虎年。冬至聖節。2022》

 

冬節大過年，

戶戶慶賀。

 

甜圓小而暖，

人人歡愉。

 

Winter Solstice for Year 2022

 

Time flies and Time passes, its again the end period of a Lunar Year and so, All Taoists and Chinese will be preparing to celebrate the Winter Solstice Festival aka Dong Zhi Day.

 

For Year 2022, Dong Zhi Day aka Winter Solstice falls on 22 Dec, starting time at 05:48 Hours.

 

So what is Winter Solstice?

 

According to Scientific Explanation, Winter Solstice is a Day of the starting of the change of the Weather and also the Sun-shining duration for both the North & South Hemisphere (南北半球).

 

And so, from this Day onwards, the Sun-shine Duration for the North Hemisphere will be shorter and vice-versa for the South Hemisphere.

 

And this is why, in one of our Old Hokkien Saying, for those Lazy Ladies who are not able to wake up early in the Morning, she wont be able to finish her chores in A Day.

 

So what Winter Solstice means in Chinese Custom?

 

In Chinese Custom, Winter Solstice Festival will be the Day for the Chinese to celebrate their Harvesting of the Year and also to have a Reunion Gathering with the Family Members.

 

Besides that, Taoists and Chinese will have to pay respect to Deities & Ancestors, returning the Gratitude to them for the necessary Blessings for the Year.

 

In Taoist Records, this is a Day that Taoists will visit Temples to pay respect to Deities in-order to request for Blessings and also, the eliminating of debts and sins. In some Big Taoist Temples, Priests will conduct Rituals/Ceremonies for Taoists and other Followers to participate in.

 

So what are the Traditional Items that are associated with Winter Solstice Festival?

 

In Ancient Era, the Chinese will prepared Buns, Pastry, etc, to celebrate whereas in Summer Period, Chinese will prepare Noodles for the Celebration.

 

After a certain period, Chinese changed they habit of eating Buns & Pastry to eating of Sweet Dumplings aka Tang Yuan (湯圓).

 

Tang Yuan, shape in Round or Ball, represent Reunion, Happiness and Full. This does not only represent Reunion for the Family but also, represent having a Nice Round-off for the Years’ Harvesting.

 

Till today, the Chinese still practice the consuming of Tang Yuan to get the Blessing of Reunion and Happiness.

 

So how and what to prepare for the Honouring of Deities and Ancestors?

 

For those who have Altars, dedicating to Deities and Ancestors, at home, remember to wake up early in the Morning to prepare the Tang Yuan aka Ee.

 

Nowadays, due to busy working life of the Modern Adults, Tang Yuan can be brought from Supermarket in Ready-made packing. Oneself just need to get a little bundle of Pandan Leaves and a pack of Red/Brown sugar and the cooking of Tang Yuan will be able to take place.

 

After the cooking is ready, scoop the Tang Yuan into 3 Bowls for offering to the Deities and at least 2 Bowls for the Ancestors (1 bowl for Male Ancestors and other for Female Ancestors).

 

Remember to prepare some Paper Offerings such as Tian Gong Jin (天公金) and Shou Jin (壽金) for Deities, Gold & Silver Papers (金銀紙) for Ancestors.

 

Wait for about 15 minutes; send off the Paper Offerings for the Deities and after 3 rounds of Offering Incenses to Ancestors, the Gold & Silver Papers can be sent off.

 

Usually after the Offering, the Tang Yuan can be retrieved back and distributed out to the Family Members for eating. Do not throw them away, cos All consuming items on Dong Zhi Day cannot be waste.

 

In order not to left the Altar empty, after retrieving the Tang Yuan from the Altar, oneself can prepared a set of Five Oranges to replace the Tang Yuan.

 

Dong Zhi Da Guo Nian (冬至大過年)

 

In Chinese, we have a Saying of Dong Zhi Da Guo Nian (冬至大過年), meaning that, Dong Zhi Day is a Day that worth Celebrating and this Celebrating must be as Grand as the Celebration of Lunar New Year.

 

Why is there such a practice?

 

According to Chinese Belief, Winter Solstice is a Day of Changes not only in the Weather and Sun-shining Duration, but also the Luck and the Natural Element in the 3 Realms.

 

During these Changes, certain Elements in one’s Spiritual & Physical Body will also be changed. For those who encountered Negative Issues in the Year, after this Day, the Negative Issues will be eliminated and by doing Requesting of Blessings, hoping that the following Days of the Year will be Blessed with Good Luck.

 

And this is why, on this Day, Taoists and Chinese will have to prepare for a Grand Celebration, such as wearing new Clothing, consuming of Good Items, visit Temples, etc, to gain the Happiness and Good Blessing from the Deities and Big Dao.

 

《癸卯兔年。幾家歡喜幾家愁。2022》

 

《癸卯兔年。幾家歡喜幾家愁。2022》

 

今年提早，於【冬至聖日】來臨之前，分享之【年關犯晉照表】。

 

PS：

看看即可，無傷大雅！

《癸卯兔年。全年天赦聖日》

 

《癸卯兔年。全年天赦聖日》

 

應【同道好友弟子】之詢問，今天於此先分享「明年」之「全年天赦聖日」日期。

 

請務必將此分享截取收錄。

 

春來逢戊寅，

夏到看甲午，

秋時選戊申，

冬季則甲子。

 

以上便是【天赦聖日】的「特徵」。

 

每一年﹐都會有五六個【天赦聖日】。

(【丁酉雞年】則有八個。通常「春及冬季」各為一個﹐「夏及秋季」各別有兩個。如果當年註定有大災變﹐則可能只有四個【天赦聖日】或者多於七個﹐但這發生的機率很小)

 

【天赦聖日】祭祀﹐最早能追溯至【商朝】﹐【宋朝】時到達顛峰，而到了【元朝】後﹐就開始沒落。

 

於【天赦聖日】之期﹐【道門弟子】或一般信眾可向【玉皇大天尊】﹐【三官大帝】求赦﹐願將前兩個月內﹐無意間所犯下的錯誤赦掉。

 

如若家中有年老者﹐長期犯有病痛﹐也可向【斗姆元君】及眾【星斗星君】求赦﹐願病痛早除﹐延年益壽。

 

而子孫可向【太乙救苦天尊】求赦﹐願「過往親人早列仙班」。

 

ALL Tian She Day of Gui Mao Year 2023

 

Tian She Day (天赦聖日), translated as The Reparation & Eliminating Sins Day (赦罪消災).

 

In Taoist Culture, every Lunar Year, there are at least Five or Six Tian She Day, each Season with at least Two Tian She Days fall on Two Special Days. If there is any case of that Lunar Year only got Four Tian She Day, meaning that Year might have Big Disaster occurring.

 

So when Tian She Day Culture started?

 

According to Ancient Records, Tian She Day started far in Shang Dynasty and had reached its peak in Song Dynasty.

 

So what to do on Tian She Day?

 

As recorded and advised, on these Days, conducting of Official Taoist Chanting to Yu Huang Da Tian Zun (玉皇大天尊), San Guan Da Di (三官大帝), Dou Mu Yuan Jun & the Dippers (斗姆元君及眾星斗星君) or requesting for Forgiveness for the Pass-ons to Heavenly Lord Tai Yi (太乙救苦天尊), will be recommended.

 

Besides that, for those who are suffering for long-term illnesses and had yet to get cured, by making trips to Official Temples to pay respect to the various Deities and sincerely requesting for Forgiveness will help too.

《陰卒鬼兵文化。五福巡福。福進善府。2022》

 

《陰卒鬼兵文化。五福巡福。福進善府。2022》

 

調度五福，

速來不延進善府，

白錢為引。

 

犒賞五陰，

得令不怠到案下，

麻章為準。

 

PS：

【白錢】摺為【雙峰令】，【綠墨】書上《五福花字》，可「求陰財」、「補陰庫」、「過陰關」、「了陰債」，等等。

 

【雙峰令】上，須加【城隍印】或者【提督印】。

《道教道法文化。紋訣通天地。掌中顯乾坤。2022》

 

《道教道法文化。紋訣通天地。掌中顯乾坤。2022》

 

指紋手訣通天地，

能呼風喚雨。

 

掌中臂上顯乾坤，

能調兵遣將。

 

【道教道法文化】暨【道教科儀文化】中，【手訣】及【指紋】的使用，絕對是少不了的。

 

【手訣】及【指紋】的使用，最早可追朔至【殷商二朝】，之後便是【漢代】，而到了【宋時】，【手訣】及【指紋】更是多不勝數，尤其於【雷法】之中，更是花樣多變。

 

【手訣】及【指紋】，大概可分為以下幾類：

 

1 – 陰訣

2 – 陽訣

3 – 乾訣

4 – 坤訣

5 – 掌中雷

6 – 祭煉

7 – 滅魔

8 – 超拔

等等。

 

【陰陽紋訣】，得配合「日子」，以便「行法」。

 

【乾坤紋訣】，得配合「五行」，以便「行法」。

 

【掌中雷】及【祭煉】，得配合「兵將」與「符籙」，以便「行法」。

 

【滅魔】，得配合「念炁」，「兵將」與「符籙」，以便「行法」。

 

【超拔】，得配合「化身」，「化神」與「念炁」，以便「行法」。

 

以及等等。

 

應詢問，在此簡單分享【第二階段】之【開掌】。

 

於【正一道法文化】中，欲先使用【雙掌】來「掐」【手訣】，必定得先明白「基礎」的【掌紋】，以便在「掐」【手訣】時，能很好的「達到效果」。

 

今日於此，分享【手訣】「基本」的【掌紋】，如下：

1 – 一元陰陽

2 – 三氣五行

3 – 四霛護身

4 – 南斗六司

5 – 七元保命

6 – 八卦九宮

 

一旦此「六類」全部學會，便可開始「學習」及「運用」其他【手訣】了！

《壬寅虎年。太乙救苦天尊。慶千春。2022》

 

《壬寅虎年。太乙救苦天尊。慶千春。2022》

 

化形遍十方，

十方幽眾皆得度，

度往東天長樂界，

界內享受聞聖經，

經引昇九天。

 

金身騎青獅，

青獅九首鎮幽冥，

冥冷北陰多罪魂，

魂靈拔救隨香幡，

幡領進青華。

 

皈命。太乙救苦大天尊。

 

《太乙救苦天尊行禮讚》

太乙遊十方。

聞苦施甘露。

普濟眾苦難。

顯出大慈光。

昇座九色蓮。

化身紫光仙。

靈獅嚎震乾。

坤陰變暖天。

不分貧與窮。

不分貴與賤。

不分高與下。

不分男女別。

至心一皈命。

誠心念一遍。

太乙救苦尊。

現身在案前。

 

Manifestation Anniversary of Salvation Lord Tai Yi 2022

 

Tai Yi Tian Zun (太乙天尊) aka Tai Yi Xun Sheng Jiu Tian Zun (太乙尋聲救苦天尊) or Tai Yi Ci Fu (太乙慈父).

 

In Taoism, he is the main key-person who is being appointed to take charge of the task of doing salvation for all the suffering souls, whether is to salvage them out of the suffering Realms or salvage them and bring them to the Eastern Palace for enjoying of eternal joyous.

 

During Taoist funeral wakes' rituals/ceremonies, Tai Yi Tian Zun will be invited and the Priests that conduct the Ritual/Ceremony must recite scriptures that are dedicated or associated with Tai Yi Tian Zun.

 

Different mantras are being recited too, in-order to assists the passed-on person to get the necessary blessing from Tai Yi Tian Zun.

 

In Big Salvation Ritual/Ceremony, the Taoist Priest will have to recite the Official Title of Tai Yi Tian Zun and also to visualize oneself turning into Tai Yi Tian Zun while releasing the Positive Energy or Light Ray to do the salvation of the suffering souls.

 

Today, such Ritual/Ceremony can still be seen, but due to the engagement of Taoist Priest to conduct Funeral Ritual/Ceremony has dropped and so, not much people will be able to understand or see a Good "transformation"

 

More Info:

 

Heavenly Lord Tai Yi aka Lord Tai Yi, the high ranking Taoist Deity that take charge of Salvations for the Sufferings and also the Pity-Souls.

 

According to Taoist History, Lord Tai Yi was being honoured by the Taoists far before any other Taoist Deities were being known and pay respect. From there, we were able to know that Lord Tai Yi was a highly-respect Deity in the whole Culture and Practice.

 

Due to the misunderstandings and certain mixture of belief, in Taoist Culture, there are 2 Manifestation Anniversaries for Lord Tai Yi, 1 in the Seventh Month and 1 in the Eleventh Month.

 

If we will to track back the Records of our Official Taoist Culture, the actual Anniversary shall fall on the 11th Day of Lunar 11 Month.

 

For Year 2022, it falls on 04 Dec.

《壬寅虎年。送歲君。冬至止。2022》

 

《壬寅虎年。送歲君。冬至止。2022》

 

入冬酬謝太歲君，

不過冬節。

 

到春奉迎值年主，

就在立春。

 

一柄利劍，

能斷厄，

能斷疾，

望能卻百種瘟。

 

一道蛇弓，

能壓煞，

能壓邪，

盼能祛千家難。

 

又到「一年歲末」了！

 

有者已於「農曆十月十五日」迄「奉送」【值年太歲】。

 

有者會等待「農曆十一月初一日」至【冬至聖日】前，啟行「答謝」【當年歲君】。

 

「壬寅虎年」之【當年太歲】，便是【賀諤大將軍】。

 

大家於「答謝奉送」時，可別「稱呼錯」了！

 

於此簡單分享，共大家明瞭。

《壬寅虎年。淨明始祖許遜天師。聖誕吉慶。2022》

 

《壬寅虎年。淨明始祖許遜天師。聖誕吉慶。2022》

 

伏蛟龍，

一把青鋒顯威靈，

震懾南疆。

 

醫猛虎，

一身玄功濟十方，

榮封天師。

 

【淨明祖師許遜天師】，相傳其【聖誕】有二，一是為【正月廿八日】，另一則是【十月廿五日】。

 

又有一說法則是【十月廿五日】為【淨明祖師許遜天師】之【得道昇天日】。

 

於【東南亞】一帶的【道教信眾】，會在【十月廿五日】大勢慶祝【感天大帝】之【聖誕】，而此【感天大帝】指的就是【淨明祖師許遜天師】。

 

而授【萬法宗壇】的【法籙】之【籙生】，更得在此日舉行【科儀】，以便朝敬【淨明祖師許遜天師】。

 

Manifestation Anniversary of Heavenly Master Xu Xun 2022

 

On the 25th Day of Lunar 10 Month (農曆十月廿五日), its the Day that Heavenly Master Xu Xun gained his Immortal-hood, in some contexts known as his Manifestation Anniversary.

 

In Taoism, he is another important Heavenly Master that had bring together the bonding of Taoist Culture and also, performing the Upright Preaching of Taoist Skills and Knowledge.

 

Due to few Deities having the same Official Title with Xu Xun, many a time, Taoists tend to get mix-up. And so, many misconceptions and wrong ideas had occurred.

 

More info on Heavenly Master Xu Xun許天師相關資料:

 

Xu Tian Shi (許天師) aka Heavenly Master Xu, real name known as Xu Xun (許遜), Xu Jing Yang (許旌陽) or Xu Jing Zhi (許敬之), Taoist Name known as Ling Jian Zi (靈劍子), born in Wu Chi Wu Second Year (CE239 吳赤烏二年), 28th Day of Lunar 1 Month (農曆正月二十八日). Hometown in Nan Chang, now known as Jiang Xi Province (家鄉於南昌今為江西).

 

Since young, Xu Xun was an intelligent boy who was strongly connected with Spiritual Skills & stuffs.

 

At the age of 20 (弱冠之年), he seek Mastership under Wu Meng Zhen Ren (師承吳猛真人), from then, he started to do researches on Spiritual Skills, the Nature Changes, Prediction Skills, etc.

 

CE280, after certain obstacles Xu Xun encountered, he decided to stop his cultivation and went for the Imperial Examination. Due to his knowledge and wisdom, he passed the exam and was appointed as the Magistrate Officer of Jing Yang Area (旌陽縣 this was how the folks addressed him as Xu Jing Yang later part in the History), at that time, he was 42 years old.

 

During his serving of the Nation Service in Jing Yang Area, he was being highly respected by the commoners. And due to his Uprightness and Non-bias-attitude, after he left the Area, the commoners dedicated statues for him as a form of gratitude.

 

Soon, Jin Dynasty (晉朝) was in a chaotic status. Knowing that Jin Dynasty wouldn’t be able to last forever, Xu Xun resigned from his post and returned to his Master’s premises to regain his self-cultivation again.

 

After returning to his Master side, his Master brought him along to travel around the whole Country to do necessary salvation for the sufferings. During the travling, Xu Xun subdued a few demons and Deities, such as Tiger Demon, etc.

 

Besides doing salvations & subduing, Xu Xun was being imparted with a few Manuals with Spiritual Skills known as Tai Shang Ling Bao Jing Ming Fa (太上靈寶淨明法), which later Xu Xun used the title Jing Ming while he set-up his Sect - Jing Ming Sect (淨明道).

 

CE374, 25th Day of Lunar 10 Month (農曆十月廿五日), Xu Xun got his Enlightenment. At the moment of his Enlightenment, he was being summoned to the Celestial Palace (天庭) to meet up with Jade Emperor (玉皇大天尊). Due to his Uprightness and Faithfulness in continuing the Preaching of Taoism Teaching, he was being bestowed with the title Heavenly Master – Tian Shi (天師之職).

 

After he got the bestowed title, Xu Xun’s whole family, of about 120 members, were also being summoned to the Celestial Palace to gain a position in the Celestial Court System. In Chinese, there is a saying for Xu Xun’s family – Yi Ren De Dao, Quan Jia Sheng Tian (一人得道, 全家昇天). Meaning one person got Enlightenment, the whole family was also being granted to gain Immortality.

 

From then, he was being group with the other 3 Heavenly Masters to form the Four Heavenly Masters to assist the Three Realms (三界) in doing preaching for Dao.

 

In Taoism Culture or Chinese Deity System, Xu Xun was also being addressed as Gan Tian Da Di (感天大帝).

 

Till today, the Hock Chew (福州), Hock Cheng (福清) and Teochew (潮州) Clans still honoured Xu Xun as their Protector (守護神).

《道教符籙文化。破伐邪蹤。滅蠱除廟。2022》

 

《道教符籙文化。破伐邪蹤。滅蠱除廟。2022》

 

邪廟不可為，

五雷轟，

天火燒，

人命不保。

 

蠱法不可施，

蠻雷炸，

地火焚，

永世不免。

 

【道教符籙文化】之中，就有「收錄」了好幾道「破伐邪廟」之【符諱】。

 

如遇「邪廟」、「邪壇」、「邪師」、「邪法」，等等，皆可施其【符諱】以滅之。