Dou Mu Yuan Jun Bao Gao 04, another Praise Incantation dedicated to Dou Mu Yuan
Jun (斗姆元君) aka Mother of All Star Lords.
This is another very Rare and
Special Bao Gao dedicating to Dou Mu Yuan Jun. Till today, this Mantra is only
kept by a few Official High Priests and Taoist Leaders.
Usually this
Mantra is being recited during Rituals/Ceremonies dedicating to Dou
Mu.
Best time to recite this Mantra will be on Dou Mu's birthday, which
is on the 9th Day of Lunar 9 Month.
斗姆元君寶誥(四)
Dou Mu Yuan Jun Bao Gao
(Praise Incantation) 04
至心皈命禮。
Zhi Xin Gui Ming
Li
摩天利岸。攴天宮中。
Mo Tian Li An. Pu Tian Gong Zhong
萬星拱環道姆。
Wan
Xing Gong Huan Dao Mu
日月照明金尊。
Ri Yue Zhao Ming Jin
Zun
常顯蹤與塵凡。
Chang Xian Zong Yu Chen Fan
濟生靈免塗炭。
Ji Sheng
Ling Mian Tu Tan
四面九眼。
Si Mian Jiu Yan
觀九天於大羅。
Guan Jiu Tian
Yu Da Luo
斗指成訣。
Dou Zhi Cheng Jue
結炁罩衛乾坤。
Jie Qi Zhao Wei
Qian Kun
卸星斗之分釐。
Xie Xing Dou Zhi Fen Li
佈星辰而劃分。
Bu Xing
Chen Er Hua Fen
降身西極。分身竺園。
Jiang Shen Xi Ji. Fen Shen Zhu
Yuan
孕炁結胎成胞。
Yun Qi Jie Tai Cheng Bao
龍漢重陽。陽極重九。
Long Han
Chong Yang. Yang Ji Chong Jiu
化炁育生九皇。
Hua Qi Yu Sheng Jiu
Huang
大悲大願。大聖大慈。
Da Bei Da Yuan. Da Sheng Da Ci
無極大行玄真。
Wu
Ji Da Xing Xuan Zhen
紫光玉妃夫人。
Zi Guang Yu Fei Fu
Ren
圓明斗姆大元君。
Yuan Ming Dou Mu Da Yuan Jun
Dou Mu Yuan Jun Bao Gao 03, another Praise Incantation dedicated to Dou Mu Yuan
Jun (斗姆元君) aka Mother of All Star Lords.
This is another very Rare and
Special Bao Gao dedicating to Dou Mu Yuan Jun. Till today, this Mantra is only
kept by a few Official High Priests and Taoist Leaders.
Usually this
Mantra is being recited during Rituals/Ceremonies dedicating to Dou
Mu.
Best time to recite this Mantra will be on Dou Mu's birthday, which
is on the 9th Day of Lunar 9 Month.
斗姆元君寶誥(三)
Dou Mu Yuan Jun Bao Gao
(Praise Incantation) 03
至心皈命禮。
Zhi Xin Gui Ming
Li
大道孕成。幻化星眾。
Da Dao Yun Cheng. Huan Hua Xing
Zhong
順乾坤變煥陰陽。
Shun Qian Kun Bian Huan Yin
Yang
統三界施恩眾生。
Tong San Jie Shi En Zhong Sheng
四面觀測。八臂衛法。
Si
Mian Guan Che. Ba Bi Wei Fa
顯金尊豪放紫光。
Xian Jin Zun Hao Fang Zi
Guang
運真炁修成無為。
Yun Zhen Qi Xiu Cheng Wu Wei
常驅貔貅而遊行九天。
Chang
Qu Pi Xiu Er You Xing Jiu Tian
威震長戟護正道永存。
Wei Zhen Chang Ji Hu Zheng
Dao Yong Cun
遇劫旋鈴成雷。
Yu Jie Xuan Ling Cheng Lei
聞苦天眼眨開。
Wen
Ku Tian Yan Zha Kai
遣輔弼下凡振濟。
QIan Fu Bi Xia Fan Zhen
Ji
命七元賜福萬靈。
Ming Qi Yuan Ci Fu Wan Ling
大悲大願。大聖大慈。
Da Bei Da
Yuan. Da Sheng Da Ci
淑惠先天斗姆。
Shu Hui Xian Tian Dou
Mu
紫光聖德天后。
Zi Guang Sheng De Tian Hou
While everyone is busily preparing for the arrival of the Ninth Month Festival
that dedicated to Dou Mu Yuan Jun (中天大聖九天大羅斗姆元君) aka Mother of All Dippers &
the Nine Star Emperor Lords of the Great Northern Dipper (北斗九皇賜福星君), in here, I
will like to introduce the very Rare & almost unknown Nine Female Deities to
all of you.
So who are they?
They are the Nine Wives of the Nine
Star Emperor Lords of the Great Northern Dipper, which in Taoism, we addressed
them as Jiu Huang Xing Jun Huang Fei Fu Ren (九皇星君皇妃夫人) or literally translated
as the Madam Lord Concubine of the Nine Star Emperor Lords.
In the
following, are the Palaces/Courts that the Nine Madams stay-in and also, the
Official Title & Name of the Individual
Madam.
第一天樞星君皇妃。元斗宮魁精玄上真皇夫人。姓明通諱嬰育。
1st Lord Madam, Yuan Dou Palace,
Official Title is Kui Jing Xuan Shang Zhen Huang Fu Ren, Name is Ming Tong Ying
Yu
第二天璇星君皇妃。玄魁宮靈精上玄皇夫人。姓玄鏡諱欝勃光。
2nd Lord Madam, Xuan Kui Palace,
Official Title is Ling Jing Shang Xuan Huang Fu Ren, Name is Xuan Jing Yu Bo
Guang
第三天機星君皇妃。上精宮靈妃元皇夫人。姓常明諱化雲。
3rd Lord Madam, Shang Jing Palace,
Official Title is Ling Fei Yuan Huang Fu Ren, Name is Chang Ming Hua
Yun
第四天權星君皇妃。綱極宮上靈神妃華皇夫人。姓開生諱運明。
4th Lord Madam, Gang Ji Palace,
Official Title is Shang Ling Shen Fei Hua Huang Fu Ren, Name is Kai Sheng Yun
Ming
第五玉衡星君皇妃。靈關宮北上金蓋中皇夫人。姓元方諱神武。
5th Lord Madam, Ling Guan Palace,
Official Title is Bei Shang Jin Gai Zhong Huang Fu Ren, Name is Yuan Fang Shen
Wu
第六闓陽星君皇妃。紫極宮安上晨華元皇夫人。姓玉元諱華根。
6th Lord Madam, Zi Ji Palace,
Official Title is An Shang Chen Hua Yuan Huang Fu Ren, Name is Yu Yuan Hua
Gen
第七瑤光星君皇妃。運天宮玉華靈皇夫人。姓慶元諱終會。
7th Lord Madam, Yun Tian Palace,
Official Title is Yu Hua Ling Huang Fu Ren, Name is Qing Yuan Zhong
Hui
第八洞明星君皇妃。真空宮太明皇夫人。姓幽昇諱元韻。
8th Lord Madam, Zhen Kong Palace,
Official Title is Tai Ming Huang Fu Ren, Name is You Sheng Yuan
Yun
第九隱元星君皇妃。常寶宮空玄變靈上皇夫人。姓冥通諱萬光。
9th Lord Madam, Chang Bao Palace,
Official Title is Kong Xuan Bian Ling Shang Huang Fu Ren, Name is Ming Tong Wan
Guang
During Big Official Taoist Celebration, such as the Honouring of
Dipper aka Li Dou (禮斗法會) or the Ninth Month Festival (九皇朝期), these Nine Madams
will be evoked or “invited” to witness the Rituals/Ceremonies conducted in-order
to request Blessing for the Beings in this Mortal Realm.
For those who
wished to find out more on these Nine Madams, you are able to find the full set
of records in the following mentioned Text:
The Old Ancient Scroll of the
Nine Madams, the Official Titles & Names were being recorded in Taoist
Canon, Book 33, Page 819 (《正統道藏》正一部).
In here, you all will be seeing the Official Bao Gao/Incantation dedicated to
Star Lords San Tai aka San Tai Xing Jun (中天三台星君).
Due to there were many
misconception & misleading info on San Tai Xing Jun, many untrained Taoist
Priests had used the Bao Gao dedicated to Lord of the Moon aka Tai Yin Xing Jun
(太陰星君) to evoke the energies of San Tai Xing Jun, which was a serious mistake
made.
To know more on San Tai Xing Jun, feel free to refer to the
following brief intro:
San Tai (三台), a Chinese astrology name for a group
of stars that situated near the Great Dipper of the North (Bei Dou Xing 北斗星). In
other contexts, San Tai aka as Tian Zhu (天柱), San Jie Xing (三階星), San Heng Xing
(三衡星) or San Qi Xing (三奇星).
So who are they in Taoist Deities
Group?
San Tai Xing, known as San Tai Xing Jun, which each of them got an
Official Title, they are:
Shang Tai (the 1st Star in the Group), known as
Shang Tai Xu Jing Kai De Xing Jun (上台虛精開德星君)
Zhong Tai (the 2nd Star in
the Group), known as Zhong Tai Liu Chun Si Kong Xing Jun (中台六淳司空星君)
Xia
Tai (the 3rd Star in the Group), known as Xia Tai Qu Sheng Si Lu Xing Jun
(下台曲生司祿星君)
So what are their tasks?
According to Spiritual
Records and Taoist Scriptures, by paying respect to these 3 Star Lords, one self
will be blessed with unlimited prosperities in academic field or any mishaps
that are predestinated in one’s life time will be eliminated.
Besides
that, San Tai Xing also assists Bei Dou Xing to control the movement of other
Star Lords, etc. In some contexts, they are known as the “Premiers” of the Great
Dipper Star group (為世間三公之職), which assists Bei Dou in the Life & Death
Registration of Living Beings.
三台星君寶誥
San Tai Xing Jun Bao Gao
(Praise Incantation)
至心皈命禮。
Zhi Xin Gui Ming
Li
守崗北極。轉於星桓。
Shou Gang Bei Ji, Zhuan Yu Xing
Huan
輔助北斗注生死。
Fu Zhu Bei Dou Zhu Sheng Si
宣符三界位三公。
Xuan Fu
San Jie Wei San Gong
蒼穹天之柱。
Cang Qiong Tian Zhi
Zhu
世間祿之司。
Shi Jian Lu Zhi Si
主持祿德之權衡。
Zhu Ci Lu De Zhi Quan
Heng
考核諸仙之降升。
Kao He Zhu Xian Zhi Jiang Sheng
常現真形似三星。
Chang Xian Zhen Xing Shi San Xing
號曰三台位北天。
Hao Yue
San Tai Wei Bei Tian
千倉秋實。恩敷三界。
Qian Cang Qiu Shi, En Fu San
Jie
化被天人。賜恩靡忒。
Hua Bei Tian Ren, Ci En Mi Te
大悲大願。大聖大慈。
Da
Bei Da Yuan, Da Sheng Da Ci
虛精開德。
Xu Jing Kai De
六淳司空。
Liu
Chun Si Kong
曲生司祿。
Qu Sheng Si Lu
三台星君。
San Tai Xing
Jun
15th Day of Lunar 8 Month (農曆八月十五日) is considered as the Manifestation
Anniversary for Lord of the Moon aka Tai Yin Xing Jun (太陰星君), this is also the
day that we Taoists & Chinese celebrate Mid Autumn Festival aka Zhong Qiu
(仲秋).
For Year 2012, it falls on 30 Sept, a Sunday.
In some
Chinese Cultural Contexts, Tai Yin Xing Jun is one of the Deities that In-charge
of Mortals' Marriage and this is why, on this Day, many unmarried couples or
couples whom are still dating, will visit Temples dedicate Altars to Tai Yin to
pay their respect or make Good-relationship-request.
For those who are
interested in honouring Tai Yin Xing Jun, you all may proceed to Wan Shou Shan
Guan Yin Tang (萬壽山觀音堂), located infront of Telok Blangah Height Block
54.
In this Temple, the statue dedicated to Tai Yin Xing Jun can
considered as the Oldest & Biggest in Singapore.
The most unbearable & touching moment of the whole 7th Month Celebration for Tong Shan Tang.
After the Distribution Offerings to the Souls Ritual completed, each individual family member was asked to bid farewell to the Ancestors & their Pass-on family members.
Upon completion, the descendants had to carry the Tablets of the Ancestors & Pass-on to cross 3 Bridges before "they" were being led to the "Eastern Palace" thru the "Burning".
While crossing of the Bridges, the family members had to call out the names of the Pass-on, which somehow made the whole atmosphere to be more saddening and touchy.
With 3 rounds of Crossing, the Tablets & Paper Offerings were being carried to the burning cages for sending off.
At the burning area, short reports were being made to the Three Realms and Spiritual Armies were being summoned to guide on the burning ground to prevent any nasty beings from "snatching away" the Offerings.
With the setting of "Fire" to the Paper Offerings, every Soul was being "directed" onto the "Path of Joyous".
On the 23rd Day of Lunar 7th Month (農曆七月廿三日), which was the Finale of the whole 7th Month Salvation Ceremony, Vabien was appointed to be the leading Priest to conduct the Distribution of Offerings to the Souls.
At about 8.00Pm, the Ritual started. With a short report and "Transforming" of the Ritual Ground to become the "Lotus Platform" of Heavenly Lord Tai Yi (太乙救苦天尊), the 3 of us proceed to our seats for the Distribution Ritual.
With the Chanting of Official Taoist Scriptures & the "Transforming into Lord Tai Yi", Vabien enhanced on the various Offerings and then threw out to the open space for the Souls to grab it.
The whole Ritual took about an hour to complete and upon completion of this Ritual, it was time for the descendants to bid farewell to their ancestors.
Special Thanks to Vabien & Royce for sharing with us the pictures and also, Million Thanks to Vabien for the effort to be the leading Priest for this Ritual.
With the completion of the preparation, at about 8.00pm, the Ritual officially began.
First, by making a Report to the Three Realms on what occasion and objective of this Ritual, follow-by Cleansing & Enhancing of the various Spiritual Objects that would be used during the Ritual.
At around 9.00pm, the Summoning of Souls Ritual was conducted.
In here, you all will be seeing a series of Pictures of Jave "Opening up" of the "Door" to the other Realm to summon or release out the particular Souls (Ancestors) that were being summoned. This Ritual needed the Energy from the various Lamps that being enhanced to lead the Souls to the Ritual Ground for Salvation.
Besides that, Jave had to draw various type of Talismans on the Ground, in order to "Open up the Mystery Door" to the Realm. In other contexts, this Ritual is known as "Breaking the Hell Gates" but in Official Taoism, this is known as "Brighten the Path of the Souls (開光冥路)".
During this Ritual, a total of Nine Rounds of repeating actions needed to be carried out and after every round, the feeling of the Summoning Banner (召魂幡) would feel different. From there, we were be able to gauge whether the Souls have or not being summoned.
After the Souls were being summoned, the Souls needed to be led to the "Washrooms" to cleanse up "themselves" before being led to pay respect to the High Deities and then back to their "Seats".
Usually after the leading the Souls to their "Seats", the family members would be able to communicate to the Ancestors thru the Priests or the Mediums.
Special Thanks to Vabien & Royce for sharing with us the pictures.
With 20 Days of preparation & planning, on 06 Sep, the setting-up was carried out by Vabien & Royce.
With the assistance of Vabien's setting & cleansing of the Territory & Royce releasing of Spiritual Armies for the protection, the Invitation of the Deities was able to carry out smoothly.
On 07 Sept, after some final preparation, Jave arrived at the Ritual ground in the evening to do the final touch-up, such as Drawing of the Long Cloth Talisman for the Leading of the Souls out from the other Realm.
And while Jave was busy with the setting-up for the Leading of Souls Ritual, Vabien was there to set-up the "Wash Rooms" for the Souls. Really appreciate the hardwork that Vabien had put in for the planning and decorating of the Toilets.
Special Thanks to Vabien & Royce for sharing with us the pictures.
