《道教正一文化。三十代祖師。八字賜誥詩。2022》
「農曆十月二十日」為【正一三十代張虛靖天師真君】之聖誕。
【張虛靖天師】﹐本名【張繼先】﹐字【嘉聞】。
【虛靖天師】生于「宋元祐七年農曆十月二十日」(又有記載為「臘月二十日」)﹐「沖舉得道」於「宋靖康二年」﹐享壽三十六。
一生著有相當多的詩詞歌賦﹐屬【歷代天師】中最為多才多藝。
有記載﹐【張虛靖天師】亦是【薩守堅天師】「師傅之一」。
其賜號為【虛靖玄通弘悟真君】。
其【八字賜誥詩】為：
虛空遊。是真是假惟玄。
靖壇立。傳承傳授惟通。
弘吾教。立根立本惟知。
悟其道。修真修性惟徹。
《壬寅虎年。正一三十代張虛靖天師。聖誕吉慶。2022》
「農曆十月二十日」為【正一三十代張虛靖天師真君】之聖誕。
【張虛靖天師】﹐本名【張繼先】﹐字【嘉聞】。
【虛靖天師】生于「宋元祐七年農曆十月二十日」(又有記載為「臘月二十日」)﹐「沖舉得道」於「宋靖康二年」﹐享壽三十六。
一生著有相當多的詩詞歌賦﹐屬【歷代天師】中最為多才多藝。
有記載﹐【張虛靖天師】亦是【薩守堅天師】「師傅之一」。
其賜號為【虛靖玄通弘悟真君】。
《道教法器文化。貴得好。高檔好。2022》
法器再貴，不會用，價值有如「路邊野草」。
材料再好，不會使，意義有如「脫褲放屁」。
雕刻再精，不明瞭，握著有如「兒戲玩具」。
真的有必要選擇昂貴的法器嗎？
真的有必要選擇天價的號令嗎？
真的有必要選擇精品的銅鈴嗎？
如果不會用，就算給你一個天上掉下的法器，也是浪費。
如果不明所以，就算給你全天下神奇的號令，也如廢物。
使用【法器】，得知所以然，才能發揮其最大功能，而不是拿著好看、擺弄玄虛。
使用【號令】，貴在明其意，才能通心法調兵遣將，而不是懸空揮弄、表演馬戲。
【本師】傳你【心法】，謹記並明其中玄玅。
【三師】授你【法器】，尊敬並瞭其中緣由。
不然就算你是【大洞五雷】，也如現今「破洞地雷」 - 空有用！
《壬寅虎年。第一睡神。陳摶老祖。誕辰吉慶。2022》
陳摶老祖輔大宋，
夢醒江山定，
數百春秋。
希夷先生入金門，
睡著紫庭登，
留芳千古。
PS：
【陳摶老祖希夷先生】相傳為「農曆十月十五日」係其【誕辰】。
《道教保身文化。七元護命。元辰不損。2022》
七元護命，
光亮元辰而不損，
身神有助。
九宸罩身，
金光覆護而有盈，
精炁常盛。
於【道教文化】之中，尤其【正一道宗】之內，【北斗七元】與【人】之【身】、【神】暨【命】，皆「離不開關係」。
時運之低，可亮【七元】而得順(三衰六旺)。
身心之恙，可光【九宸】而痊愈(七情六慾)。
命謝之後，可點【斗光】而引途(三魂七魄)。
從【上古】、至【商周】、再【秦漢】、後【唐宋】，【北斗文化】「無不盛行」，到如今，【北斗信仰】還是「屹立不動」，可謂之重要也！
《道教上清道宗。三茅真君。祐福人間。2022》
「農曆十月初三日」，係為【上清祖師三茅真君大茅祖師】之【聖誕】，於此分享該《寶誥》，希望大家多多「誦念」及「傳承」。
【茅盈祖師】（前145農曆十月初三日－前97農曆三月十八日），西漢咸陽（今屬陝西）人，字叔申。
《茅山志》、《太元真人東嶽上卿司命真君傳》記載，其生於【漢景帝中元五年】（前145年），少秉異操獨味清虛，十八歲棄家入恆山讀《道德經》與《周易傳》，服餌內修；後師【王君】，西至【龜山】得見【王母】，告玉珮金璫之道、太極玄真之經，後得【王母】之道，可上陟霄霞，登遨太極，寢晏高空，遊行紫虛。又有「陰陽二景內真符」，與本文相隨，屬太上法，惟令授諸司命，後隱於【句曲山】（今稱茅山，在江蘇西南部）。修煉服氣、辟榖術，並以醫術救治世人。
後其弟【茅固】、【茅衷】從其修道。時人稱為大、中、小茅君。後世稱【茅氏三兄弟】為【三茅真君】。
【茅盈】證位【司命真君東嶽上卿】，總括【東嶽】，司命司祿，給玉童玉女各四十人，出入太微，受事太極，治宮赤城玉洞之府，後被奉為【茅山上清派祖師】。
【道教茅山派】，一生修《上清經》，兼修《三皇文》、《靈寶經》，以符咒劾召鬼神，以戒籙傳授弟子，服食辟榖、冶煉丹術，【隋唐】時盛行【南山】，成為【道教三大符籙派】之一。
【宋太宗】和【宋真宗】、【徽宗】、【理宗】，等屢有加封，先被封為【上茅九天上卿司命太元妙道沖虛聖佑真應真君】，【宋徽宗崇寧元年】（1102年）加封為【太元妙道真人東嶽上卿司命神君】，【宋理宗淳祐九年】（1249年）加封為【太元妙道沖虛聖佑真君東嶽上卿司命神君】。
《大梵聖教文化。濟公顯化。點破迷津。2022》
凡俗笑吾瘋癲，
吾就是瘋癲。
明人稱吾精明，
吾就是精明。
世人看不透澈，
吾來點破。
紅塵多有罣礙，
吾來渡脫。
【濟公活佛】雖非【道教聖真】，但對大多數的【同道好友】們，應該「不會陌生」。
【濟公活佛】，與一般時候，又被稱為【濟公佛祖】或者【濟公尊者】，而在【南方民間信仰】，常被稱爲【濟公】（或【老濟公】及【濟癲佛】）。
而一般信衆，會於「農曆二月初二日」慶祝該【佛誕】，而到了「農曆五月十六日」慶祝該【涅槃】，再來便是「農曆十月初三日」慶祝其【成道授記日】。
《道教門神文化。誥諱丹誠。護宅保安。2022》
應【同道好友】之詢問，於此分享。
【門神戶尉】之【寶誥】暨【諱字】，通常用於【入伙】、【晉宮】或者「敬換」【桃符】之時，少之則不圓滿。
其【諱字】，分【左右】或者【龍虎邊】，這得非常注意，切勿出錯。
【開唐二門神寶誥】
至心皈命禮。
位居出入之徑。職司護宅之權。
金鞭銀鐧。驅堂中不正之鬼神。
義膽忠心。蔭宅內老幼之男女。
仰承上帝。護衛下民。
保寧靜而壓祟。
恩庇合第。德澤閭閻。
安精神而守定。
門丞戶尉。神之最霛。
除兇降吉。袪惡滅邪。
大忠大仁。至聖至真。
開國興唐。神威鎮宅。
秦瓊敬德二將軍。
《壬寅虎年。十月初一送寒衣。2022》
「農曆十月初一日」，【道教文化】及【民間習俗】稱之為「寒衣節」或「送寒衣」。
「古時」的這一天，【道眾】會為自己【堂上歷代祖先】，化上「紙衣」，以便讓【祖先】們「過冬」。
除此之外，也會為「無主孤魂」化衣及紙錢，希望出點薄力，不要「孤魂眾」在【冬天】「受寒」。
因此，【寒衣節】也就被納入「中華三懷思節」之一，與【清明節】及【中元節】同等。
相傳，【寒衣節】始源於「孟姜女千里尋夫」，因而也代表了淒美的真愛與貞潔。
在此簡單分享，供大家明瞭。
Offering
of Winter Clothing to the Wanderings 2022
In
Taoist Culture, there are 3 Major Days for the Taoists to show their Filial
Piety, Gratitude and Thanksgiving to the Ancestors/Pass-on Members and also, to
perform a Minor Concern to the Wanderings or Un-attended Souls.
These 3
Major Days in Taoist Culture is known as The Three Gratitude Days for the Souls
or San Da Ming Jie in Chinese (三大冥節).
So which
are the 3 Days?
Here it
goes;
1 – Qing
Ming Period aka The Tomb-sweeping Festival (清明節)
2 – The
Seventh Month Celebration aka Zhong Yuan Festival (中元節)
3 – The
Offering of Winter-clothing Day aka Han Yi Day (寒衣節)
For Qing
Ming Period, usually it will falls in the Lunar 2 Month till Lunar 3 Month,
whereas the Seventh Month Celebration will starts on the 1st Day till the Last
Day of Lunar 7 Month.
And so,
when is the Date for Winter-clothing Offering?
It
actually falls on the 1st Day of Lunar 10 Month and this is why, in the Ancient
Chinese Records, it is also known as Shi Yue Shuo Jie (十月朔節),
meaning the Starting of the Lunar 10 Month or the starting of the Winter
Season.
To know
more on the Origin of the Offering of Winter Clothing Day, you all may wish to
proceed to this Link (寒衣節的由來):
http://javewutaoismplace.blogspot.sg/2009/11/offering-of-winter-clothing-for-pass-on.html
For Year
2022, it falls on 25 Oct.
So how
was this Offering of Winter Clothing being carried-out in the Ancient China?
According
to the Ancient Records, the Offering of Winter Clothing are being categorised
into 2 types,
1 –
Home-based Offering (家中祭奠)
2 –
Official/Governmental Offering (公眾祭奠)
For
Home-based Offering, Descendants/Family Members must prepared the necessary
Offerings (as below) for the Honouring of the Pass-on Members at Home or at the
Graves,
1 –
Incenses & Candles (香燭)
2 –
Paper Offerings (including the Paper-bag of Winter-clothing 紙料/寒衣包袱)
3 –
Scriptures (or engaged Taoist Masters for the Chanting 經懺)
4 –
Seven Cooked Dishes (七道熟食)
5 – One
bowl of Soup (湯料一碗)
6 – The
Three Sacrificed Meat Offerings (Pig, Fish, Chicken/Duck 三牲)
7 –
Cooked Rice (米飯)
8 –
Wine/Chinese Tea (茶酒)
9 – Four
sets of Bowls/Spoons/Chop-sticks (四副碗筷)
Once
after All the Offerings are being prepared and placed in order on the Altar,
the whole Family has to make 3 Kowtows to the Ancestors and after 3 rounds of
Offering of Wine & Tea, the Burning-off of the Paper-offerings and
Winter-clothing will be done.
On the
Paper-bag of Winter-clothing, the Names of Three Generations Ancestors will be
indicated – meaning, Father, Grandfather & Great-grandfather (寒衣包袱之上書有祖上三代名諱).
After
the Honouring of Ancestors, the Family Members will then gathered a bowl of
Rice and some dishes from the Ancestor Honouring and then throw the bowl of
Rice and the dishes onto the Main Road or at some Grass-areas nearby the House,
this is to Offer the Food to the nearby Wanderings.
For some
Families, they will also burn some Paper-offerings at the Road-side, hoping
that, after the Wanderings got the Offerings, they will “Blessed” on the People
staying in the area.
In
Taoism, this is known as Ji Gu (濟孤).
For
Official/Governmental Offering, this is usually being carried-out by the Area
Officers or Magistrate Office (地方官/知縣/等) – The Offering reaches Peak in Ming Dynasty. In the
Morning of the 1st Day of Lunar 10 Month (農曆十月初一日早晨),
the Officer will arrived at the Temple dedicated to Lord Cheng Huang aka City
Deity (城隍尊神) and made a report on the Objective of the
Day’s Event and then, the Constables (衙差) will shift
the statue of Lord Cheng Huang onto a prepared Sedan-chair and on the Sedan
Chair (大紅轎), there are 1 or 2 plaque(s) with the words
written on it – Feng Zhi Si Gu (匾書有 - 奉旨祀孤),
meaning this Offerings to the Wanderings is being Authorised and Granted by the
Emperor.
In Ming
Dynasty (明朝), The Lunar 10 Month Procession of Lord
Cheng Huang is also known as Fang Gui Shou Ji Ri (放鬼受濟日),
meaning Releasing of Souls for Salvation.
Once the
statue of Lord Cheng Huang is being invited on the Sedan-chair and secured
firmly, the Officer will lead the way and starts the Procession of going round
the whole Village/Town/City (遊境濟孤).
During
the Procession, the Officer will stop at certain areas/corners and ordered the
Constables to burn some Paper-offerings, this is to show the “Concern” for
those un-attended Souls or Suffering Wanderings in the Area.
By doing
so, the Officer hopes that the Wanderings will not disturb the Mortals living
in the Area.
After
the whole Procession was done, the Officer will lead the Sedan-chair back to
the Temple and ushered Lord Cheng Huang back onto the Altar and on the very
night, simple Dinner will be held at the Area/Village/City for the People
staying around, this is to celebrate that Harvesting had completed and a Year
is about to end.
In
Summary
Due to
lost of Interest in Chinese Culture, lost of Recognition in Root-Culture and
the Down-fall of Taoist Culture, many such Traditional Practices are gone or
being forgotten by a lot of the Taoists/Chinese.
Shall
Oneself still continue such a Culture? Is Oneself doing it for Fun?
Is this
Culture important to Oneself/Us?
I think
this is something that worth many of us to sit down and ponder over it. Last of
All, hope to see more Taoists/Chinese get involved in this Culture before it is
gone.
Theme
Song for Han Yi Festival (寒衣節主題曲﹕孟姜女):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKuy_0zkBaw&feature=colike
《道教內涵文化。修真煉法。基础之功。2022》
不論是道士。
不論是法師。
不是是乩生。
最「基础」的【功課】，莫過於這裡的【修行三寶】(由【祖上陳宏昌老真人】傳下)，缺一不可。
你可明瞭？
PS：
這是由「今歲新入門弟子」所【敬書】，往後，所有「新入門之弟子」，便得以此「書寫百遍」為【基本功課】之一，辦不到者，即可除名！
