The Perfected Scripture of the Life Receiving Golden Seals of the Five Dippers as Spoken by Taishang Laojun Paperback – February 22, 2024

This scripture is a treasure trove of Daoist doctrine relating to cosmology and the genesis of human life as we revolve in the cycle of death and rebirth. From where does the human form receive its gifts of matter and animation? How does karma become manifest in our coalescing forms, deep in the beginnings of each incarnation? How do we integrate essential concepts from the Chinese natural sciences into the systems of Daoist ethics and cosmology? Some of these questions are answered here on the surface of this scripture. Others are woven into deeper layers of the scripture, these meanings only evident after dedicated study.Who might be interested in these questions? Who might this scripture serve? There are three main communities for whom this will be useful and interesting: Daoists, Chinese medicine practitioners, and Martial artists. It is a text of devotion, healing, empowerment, and so much more. I hope that anyone looking within these pages can find inspiration and hopefully a deeper sense of the Daoist tradition.We hope this text is an aid to your study and practice of Daoism. As we continue to build stronger communities among Daoists worldwide, it is our intention that our translations form part of the connective tissue that binds us all together. Read more