Bā Tiān Zhŭ Sī Gè Qiǎn Fēi Xiān Shōu Gǎn Huò
of the Qi.
Employing the solidness of the land,
there comes calm and peaceful repose into the life of the people,
so that their well-being and health is achieved without cease.
Trnsformation (Hua) has to transcend and rise above everything.
Now, to have a Person who is fasting and in abstinence,
and is chanting the liturgy with skill and a kind moral heart.
It is also extremely
Zhòng Shàng Xiāo Tiān Zāi Bǎo Zhèn Dì Wáng Xià Rǎng Dú Hài
important for this [to be heard] above to bring about the dispelling
of natural calamity through the Protecting-Garrison
of the Emperor (Bao Zhen Di Wang).
[It is necessary] for all below to remove evil by fasting and praying
to be able to remove the poison from everyone's mind.
Yǐ Dù Zhào Mín Suí Qí Gōng Yè Gǎn Gé Zhēn Líng Gù Yuè Wú Liáng Pŭ Dù Tiān Rén
it is used to measure the masses of the people,
by following their Merits and Achievements (Qi Gong).
This course of study causes one to be moved by the standard
of the Genuine Marvellous Power (Zhen Ling).
Therefore, they name it 'Boundless to Relieve Souls Out of Purgatory' (Wu Liang Pu Du),
and it is used in the creation of Celestial Beings (Tian Ren).
Dào Yán Fán Yŏu Shì Jīng Néng Wéi Tiān Dì Zhŭ Zhào Mín Xíng Shì Gōng Dé Zhào Jiàng Zhī
Daoist doctrine states that ordinarily having these Scriptures
gives the energy and capability to deal with Heaven and Earth.
The Ruler and the mass of the people are to carry out the work,
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