Zhēn Rén Bĕn Mìng Zhī Rì Sòng Yŏng Shì Jīng Shén Biàn Jiŭ Gōng Qì Huà
of the Perfected One, the Book of Life (Ben Ming- Natal Destiny
and the times and governing deities thereof)
are used in the daily recitation of scriptures of Divine-Supernatural
Metamorphosis (Shen Bian).
In the Nine Palaces (Jiu Gong) the Transformative Action of the Vital Energy (Qi Hua)
Jiŭ Zhēn Hùn Yī Zì Rán Yŭ Dì Tóng Mĕng Hún Shén Dèng Zhèng Wàn Qì
Zhǎng Cún Bù Jīng Kŭ Nǎo Shēn
and the Nine Truths (Jiu Zhen) there is an amalgamation of Nature
and the Emperor to form an alliance.
The Superior Vital Soul (Hun) through God is Clarified,
and during the first month of the lunar year,
the Thousand Influences (Wan Qi) increase and strengthen, allowing eternal life,
enabling one to not have to pass through trouble or distress.
Yŏu Guāng Míng Sān Jiè Shì Wèi Wŭ Dì
exists with a bright and pure light, [dealing with] the Three Borders
(San Ji- Past, Present, and Future Existences) with its Imperial Bodyguards (Shi Wei),
and the Five Emperors of Old (Wu Di)
Sī Yíng Wàn Shén Cháo Lǐ Míng Shū Shàng Tiān Gōng
and their departmental ministry, welcomed by the Thousand Divine Spirits (Wan Shen)
with a Ceremony.
There is described the Book of Heaven (Shu Shang Tian) so that one
Mǎn Dé Jìu Fēi Shēng Shàng Qīng
is filled with virtue and kindness,
and can engage in the flight up to the Highest Clarity (Shang Qing).
Dào Yán Xíng Dào Zhī Rì Jiē Dāng Xiāng Yáng Mù Yù Zhāi Jiè Bā Shì
Daoist Doctrine states that the Current procedure is for each and every day
to draw scented hot water to immerse themselves in and bathe [thoroughly].
[Observing the rules of] fast and abstinence,
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