廣弘明集 8.72

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8.72

Question: Upon respectful examination of the Daoist school, its grades are three: the first is Laozi's non-action (asaṃskṛta); the second is the ingestion [of elixirs] by divine immortals; the third is talismans, registers, and incantatory suppressions. As for the forms of their petitions, there are gross and refined varieties: the gross suppress men and kill ghosts; the refined refine the corpse and prolong life. Furthermore, there are Azure Registers: receiving them requires gold and silk. If kings and nobles receive them, their years are lengthened and their fortune augmented; if commoners receive them, they become light, robust, and rarely ill. Why do you not discuss these, but only disparage the base ones?

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