Note: Preta (Sanskrit: प्रेत, Standard Tibetan: ཡི་དྭགས་ yi dags), also known as hungry ghost, is the Sanskrit name for a type of supernatural being described in Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Chinese folk religion as undergoing sufferinggreater than that of humans, particularly an extreme level of hunger and thirst. Pretas are invisible to the human eye,Continue reading “The Preta”
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Taoist Hymn
Let the five things be,United, pure and virtuous,The way of,Clear-skied, sunny and nurturing,The weather of,Safe-travelling, flat-landed and bereft of beasts,The terrain of,Of One’s self, without One’s self and prosperous,The leadership of,Common, special and singular,The discipline of,The perfectOne.
