As the Zhongyuan Festival approaches, ancestor worship and remembrance are traditional customs of the Chinese nation. In Taoism, there exists a supreme dharma gate—Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun's "Lotus Guidance Dharma"—which not only guides ancestors to rebirth in the Pure Land but also eliminates disasters and karmic obstacles for the living, resolving illnesses and ailments.

✅ Guiding ancestors and karmic creditors to rebirth in the Eastern Green Azure Longhua World (Eastern Pure Land of Bliss)
✅ Resolving karmic obstacles from past lifetimes and eliminating calamities
✅ Promoting physical health and family harmony for the living
✅ Liberating deceased souls and relieving suffering in the hell realms
✅ Eliciting the compassionate response of the Celestial Worthy through recitation of his sacred name – simple and practical

Detailed Practice Steps:

1. Fold Lotuses with Invocation: Fold two lotus flowers by hand, devoutly reciting the sacred name "Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun" while folding.

2. Empower with Mantra: Place the folded lotuses in the palm, silently reciting the "Golden Light Mantra" once to infuse them with spiritual energy.

"Golden Light Mantra" (Recitation grants protection and purifies body and mind)

• The Mysterious Ancestor of Heaven and Earth, the root of all energies.
• Cultivating widely through eons, proving my spiritual powers.
• Within and beyond the Three Realms, only the Dao is supreme.
• The body possesses golden light, covering and illuminating my form.
• Looking, it cannot be seen; listening, it cannot be heard.
• It encompasses heaven and earth, nurturing all living beings.
• Reciting it ten thousand times, the body becomes radiant.
• The Three Realms guard and serve; the Five Emperors oversee and welcome.
• Ten thousand spirits pay homage, commanding thunder and lightning.
• Ghosts and demons lose their courage; spirits and monsters forget their forms.
• Within is the sound of thunder; the Thunder God's hidden name.
• Insight penetrates thoroughly; the five energies soar.
• Golden light swiftly appears, protecting and surrounding the true person.

3. Offer and Invite: Proceed to the gravesite, arrange offerings, light incense, and sincerely invite the ancestors to descend.

4. Recite the Sacred Name: Concentrate on reciting the sacred name "Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun" 108 times.

5. Recite the Precious Declaration: Devoutly recite the "Jiuku Bao Gao" (Precious Declaration of the Savior of Suffering) nine times – this is key to invoking the presence of the Celestial Worthy.

"Jiuku Bao Gao" (Precious Declaration of the Savior of Suffering) (Reciting nine times with utmost sincerity will surely elicit the Celestial Worthy's response)

• With utmost sincerity, we commit ourselves.
• The Green Azure Longhua World, the Eastern Pole Miaoyan Palace.
• The Seven Treasures Fangqian Forest, the Nine-Colored Lotus Throne.
• Amidst the encircling myriad perfected, within hundreds of billions of auspicious lights.
• The Jade Pure Lingbao Celestial Worthy, manifesting as the Primordial Beginning.
• Bestowing compassion throughout kalpas, the Great Thousand Sweet Dew Gate.
• True body of the wondrous Dao, appearance of purple-gold auspiciousness.
• Responding according to need, vows without bound.
• Greatly Holy, Greatly Compassionate, Greatly Merciful, Greatly Vowing.
• Transforming titles throughout the ten directions, universally delivering sentient beings.
• Throughout hundreds of millions of kalpas, saving immeasurable people.
• Answering cries and responding to pleas, Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun. Green Azure Sovereign.

6. Visualize the Guidance: Visualize Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun suspended above, radiating boundless golden light. Ancestors and all sentient beings ride atop golden lotuses, flying towards the Eastern Green Azure Longhua World (Eastern Pure Land of Bliss).

7. Burn and Dedicate Merits: Burn the lotuses and offerings together, silently dedicating all merits to ancestors and sentient beings, and conclude by reciting the sacred name.

Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun is the master of the Eastern Pure Land of Bliss, answering cries and relieving suffering, universally delivering all sentient beings. He descends to the human world on the 3rd and 9th days of each lunar month. Reciting his sacred name invites his protection, resolving all sufferings and difficulties.

May this supreme dharma gate assist you during the Zhongyuan season in practicing ancestor worship according to the Dharma, perfecting merits and virtues, benefiting both the manifested and unseen realms, and increasing blessings and wisdom.