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【太上老君說常清靜經】
【清靜經】
The Classic of Pure tranquility.
The present text is taken from here:
shixiu.net/dujing/daojiao…
Some texts (eg the one here zh.m.wikisource.org/zh/%E5%A4%AA%E…) omit the last three sections, which are comments on the scripture by other immortals

English translations are accessible here

https://twitter.com/edwardW2/status/1330217852562001922

1/6【清静经】
老君曰：大道无形，生育天地；大道无情，运行日月；大道无名，长养万物；吾不知其名，强名曰道。夫道者：有清有浊，有动有静；天清地浊，天动地静。男清女浊，男动女静。降本流末，而生万物。清者浊之源，动者静之基。人能常清静，天地悉皆归。

2/6
夫人神好清，而心扰之；人心好静，而欲牵之。常能遣其欲，而心自静，澄其心而神自清。自然六欲不生，三毒消灭。所以不能者，为心未澄，欲未遣也。能遣之者，内观其心，心无其心；外观其形，形无其形；远观其物，物无其物。

3/6 三者既悟，唯见於空；观空亦空，空无所空；所空既无，无无亦无；无无既无，湛然常寂；寂无所寂，欲岂能生？欲既不生，即是真静。真常应物，真常得性；常应常静，常清静矣。如此清静，渐入真道；既入真道，名为得道，虽名得道，实无所得；为化众生，名为得道；能悟之者，可传圣道。

4/老君曰：上士无争，下士好争；上德不德，下德执德。执著之者，不名道德。众生所以不得真道者，为有妄心。既有妄心，即惊其神；既惊其神，即著万物；既著万物，即生贪求；即生贪求，即是烦恼。烦恼妄想，忧苦身心。但遭浊辱。流浪生死，常沉苦海，永失真道。真常之道，悟者自得，得悟道者，常清静矣。

5/6* 仙人葛翁曰：吾得真道，曾诵此经万遍。此经是天人所习，不传下士。吾昔受之于东华帝君，东华帝君受之于金阙帝君，金阙帝君受之于西王母。西王母皆口口相传，不记文字。吾今于世，书而录之。上士悟之，升为天官；中士修之，南宫列仙；下士得之，在世长年。游行三界，升入金门。

6/6* 左玄真人曰：学道之士，持诵此经，即得十天善神，拥护其神。然后玉符保神，金液炼形。形神俱妙，与道合真。

正一真人曰：人家有此经，悟解之者，灾障不干，众圣护门。神升上界，朝拜高尊。功满德就，相感帝君。诵持不退，身腾紫云

* Some editions do not include the sections marked as 5/6 and 6/6, which describe, iter alia the benefits of reciting this text.

Eg: 正一真人曰：人家有此经，悟解之者，灾障不干，众圣护门。神升上界，朝拜高尊。功满德就，相感帝君。诵持不退，身腾紫云
" If a family has this scripture and they truly understand it, no misfortune or obstruction will interfere with them, hosts of sages will guard their door. [...]

[...] & their divinities will ascend to the high realm to worship lofty Real Persons in the present of them. When their merits are sufficient & their virtues are completed, the Heavenly Emperor will respond them, [...]

[...] & by reciting and holding this scripture without retrogression, they will fly upward riding the clouds of purple light." [ Tr. by Silfong Tsun, accessible here web.archive.org/web/2010041409… ]