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9th Moon 19th Day (10th November 1976) Touring Naihe Qiao and Hades of Dancing Jigong: There are several mediums in Sheng Xian Tang; all of you are very hardworking in an endeavour towards ascetic practices. This is a very good sign and you are to be congratulated. Your efforts in writing this rare Book to exhort people on Earth to do good is much appreciated. Yang Sheng: Thank you very much dear Master, for giving me the necessary instructions. We the mediums of Sheng Xian Tang have used up our mental energy and it is our intention to regain our mental energy by our moral culture so that when our rare Book is ready and printed, it will be distributed far and wide so that everyone throughout the land can benefit by reading it. I pray and hope that Heaven will bless our endeavours and make our humble attempt a great success it deserves. Jigong: If a person has the intention to ascetic practices, it naturally follows that there are bound to be many obstacles. However,

9th Moon 29th Day (20th November 1976) Touring Hades of Coldness Jigong: Autumn is coming to an end and Winter will soon take its place; the weather is changing. Human beings do not know how to adjust to suit the seasons and so sickness is the result. Today I will bring Yang Sheng to visit the place called "Hades of Coldness". I don't know if Yang Sheng can stand the cold season there. Yang Sheng: Dear Master, as I have just recovered from a bout of influenza, may I humbly suggest that we postpone this trip to the cold place till a more appropriate date and instead let us visit a more suitable place. What is your opinion? Jigong: How dare you postpone going to Hades of Coldness when I have already made suitable arrangements with the officials there for our visit today? If you think you cannot stand the coldness there, do not be afraid; I will give you three pills to swallow - let us not delay this visit. Yang Sheng: Thank you, dear Master, I have

10th Moon 9th Day (29th November 1976) Touring the Third Tribunal Paying Respects to Song Di Wang Jigong: We are now going to tour the Third Tribunal. Inside each Tribunal there are various prisons for sinners, but although we have to visit all the Tribunals we will only tour or pay greater attention to the more important prisons of each Tribunal because we do not have enough time to tour all the prisons of all the ten Tribunals in the Underworld. We have to rush to publish this Book so that human beings on Earth can quickly gain maximum benefit from the teachings therein. Yang Sheng, quickly step on the lotus flower platform. Yang Sheng: Yes, I am properly seated and so we can now start...... Jigong: We have arrived and so please get down. Yang Sheng: In front there is an archway and a notice board like the ones we have on Earth; on the notice board is pasted a piece of red paper and many Officers and soldiers of Hades and also souls of human beings since de

10th Moon 19th Day (9th December 1976) Touring the Third Tribunal "The Prison of Scooped Eyes" Jigong: The cold air currents are blowing and the cold weather is very intense and most unbearable. I observe that your members of Sheng Xian Tang are so hardworking that you do not seem to be affected by this severe cold weather. I am very impressed by your devotion and zeal. WHen this Book is ready and published for circulation, your names will be enshrined in the memories of future generations. Yang Sheng, now get ready to tour Hades. Yang Sheng: Tonight it is so cold here and I don't know how colder it will be when we tour Hades. I am wondering if dear Master will be so good as to give me a magic pill to keep me warm during the tour. Jigong: This is small matter; I will give you three additional magic pills to keep your body in good shape and to retain your vitality. Yang Sheng: THank you so much, dear Master...... I have swallowed the pills and I

10th Moon 29th Day (19th December 1976) Touring "Copper / Iron Knife Face-Scraping Prison" Jigong: Those who are ascetic practitioners are constantly encountering all sorts of difficulties and obstacles but they are advised to persevere and in the end they will be amply rewarded. Yang Sheng, get ready to visit Hades. Yang Sheng: Thank you, dear Master, for your good advice. I am aware that those who do not have determination cannot succeed especially in ascetic practices because they have to surmount all sorts of hardships and obstacles. Nevertheless, dear Master, set your mind at rest about me. I am now safely seated on the lotus flower platform, so we can now proceed...... Jigong: We have now arrived; you can get down. Today we are visiting the place called "Coopy / Iron Knife Face-Scraping Prison". Yang Sheng: Oh! The Officer and General are coming. I will go and pay respects to them. I am a disciple of Sheng Xian Tang. Today Jigong has br

11th Moon 9th Day (29th December 1976) Touring "Hanging Upside Down Prison" Jigong: The cold currents are still with us and everybody is feeling the intense winter cold. To the rich and well-off they have heating facilities, fur coats and dresses, they have heaters to make hot dishes, etc but the poor have to suffer very much because they have to wear thin clothing and their limbs become numb - it is indeed a very pitiful sight. This suffering is primarily due to the fact that in their previous lives they did not do good deeds, that's why this generation, especially the poor, now have to suffer from the intense cold winter. I hope that those who are rich and can afford it will be more charitable and help to relieve the sufferings of those who are poor and needy; if those who are rich do not help those who are poor, when they die, on rebirth they will be born poor and thus will have to suffer as what the present poor are not suffering. Those who are enlightened a