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Chintaku Reifu — Canonical Offering List

Canonical entry drawn from a single source layer in 23_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_VIII_v3_1.md.

Layer 1: Chintaku Reifu — Canonical Offering List

Section titled “Layer 1: Chintaku Reifu — Canonical Offering List”

Source file: 23_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_VIII_v3_1.md

Primary source: Taishang Mifa Zhenzhai Lingfu

The offering section lists a ritual group including aromatic substances and plant/food offerings.

The text names:

  • a fragrant incense/substance written 箋 in the transmitted text (reading requires philological confirmation);
  • chen / agarwood (沈);
  • jiangzhen incense (降真);
  • musk is mentioned in relation to the incense preparations;
  • osmanthus (木樨);
  • gardenia (梔子);
  • plum blossom (梅花);
  • pine (松);
  • cypress (栢/柏);
  • pure tea (淨茶);
  • jujube/date decoction or drink (棗湯).

The text says the principal aromatic materials should be burned separately rather than indiscriminately mixed together.

A later Japanese practitioner-source preserving Chintaku Reifu liturgy adds a closely related offering set including:

  • gardenia;
  • osmanthus;
  • pine;
  • plum blossom;
  • kaya;
  • high-grade tea;
  • sake;
  • ceremonial sake;
  • rice dumplings/cakes;
  • washed rice;
  • chestnuts;
  • persimmons;
  • candy/sweets.

This later list must remain marked as a Japanese development rather than silently inserted into the older Daozang text.