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!Fulu for placement above the primary entrance of one's home, intended to protect against evil
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These practitioners are called 符籙派; fúlù pài; 'the fulu sect', an informal group made up of priests from different schools of Taoism. Like most aspects of Taoist practice, use of these objects is not confined to Taoism: they have been incorporated into several forms of Chinese Buddhism, and have inspired the ofuda used in Japanese Buddhism and Shinto and the bujeok used in Korean shamanism.
Etymology
符; fú are instructions for deities and spirits, symbols for exorcism, and recipes for potions or charms used to treat ailments. A 籙; lù is a registry for the memberships of priests, which additionally lists the skills they are trained in.
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