The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1381 page)

a-li
ga, that which a person may comprehend, the deity he worships; the ish
a-li
ga, or ‘desire’-li
ga, which may be seen and which fulfils all desire, and is therefore to be reverenced. All Li
g
yats, after initiation, wear a stone li
ga in a silver casket; its loss is the equivalent of ‘spiritual death’: this is a reminder that the body is the true temple.
Li
g
yats are found chiefly in Kanara, and much of the development of literary Kanarese is owed to them.

 
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see
CH’ANGSHENG PU-SSU
.

 
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Ling-pao Ching
(Writings of the Magic Jewel)
.

Chinese
Taoist
texts underlying
Lingpao
p'ai, a religious Taoist (tao-chiao) movement. They describe the Taoist pantheon and the rites by which they may be approached, and they contain instructions for rituals. See also
SAN-CH’ING
.

 
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