gatha of __

# of *

benefit

wood

90

long life

fire

30

not suffer from heat

earth

120

not experience hunger

metal

70

not suffer from cold

water

50

not suffer from thirst

after __ days

result

3

decrease of physical energy

7

regain of physical energy

100

"mundane dishes of great refinement appear in each dream ... . Celestial perfumes become manifest."

300

"one will no longer ... hunger or thirst."

p.

practice

32

... he may ... eat jujubes ... . ...

33

If one recites them ["names of these deities"] without halt for one hundred days, one will not be hungry.

#

signs

result

4

wu, ji

"the entrails are firm and cold."

4 (acc. to P. 3032)

ren-gui

"there is no longer any need to eat."

6

jia, din (acc. to P. 3032)

"the great granary is full."

5

gen, xin

"the five viscera are pure."

occasion (after death)

Sutra __

1^st week

on Impermanence

2^nd week

on the Water-Moon Guan-yin

3^rd week

for the Conjuration of Bewitchments

4^th week

on the Quaestions Asked by a Deity

5^th week

of King Yama

6^th week

for Protecting All Children

7^th week

Heart of Prajn~a-paramita

100^th day

of the Yu-lan Bowls

1^st anniversary

on the Buddha’s Mother

3^rd anniversary

on Good and Evil Causes and Results

p.

text

71

the god of the Five Ways (Wudao shen ...)."

72

May evil and calamity ... flee 3,610 li away ...!

I invite the divine kings of the __ Emperor

of the __

to come and devour the sorceresss’s __."

Green

east

belly

Red

south

feet

White

west

head

Black

north

eyes

Yellow

center

hands

73

I invite hither the bull-headed hell-god A-ban [= Abo (fn. 75)];

I call hither the bodhi-sattva-s :

name in Dun-Huan MS

variant name in Nantsu-dera edn.

Pu-xian (‘Universal Virtue’ = Samanta-bhadra),

Gen-min (‘Changing Brightness’),

Da-z^i (‘Great Knowledge’),

74

Xian-guan (‘Delicate Light’),

Men-guan

Da-guan (‘Great Light’),

(fn. 78) Huo-guan

Hua-guan (‘Variegated Light’),

Yue-guan (‘Moon Light’),

Lon-guan (‘Dragon Light’),

Min-xin (‘planet Venus’),

(fn. 79) Min-huan (‘Bright Sovereign’)

Qian-yan (‘1000 Yan’),

Yon-li (‘Valiant Force’),

Pu-min (‘Universal Light’ = Samanta-prabha),

Da-min (’Great Brightness’),

Z^uan-lun (Cakra-vartin),

Ton-guan (‘Uniform Light’),

Ri-z^on (‘Midday’),

S^u-wan (‘Tree-King’),

Lon-tian (‘Dragon Caelestial’),

Di-don (‘Earthquake’), and

Jian-li (‘Established’).

(fn. 80) Jian-yun (‘Established Cloud’)

"May the __

of the __

come to devour the sorceresses’s __!"

giant beasts

east

bodies

millipedes and centipedes

south

eyes

white elephants

west

heads

black birds

north

hearts

dragon-kings

center

bodies

75

are gathered together under the Dragon-Flower Tree [Naga-pus.pa – fn. 88] on the summit of Mount Sumeru."

Emperors of the 5 Directions with their 9,000,000 horsemen (cavalry)

San-wu Jian-jun (‘3 [&] 5 Generals’), Ba-fen S^i-z^e (’8 Winds Emissaries’), and Jiu-z^ou S^e (‘9 Regions Vassallords’), at head of 10,000 generals

ailment

aitiology

gu poisons

serpent, frog, lizard, or beetle

ye-dao (‘savage paths’)

"masterless gu"

mao-gui (‘cat-daimones’)

sorcerer

scriptural source

lifespan

Tai-pin Jin (‘Great Peace Book’)

120 years

Tai-s^an Don-xuan Lin-bao Ye-bao Yin-yuan Jin (Dz 336) 8/4b

43,200 days

p.

life-supplement

110

2,999 units, through 12,700 protective deities

111

9,000,000,000 units, by Da-dao S^en-fu (‘Great Dao Divine Talismans’)

star

domain

1^st

bad energies

2^nd

ghosts

3^rd

daimones

4^th

bad dreams

5^th

maledictions

6^th

administrative altercations

7^th

bankruptcy

8^th

persons’ destiny

9^th

daimonic spirits

jia-__

General __

officers

benefits

zi

Wan Wen-qin

149

perfection, serenity

xu

Z^an Zi-jian

135

expelling affliction

s^en

Hu Wen-z^an

131

"return" one’s hun & po

wu

Wei S^an-qin

139

longevity of 120 years

c^en

Men Fei-qin

135

sparing all adversity

yin

Min Wen-z^an

131

intercepting all daimones

Yuan-xin ‘star of hate’

Lian-xin ‘star of goodness’

Bi-xin ‘star of punishment’

Yin-huo ‘planet Mars’

Wei-xin ‘star of peril’

1^st

"to open the heart"

2^nd

"to increase the life-account"

3^rd

"to protect life"

4^th

"to regulate the Five Phases"

5^th

"[against] the murderous Aji demons and decrepitude"

p.

#

species of daimones

126

1^st

"that travel in the light" (Bauddha : "that travel in the sky")

2^nd

"of mountains and forests"

3^rd

"of the five regions"

4^th

"of the chthonic breaths"

5^th

"of deceased foreigners"

6^th

"of those dead in prison"

7^th

"of innnocent [victims]"

8^th

"induced by evil spells"

127

9^th

"male and female" (Bauddha : "of the past or recent dead, male and female, for three generations"

10^th

"of putrid cadavers"

p.

#

star

1^st branch

2^nd branch

cereal as wages

139-40

1^st

(139) Tan-lan (‘Greedy Wolf)

1^st zi

(none)

(140) millet

140

2^nd

Ju-men (‘Great Gate’)

2^nd c^ou

12^th hai

millet

3^rd

Lu-cun (‘Persistent Happiness’)

3^rd yin

11^th xu

rice

4^th

Wen-qu (‘Civil Song’)

4^th mao

10^th you

pease

5^th

Lian-z^en (‘Pure Virtue’)

5^th c^en

9^th s^en

hemp-seed

6^th

Wu-qu (‘Military Song’)

6^th si

8^th wei

soy

7^th

Po-jun (‘Destroyer of Armies’)

7^th wu

(none)

pease

p.

147, fn. 39

143

source

Dun-huan MS P. 2675

Lu-min S^u (‘Wages [&] Fate Book’), as quoted by Yi-xin in Fan-tian Huo-lu Jiu-yao (T. 1311)

star

life-expectancy, reckoned in years

cereal, reckoned in s^en

7^th

95

80

1

6^th

87

85

1

5^th

83

80

1

4^th

95

90

4

3^rd

85

80

5

2^nd

--

80

8

1^st

--

65

2

#

star

tree

cereal

1^st

Tan-lan

pine, cypress

millet

2^nd

Ju-men

pine

rye

3^rd

Lu-cun

cypress

rice

4^th

Wen-qu

cypress

wheat

5^th

Lian-z^en

pine

hemp-seed

6^th

Wu-qu

mulberry

soybean

7^th

Po-jun

pine

pease

#

star

longevity

8^th

Fu-xin

300

9^th

Bi-xin

600

body-part

on __ star

head

3^rd

feet

8^th (Fu-xin) & 9^th Bi-xin)

left hand

2^nd

right hand

4^th

p.

text

180

Yuan-s^i Tian-zun (‘Primordial Commencement Heavenly Venerable’), seated on his throne of 7 jewels, revealeth this scripture to

181

Yuan-jun (‘Origin-Lords’).

Yuan-s^i Tian-zun announceth that to the east, in Don-fan Z^an-le S^i-jie (World of Great Happiness), dwelleth Da Ci-ren Z^e (‘Great Benevolent’) Tai-yi Jiu-ku Tian-zun (‘Great Unity Saviour-from-Suffering Heavenly-Venerable’).

The divine assembly then sees the young man changing successively into four figures who, one after another, rise into the sky. Each of them is haloed with a bright light ..., and each is accompanied by a pair of nine-headed lions."

#

apparitional transformation

holding __

1^st

a Heavenly Venerable

willow-branch & bottle of water

2^nd

a di-jun (emperor-lord)

ru-yi (‘sceptre’)

3^rd

a Perfected

s^en-guan (‘divine light’) penetrating the 9 levels of the sky & the 9 layers of the earth

4^th

a barefoot woman with loose hair, wearing a fire-colored brocade costume

golden sword

182

appellations for Jiu-ku Tian-zun depending on his locality

locality

he is designated __

heaven

Tai-yi Fu-s^en (‘Great-Unity happiness-Deity’)

earth

Great Benevolent

di-yu (‘hell’)

Ri-z^ao Di-jun (‘Solar Brightness Emperor-Lord’)

haeretics’ realm

S^i-zi Min-wan (‘Lion-King’)

water-office

Don-yuan Di-jun (Abyss Emperor-Lord’)

"original form"

Jiu-yan Z^i Jin (‘9-Yan Essence’)

"Women who endure difficult delivery";

183

"Those who are in bondage to an enemy family".

p.

nature

189

Xun-s^en Jiu-ku Tian-zun "Heavenly Venerable who responds to the calls" = Xun-s^en Jiu-ku Yin-wu Sui-ji "Savior from Suffering according to calls, responding to events according to vicissitudes" (Dz 351.2a)

194

"Jiuku tianzun sits on a five-colored lotus throne. ... Below, there is the lion of five colors whose nine heads, respectfully turned toward the throne, spit flames forming a mandorla of nine colors all around him ... . From this light, myriad rays are projected in the shape of spears and swords, which invert to create a canopy of seven jewels." (Dz 590.5/2a-b)

195

"Jiuku tianzun, entirely dressed in blue-green, manifesting himself inside an extraordinary halo."(Dz 590.6/3a-b)