Daoist Experience

Cavern-Mystery

p. 26 (Table 2) color-schemes for time-tablets on Lin-bao altars

*gate*	*scheme*	*HY 528*	*HY 1130*
east	script	blue-green	vermilion
east	field	red	blue-green
south	script	red	yellow
south	field	yellow	red
west	script	white	black
west	field	black	white
north	script	black	blue-green
north	field	blue-green	black
center	script	yellow	white
center	field	white	yellow
perfected	script	purple	yellow
perfected	field	purple	yellow

pp. 50-51 the 120 character-graphs in text of the writ of the east

*ord. #*	*# of graphs*	*that whereby the Governor for the __*	*summoneth __*	*in order to __*
1^st	24	Primal Terrace of the 9 Heavens	Superior Sovereigns of the 9 Heavens	alter registers of the immortals
2^nd	32	Hall of the Eastern Blossom in the Palace of Purple Tenuity	stellar mandarins	rectify the #s of caelestial lots
3^rd	32	Institute of the Eastern Mulberry that Praesideth over the Powers	spectres & daimones	rectify the aitheres of the 9 Heavens
4^th	32	Cinnabar Terrace and Jade Gate-Tower in the northeast sector of the 9 Heavens	scaly dragons & water-gods	serve

p. 55 tu (transmittal) of the Jade Instruction in Red Characters for the 8 Effulgent Spirits & Rulers

*Section*	*Heaven*
Upper	C^>in-wei
Middle	Ta-c^>ih
Lower	Yu:-yu:

p. 55 the Writs of the Spontaneously Generated Jade Characters for the Esoteric Intonations of the 8 Assemblies, originating as 4 coagulations of mysterious flying aitheres

*ord. #*	*the Sovereign of the __*	*whose __ aitheres control various heavens*
1^st	East	9
2^nd	South	3
3^rd	West	7
4^th	North	5

p. 57 the 3 P>ei-fu ("Belt Talismans"), made of ginkgo-wood (this package is stored in a box of cypress-wood)

San-t>ien T>ai-s^an C^ao-fu C^iao-lun Hu Pao S^an-c^in Wen (the "3 Heavens' Most Exalted Writ of the Mountain Spirit for Summoning and Subduing Dragons, Tigers, and Leopards")

date; praeceptor's surname & given name

talisman

"After the owner's demise the became safe-conducts [i.e., passport] which permitted him or her to bypass Mt. T'ai, where the souls of the dead were judged, and to ascend directly to the Nine Heavens."

p. 58 the 7-segmented ts>e-c^an (bamboo staves)

*# of segment*	*area of radiation*
1^st	signet-impression of the Primordial Commencement [Yu:an-s^ih, p. 57]
2^nd	nape of neck
3^rd	chest
4^th	entire body
5^th	lower abdomen
6^th	behind the back
7^th	signet-impression of the 5 Elders [Wu-lao, p. 57]

[#s of colors & "petals" (p. 59) "of the jeweled blossom" are apparently the source of the colors & enumerations of waterlily-petals in Kun.d.alini yoga; as distinguished from spoke-#s in cakra-s, which are of Zara-tustrian derivation]

p. 61 numerical writs

5 Daimones, the Jade Taboos of

8 Effulgent Spirits, the Jade Instructions for

10 Sections, the Marvelous Canon of Treasure Writs in

7 Treasures, the Mysterious Terrace of (at Palace of Purple Subtlety)

5 Marchmounts, caverns in

p. 74 conferrals of Registers of [Divine] Generals, at various ages of the recipients

*title*	*age (since begotten)*	*age (since birth)*	*Talismanic Register of __ Generals*	*commands or injunctions*
nan-s^en nu:-s^en (male pupil, female pupil)	7 or 8	6 or 7	1	9
lu-s^en (register pupil)	10	9	3 and 10	5
nan-kuan nu:-kuan (male mandarin, female mandarin)	20	19	different sets of 75 for males and females (75 + 75 = 150) hsien-kuan (immortal mandarins) = males; lin-kuan (numinous mandarins) = females	8

pp. 74-75 the 24 "parishes" of the C^en-i ("Caelestial Master") sect

p. 75 enrollment in these 24 parishes was according to which of the 24 divisions of the year one was born in

cf. the 24 naks.atra-s, often treated as divisions of the solar year

p. 80 revelations by the god T>ai-s^an Lao-c^u:n in Ch.E. 142 at Mt. Ho-min

in 120 c^ieh (steps), the C^en-i Men-wei Fu-lu ("True-Unity Covenantal-Authority Talismanic Registers")

the C^>ien-erh-pai Kuan I ("1200 Mandarins' Protocols")

the San-pai Ta-c^an ("300 Grand Petitions")

p. 80 C^en-i investiture, according to C^an Wan-fu

the Pai-pa-s^ih C^ieh C^un-lu: ("180 Injunctions of the Weighty Code")

24 registers [of deities]

p. 91 canon of the San-huan

*The San-huan Wen* was:**
issued by his divine majesty S^en-pao C^u:n ("Divine-Treasure Lord"), and
inscribed by Hsi-lin C^en-jen ("Western-Powers Perfected").
"immortals transmitted it by hiding copies in grottoes on holy mountains."

Po Ho was divinely instructed that, in the cave on Mt. E-mei (in Sze-c^uan), he "should stare at the north wall of the grotto. [Cf. staring at the wall in Soto Zen.] ... On February 10, 100 B.C., after staring at the wall for three years, Po was able to discern the writing ... The texts ... were":
San-huan Wen ("3-Sovereigns Writ")
Wu-yu:eh C^en-hsin T>u ("5-Marchmounts Illustrations")
T>ai-c^>in C^un-c^in ("Supreme-Purity Middle-Canon Divine-Elixirs Formulae")

*accretions of chapters to the San-huan Wen:*
*# of chapters*	*human transmitter of the text*
3	Ko Hun (Ch.E. 283-343)
4	Lu Hsiu-c^in (Ch.E. 406-477)
11 or 13	T>ao Hun-c^in (Ch.E. 456-536)

pp. 94-95 canon of the Lin-bao

p. 94	legendary conferral on Mt. Yu: (southeast of Han-c^ou in C^e-kian), during the C^>ih-wu era (Ch.E. 238-251), to Ko Hsu:an --
	the T>ai-s^an Lin-bao Wu-fu Hsu:

	composed Ch.E. 397-402 by Ko C^>ao-fu, a descendant of Ko Hsu:an --
	*Tzu-jan C^>u:an ("Spontaneously Generated Tally")*
	C^un-men C^in ("Central Covenant Canon"), in 47 chapters
p. 95	Ta-men C^en-wen ("Great-Covenant True-Writs")
	Pa-c^in Nei-yin ("8-Effulgent-spirits Esoteric Intonations") [cf. the "Secret Sounds of the Qin-wei"]

p. 94 Lin-bao "notions ... led to ... a new priesthood based on celibacy, in contrast to the older, familial clergy ..."

p. 96 transmission of the S^an-c^>in ("Superior Purity") canon

9 items:-

23 registers

1 writ

1 illustration

7 contracts

4 tallies

2 incantations

1 scripture

1 document

1 tablet

the S^an-c^>in Ta-tun C^en-c^in ("Superior Purity Great-Cavern Canon"), consisting of 43 titles in 92 chapters {cf. the 43 stages of the Choctaw [mythical] migration}

ASIAN STUDIES AT HAWAII, No. 38 = Charles D. Benn: The Cavern-Mystery Transmission. U. of HI Pr, 1991.