"Yi-guan Dao"
p. 115 the 2 canes
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Yi-guan |
>ibri^ |
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The cane of S`akya-muni "merely gave out a radiance of five colours; whereas |
rod of Mos^eh |
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the one in front of Maitreya was blooming with a red flower shining like a rising sun." |
rod of >ahro^n, which budded |
p. 116 exhortation to the Jade Buddha on how to deal with the sprites of :-
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withered trees |
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stones |
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pythons |
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snakes |
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foxes |
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rabbits |
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oxen |
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sheep |
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gold & silver vessels "that ... harm people" |
p. 122 Bai-yan Bao-fa (‘White-Yang [Epoch] Pretious-Raft’) [revealed by Ji-gon – fn. 132]
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chapter |
events |
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Golden Elder operated the rudder & punting-pole; Venerable Mother sent 3,600 saints to the Eastern Land. |
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2nd |
Patriarch descended to the Eastern River; the "children of the origin" were sent back to the Jasper Pool. |
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3rd |
Those who attain the Way of Prior Heaven search for the "children of the origin". |
p. 126, fn. 134 Z^an Tian-ran composed the Lon-hua Bao-jin (‘Dragon-Flower Pretious-Scripture’), which was published in Chr.E. 1654.
p. 132 statement by Ji-gon :-
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"I pretend to be crazy, awaken their original face (benlai mianmu true nature) ... I disseminate the Chan school’s mind –dharma." |
p. 161
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"the ‘three jewels’, namely the ‘ancient contract’ [secret mudra], the ‘mysterious gate’ (xuanguan), and the ‘spoken mystery’ (koujue) [= secret oral instructions]." |
Soo Khin Wah : "A Study of the Yiguan Dao (Unity Sect)". PhD thesis, U of BC, 1997.