"Yi-guan Dao"

p. 115 the 2 canes

Yi-guan

>ibri^

The cane of S`akya-muni "merely gave out a radiance of five colours; whereas

rod of Mos^eh

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 :-

withered trees

stones

pythons

snakes

foxes

rabbits

oxen

sheep

gold & silver vessels "that ... harm people"

p. 122 Bai-yan Bao-fa (‘White-Yang [Epoch] Pretious-Raft’) [revealed by Ji-gon – fn. 132]

chapter

events

1st

Golden Elder operated the rudder & punting-pole;

Venerable Mother sent 3,600 saints to the Eastern Land.

2nd

Patriarch descended to the Eastern River;

the "children of the origin" were sent back to the Jasper Pool.

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 :-

"I pretend to be crazy, awaken their original face (benlai mianmu true nature) ...

I disseminate the Chan school’s mind –dharma."

p. 161

"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.