Dissenting Sects in Late Traditional China
p. 135 'White Waterlily' mythology in the Ku-fo T>ien-c^en K>ao-c^en Lun-hua Pao-c^in ('Pretious Dragon-Flower Scripture examined and corrected by the Heavenly Immortal Old Buddha')
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1st generation |
2nd generation |
3rd generation |
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the Aeternal Mother [= Wu-s^en Lao-mu 'Unbegotten Venerable Mother'] |
Male: Fu-hsi, surnamed Li |
96 i (kot.i), i.e. 96 * 10^7 of sons & daughters |
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Female: Nu:-kua, surnamed C^an |
p. 136 those saved, in each era, of the original 96 i of the virtuous and good
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era |
# of i of those saved |
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Limitless |
2 |
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Great Ultimate |
2 |
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Imperial Ultimate |
92 [of huan-tai "children of the royal womb" (SYD, p. 72)] |
p. 136 according to the Dragon-Flower Sutra : in the C^ia-hsian ('Native Land') of the Big Dipper
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There are 7 pretious pools & |
8 "merit-streams". |
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"The ground is of gold, and |
the roads are bordered with golden ropes." |
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The __ Dragon-Flower Assembly |
was / will be led by __ Buddha |
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1st |
[Dipan-kara] 'Lamplighter' |
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2nd |
S`akya-muni |
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3rd |
Maitreya |
p. 137 colors of Yan for the Hun-yu:an Tsu-c^iao ('Ancestral Religion of Primordial Chaos') in each era, according to the Hun-yu:an Hun-yan Hsien-hsin C^ieh-kuo C^in ('Chaos-Origin Red-Yan True-Nature Fruition-Leading Sutra')
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era |
__ Yan |
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The past |
Green |
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The praesent |
Red |
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The future |
White |
[This Yan = the sun (SYD, p. 72).]
[SYD = Soo Khin Wah: A Study of the Yiguan Dao (Unity Sect) and Its Development in Peninsular Malaya. PhD thesis, U of BC, 1997.]
HARVARD EAST ASIAN SERIES, 83 = Daniel L. Overmeyer: Folk Buddhist Religion. Harvard U Pr, Cambridge (MA), 1976.
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SYD, p. 57
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9 types of address used within ren-s^i fan-mia (the 'sphaere of profane world') |
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S^i-zun ('Honored Teacher') |
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Dian-c^uan-s^i ('Initiator') |
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Yin-s^i ('Guide') |
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Bao-s^i ('Guarantor') |
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Qian-ren ('Prior Initiates') / Qian-xian ('Prior Worthies') |
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Di-zi ('Disciples') |
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Hou-xue ('Junior Learners') |
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Tan-z^u ('Shrine-Masters') |
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Dao-qin ('Way-Relatives') |
SYD, pp. 65-66
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p. 65 Study-classes in 6 grades of 3 stages |
details |
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1st stage -- 1+1/2 years |
Min-de ('Illuminating Virtue') |
p. 65 basic teaching |
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Xin-min ('Renewing the People') |
p. 66 quality instructions |
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Z^i-s^an ('Utmost Goodness') |
dedication to Way |
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2nd stage -- 1+1/2 years |
Xuan-de ('Proclaiming Virtue') |
preacher-training |
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Hon-de ('Proselytizing Virtue') |
lecturer-training |
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3rd stage -- 2 years |
Jin-dian Ban ('Canonical Texts Study') |
training to become senior lecturer |
SYD, p. 66
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Canonical texts from the 5 religions |
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Confucianism |
Si-s^u ('Four Books') |
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Li-ji ('Book of Rites') |
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Yi Jin ('Book of Changes') |
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Daoism |
Dao-te Jin |
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Book of Z^uan-zi |
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Qin-jin Jin ('Canon of Clarity and Tranquillity') |
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Buddhism |
Tan Jin ('Platform Scripture') |
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Diamond Scripture |
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Heart Scripture |
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Recorded Sayings of Chan Masters |
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Christianty |
Bible |
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>islam |
Qor>an |
SYD, p. 73, fn. 61
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__ Yan Qi (__ Yan era) |
beginning [epoch] of era : reign of __ |
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Qin ('Green') |
Fu Xi |
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Hon ('Red') |
Wen-wan of Z^ou dynasty |
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Bai ('White') |
Min-guo S^i-qi (in Ch.E. 1912) |
SYD, pp. 82-83 contrast between Dao & Jiao
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category |
Dao |
Jiao |
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deity |
goddess |
god |
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plant-simile |
root |
stem |
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salvation |
no further rebirth |
further rebirths |
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cultivation |
become Buddha |
recite scriptures |
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time |
"the right time" |
long |
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enlightenment |
sudden |
gradual |
SYD, p. 97 accoutrements, repraesenting deities, of altar
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On left |
In centre |
On right |
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In back |
Guan-di |
Antient of the South Sea |
Ji-gon & Lu: Don-bin |
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In front |
sun |
The 8 trigrams |
moon |