"The Mao-s^an Tradition of Great Purity"

"The Mao-s^an Tradition of Great Purity"

p. 23 colors of divine-book written-characters

*books*	*location of books*
""Purple books {purple paper of pages, as in Roman imperial codices} written in characters of red cinnabar"	fasten themselves onto" the C^>ien tree growing on the moon.
"purple characters"	"In the Pi-lo heaven within the trees" of the K>un-c^>in grove.

bodily organs [p. 61 HNTz; pp. 66-7 HT>; pp. 70-71 HT>C^]

p.	*organ*	gall-bladder	lungs	liver	kidneys	spleen	heart

61	#	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th
	*meteorology*	cloud	breeze	wind	rain	thunder

66	#	6^th	3^rd	1^st	4^th	5^th	2^nd
	*shape*	?	flower-canopy	?	?	?	waterlily-bud
	*boy clad in __*	9 colors, green r.	white	green	black	yellow	red

70-71	#	6^th	3^rd	1^st	5^th	4^th	2^nd
	*[70] form*	[71] suspended gourd, green outside & yellow inside	[70] red-&-white flower	bird in flight	reclining ox	upside-down platter	waterlily-bud
	*spirit,*	turtle-snake couple	white tiger	green dragon	2-headed white deer	phoinix	vermillion bird
	*which becometh __,*	jade boy	boy	jade boy & maiden	jade boy	jade maiden	jade maiden
	*holding __*	lance	jade baton	dragon & bowl of liqueur	?	spinning [wheel]	jade flower

{with "two-headed white deer", cf. [Aztec] two-headed doe-goddess C^imalman}

similes for bodily locales, according to the HT>

p.	*locale*	*simile*
92	throat	12-storey tower
93	gall-bladder	Median Lake
	spleen	Cloudy Gem
	mouth	Jade Lake
	nose	Gate of the Hut

pp, 100-103 the 39 "guardians of the gates of death", according to the TT

p.	*deity*	*locale*
100	1^st = T>ai-wei hsiao-t>un	under tongue
	3^rd = Yu:-ti ("Jade Emperor")	cavity within brain

100-1	*Wu-s^en ("5 Spirits")*	*the 5 spatial directions*
100	T>ai-i ("Supreme Oneness")	above brain
	Wu-yin	liver = the left side
100-1	Pai-yu:an	lungs = the right side
101	Ssu-min ("Controller of Fate")	heart = the centre
	T>ao-c^u:n	lower cinnabar field

	*the 3 Ones*	*epiphanies of the 3 Originals*
	High One	ni-huan (brain)
	Middle One	heart
	Lower One	lower cinnabar field

	*C^iu-c^en ("9 Veritables", "9 True Ones")*	*constituting the human embryo*
		ni-huan
		gall-bladder
		kidneys
		lungs
		spleen
		liver
		blood-essence
		stomach
		heart

	*2 gods*	*materializations of essences of sun & moon*
		1 each, per ear

	**San-su Yu:an-c^u:n ("3 Simplicities Original-Ladies"): su "simplicity" = "raw undyed cloth" = "raw silk [to be looked at])" in Lao-tzu**	**she is "mother of __" [p. 102 "know the masculine and keep to the feminine" (Lao-tzu)]**
	Purple Lady of the Left	Wu-yin
	Yellow Lady of the Centre	Huan-lao ("Yellow Old-man")
	White Lady of the Right	Pai-yu:an ("White Original")

102	*2 deities*	*N.B.: these deities were already mentioned by name, supra, p. 101*
	Ssu-min ("Director of Destiny") & T>ao-c^u:n	1 each, per hand

	*gods of breaths*	who praeside over the formation of the embryo: "seem to govern the "fastening" of the embryo"
	Youth of the Lungs	"to rule over the breath of the principle of life"
	Lord of the Green Breath	embryonic bamboo-knot
	Lord of the Black Breath	embryonic string-knot
	Lord of the White Breath	"of the embryo"
	Lord of the Yellow Breath	"of the womb"
	Lord of the Red Breath	"of the blood"

102-3	*5 deities*
102	Yu:an-fu ("Original Father")	"on High"
	Hsu:an-mu ("Mysterious Mother")	"Below"
103	San-su Lao-c^u:n ("Three-Simplicities Old Lord")	together with the 2 Immortals of the Correct One (1 on left, 1 on right)
	Lao-tzu of Hsu:an-i ("Mysterious One")	accompanied by the 5 Emperors of the 5 cardinal directions
	"Emperor's Assistants"	"ministers assisting the Three-Ones"

	*culmination*	*most important of the 39*
	Ti-i ("Emperor One") of the Great Profundity	"newly-born infant who is carrying a staff of light on its body." (androgynous: "Father of peace" = "Essence of the Mother")

p. 113 fan ("reversal")

according to the Lao-tzu: "reversal (fan) is the movement of the Tao."

according to the canonical commentary to the TT: "In the Heaven of the Seven mornings, there is a perfumed Breath which accomplishes the return to life; it is precipitated by a reverse movement (fan) toward the paradisal mountain of the Three Treasures."

according to the TT: the "whirlwind is the beginning of the body's return (fan) to life" and ... it "liberates [one] from death." [by reversing upwardsly one's downfalling?]

p. 113 chariot-riding

Lieh-tzu rode upon the Wind-Breath.

"the Green Lord-Boy rides on the "Breath of the Round Pearl" and

the Old Man of the Nine Breaths of the Great Mysterious City straddles the "Morning Tornado.""

According to the C^K, "the True Men have the habit of guiding a team of nine dragons; the left team is called piao and the right one is called hu (meaning "whirlwind")."

pp. 125-126 the Three-Ones, according to the SL

p.	125	126	126
*within __*	ni-huan (brain-cavity)	Scarlet Palace (heart)	min-men
*is __ One*	Superior	Middle	Inferior
*named __*	C^>e-tzu ("infant") / Ni-huan Ti-c^u:n ("emperor-lord")	Yu:an-tan Huan-c^u:n ("original cinnabar august lord")	Yin-erh ("little baby") / Huan-t>in Yu:an-wan ("yellow court original king")
*holding __;*	pai-hu fu (White Tiger Talisman)	Superior Talisman of the Feminine One (in rt. h.); & planet Mars (in lt. h.)	the SL (in rt. h.) & planet Venus (in lt. h.)
*& whose minister __*	subtle spirit of tongue & brain	subtle spirit of the 5 viscera	"subtle breath of the yin stalk" = guardian-spirit of the "humors of the white pearl"
*holdeth __*	the TT	"pearl of the bright moon"	"pearl of the bright moon" (in lt. h.); & "jade stalk" (in rt. h.)

p. 127 rites

"the adept, along with the Three-Ones and their ministers, must ascend to the Bushel in the manner of wild geese --	cf. ascension to sky of Brahma on Hamsa as "the flight of the wild gander".
...It is also necessary to "put on the Bushel," which refers to seeing the "scoop" of the constellation on one's head with the handle to the front."	cf. the neo-Platonic simile of the body as a barrel put on by the soul.

deities within one's body, according to the SL

p.	*location*	*spirit*
		*identity*	*clothing*	*other*
128	Purple Gate, in Yellow Portico, on right of vestibule	infant	purple	shaking bell to announce gods
	Green Chamber, in Scarlet Terrace, on left of vestibule	infant	green	shaking bell to announce gods
	Min-t>an, behind the vestibule	3 newborn infants	blue-green silk	hold red jade mirror in mouths; exhale red fire which is to be swallowed by adept
128-129	Tun-fan ("Profound Chamber"), behind the Min-t>an	Pai-yu:an on the right		p. 128 these are the 3 sons of the San-su Yu:an-c^u:n ("3 Ladies of Simplicity")
		Wu-yin on the left
		Huan-Lao ("Yellow Old Man") in middle	yellow
129	Ni-wan Palace
	Liu-c^u Kun ("Moving Pearl Palace")
	Yu:-ti Kun ("Jade Emperor Palace")	Yu:-c^>in C^en-mu ("Great Purity True Mother")
	C^i-c^en Kun ("Supreme Truth Palace") = Wu-c^i Kun ("Limitless Palace")	T>ai-c^i Ti-fei ("Supreme Pole Imperial Concubine")
	*? [skipped in the Su-lin C^in] [is this the C^in-hua Kun of the Tz>u-i C^in* on p. 132 ?]**
	T>ai-huan Kun ("Supreme August Palace")	Imperial Empress on High

deities within one's body, according to the Tz>I

p.	*location*	*spirit*
		*identity*	*clothing*	*other*
132	C^in-hua Kun ("Golden Flower Palace")	the 3 Ladies of Simplicity: their breaths become sun; they embrace to become a mustard-seed	1 in purple	upper world
			1 in yellow	middle world
			1 in white	lower world

133	heart-flower	the 3 Ladies of Simplicity
	liver-flower	Ti-C^u:n ("Emperor Lord")
	lungs-flower	the 3 sons of the 3 Ladies of Simplicity
	spleen-flower	Ssu-min & T>ao-k>an
	kidneys-flower	Mysterious Father & Mysterious Mother

		9 male deities fuse together into 1 = Ti-C^u:n		holdeth sun
		5 female deities fuse together into 1 = Tz>u-i ("Female One")		holdeth moon

p. 142 deities within one's body (according to other texts)

*location*	*spirit*
	*identity*	*other*
ni-wan	Original Father	green breath
lower cinnabar field	Mysterious Mother	yellow breath

between the testicles	Ti-c^u:n	maker of 3 8-knotted threads
in the 2 eyen & in between the eyen	the 3 Ladies of Simplicity	custodians of the 3 8-knot threads
24 c^in "lights" = luminous points of the body	24 young boys, who praeside over the 24 divisions of the year (1/2-months)	each untieth 1 knot
220 "knots of the blood"		having to be burned in the fire of the 3 8-knot threads

p. 143 peregrination of [human] adept within the body of the deity

	*__ of Emperor-Lord*
entry of adept into	mouth
penetration by adept into	brain
meeting T>ai-i (the "Supreme One") within	liu-ho cavity
the 27 deities proclaim the untying of the	knots

p. 143 of the Feminine One, to nourish the 100 Spirits

*divinity*	*activity*
the 3 Ladies of Simplicity	summon:
their sons	who in turn summon:
the C^in (luminous spirits)
"jade essence of the whirling wave" {= [Bodish] "swirling elixir"}	transmuteth adept's body into white jade
the 24 spirits of the knots	manifest themselves and are ignited

p. 159 chariots of deities

Breath of the Round Pearl

Winged Marvel

Dragon Light

Divine Whirlwind

p. 164 to increase acuity of the senses, according to the TzT

the talisman Liu-c^in Hua-lin ("Bell of Fire and Liquid Gold")	"light, in the form of a bell,	emanating from the forehead of the Most High"

in order to acquire divine sight	*transformation of one's __ eye*	*into __*
	left	a shooting star
	right	lightning

p. 165 "Method for Praeserving the White and the Black" = technique for disappearing

*color of breath*	*for the cinnabar field at the __*	*technique*
black	ni-huan	"These breaths change into fire and set the whole body, inside and outside, ablaze. It is then possible for one to disappear and to multiply oneself."
white	heart
yellow	navel

p. 172 kite-bird in land of Men-hu entered by the Obscure Gate beyond Great Yin, according to the HNTz

*direction*	*activity*	*region*
south	frolic in	land of the Empty Crest
north	relax in	district of Profound Darkness
west	glimpse	village of Total Darkness
east	engage self in	the Origin of Chaos

p. 174 reception of scriptures of the Great Purity, according to the S^C^

*direction*	*places*	*deity*
east	Emerald Water; Palace of the Mulberry Forest	King of the Valley of the Rising Sun
west		Queen Mother of the West
south	Red Land; Pole of Great Cinnabar; village of Liquid Fire
north	village of Gold; the 9 Obscurities of Northern Yin

pp. 174-175 peregrinations of lord P>ei, for the Great Purity revelation

*at __*	*he met __*	*who imparted to him __*
the Green Hillock	the Green Emperor	"solar water and green efflorescence"
the moving sands in the west; underwater to the Aeternal Source of the White Water; Mountain of the Void	T>ai-su C^en-jen (Great-Simplicity True-man)	"Method for Absorbing the Flying Efflorescence of the Two Luminaries and for Rising to the Sun and Moon"

p. 182 the 5 unattached-at-their-bases isles of the immortals

T>ai-yu (Chariot Mountain)

Yu:an-c^iao (Round & Pointed)

Fan-ho (vase with round belly & square neck)

Yin-c^ou (Lake Island)

P>en-lai (Brushwood)

p. 189 abodes of solar deities, according to the HC^>YC^ of the Great Purity

*name*	*location*	*its pond for the stars*		*its denizens*
Valley of 7 Jewels	walled city in the interior of the sun	having 4 species of waterlilies:	green	24-feet tall, clad in red
			red
			yellow
			white
C^in-men ("Golden Gate")	through it universal sunlight passeth	Pond of Gold Essence in Fusion: in the Western Pass of Yeh-ni for the hun-soul of the sun
T>un-yan ("Universal Yan") Palace = Li-lo	Fou-li region	of molten Gold Essence, in order to spray the Universal Yan Palace
"Lunar Gate"	Yu:-t>ai region at the eastern pole	Tun-c^in ("Eastern Well")
Kuan-han ("Intense Cold") Palace	Yu:-tan land at the north pole

with gold-feathered birds [cf. iron-feathered Stumphalian birds] whose wings cover the regions [cf. "he covereth me with his feathers, and under his wings do I trust"]

p. 190 abodes of lunar deities, according to the HC^>YC^

*substance*	*location*	*its trees*	*its denizens*
lapis lazuli	walled city in the moon, which when thrashed exhaleth yellow breath	"Flowers of the Three Breaths" growing on the 8 lunar trees (c^>ien)	clad in green; thrash with trees-of-life branches
		the talismans (growing on the c^>ien trees) of the lunar mansions as "esoteric sound"	[4] Ladies with 4 lights, turned in 4 directions:	white
				black
				green
				red

p. 191 cosmic breaths, according to the C^>YTz

*in __ [aequinox]*	*__ (color) breath*	*of the __*
spring	purple	sun
autumn	yellow	moon

p. 191 invocational method in the LS^Tz

*method*	*__-character formula*	*naming the __*	*flying essence*
Yu:-i	16	Emperors of the Sun	Flying Root: purple cloud-chariot
C^ieh-lin	24	Ladies of the Moon	Essence of the Jade Matric and Flying Efflorescence of the Moon

p. 208 descent of the Big Dipper stars into the bodily organs, according to the TF (Tao Tsan 191:13b)

*star*	*organ*
1^st	heart
2^nd	lungs
3^rd	liver
4^th	spleen
5^th	stomach
6^th	kidneys
7^th	eyen

abbreviations:-

HNTz = Huai-nan-tzu

HT> = Huan-t>ing C^in ("Yellow Court Scripture")

HT>C^ = Huan-t>ing C^un-c^in ("Yellow Court Central Scripture ")

TT = Ta-Tun C^in

C^K = C^en-kao

SL = Su-lin C^in

Tz>I = Tz>u-i C^in

TzT = Tzu-tu Yen-kuan

S^C^ = S^en-c^ou C^in

HC^>YC^ = Huan-c^>i Yan-c^in C^in ("Yellow-Breath [of Moon] and Yan-Essence [of Sun] Scripture")

C^>YTz = C^>in-yao Tzu-s^u ("C^>in-yao [Heaven] Purple Book")

LS^Tz = Lin-s^u Tzu-wen

TF = Tun-fan C^in

Isabelle Robinet (translated from the French by Julian F. Pas & Norman J. Girardot): Taoist Meditation. State U of NY Pr, 1993.