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Cap.

PP.

1.

Introduction

1-20

2.

Cultivating Clarity & Purity

21-38

3.

Asceticism of the Masters

39-56

4.

Cultivating Health & Longevity

57-94

5.

Visions & Trance

95-114

6.

Miraculous Powers of the Masters

115-138

7.

Death & Dying

139-153

8.

Compassion of the Masters

155-70

9.

Rituals

171-93

"Although Quanzhen temples in northern China are, as a general rule, monastic establishments, the same is not always true in the southern provinces. There, particularly in Guangdong and Hong Kong, one can find temples staffed by Taoist clergy who affiliate themselves with the Quanzhen School but are householders."

"the early Quanzhen masters are said to be immortal beings who can be prayed to for aid and guidance, or even encountered in meditation traces and dreams. Images of them are enshrined and worshipped in temples. Non-monastic Quanzhen organizations in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and overseas sometimes communicate with them through spirit-writing (fuji) [p. 202, n. 1:6 "The characters are written with ... a peach wood stick and a tray of sand".] – especially with Lu: Yan". [p. 205, n. 1:23 "Lu: Yan (sobriquet, Chunyang; style name, Dongbin) ... born at the end of the eighth century ... is an important deity among the popular spirit-writing cults."]

p. 10

Ma Yu : "one night he dreamt of two cranes alighting in his vegetable garden; this inspired him to build a Taoist monastery". [according to Jin-lian Z^en-zon Ji 3/4a-b]

p. 11

Tan C^u-duan : "One night in a dream he encountered the Great Emperor and Astral Lords of the Ursa Major and upon waking made the resolution to dedicate himself to the Tao." [according to Li-s^i Z^en-xian Ti-dao Ton-jian Xu-pian 2/1b]

Hao Da-ton : "he once had a dream in which a "divine man" (shenren) revealed to him the secret meanings of the Yi jing, and thus he acquired his great divinatory skills." [according to Li-s^i Z^en-xian Ti-dao Ton-jian Xu-pian 3/6a]

"he ... heard from midair the voice of "the master of the Palace of the Mysterious Court" (Xuanting Gongzhu)." [according to Li-s^i Z^en-xian Ti-dao Ton-jian Xu-pian 3/1b-2a]

throws an umbrella to a location 100 km. away, and so on."

"the restoration and expansion (completed in 1244) of the Xuandu baozang ("Precious Storehouse of the Mysterious Capital["]) in 7,000 volumes, the largest Taoist canon ever compiled."

p. 22

Guiding forth the golden elixir and fetching the jade fungi."

p. 25

One who is able to be like this already has his/her name recorded in the ranks of the immortals, even though his/her body resides in the dusty world."

[quoted from Qin-he Z^en-ren Bei-you yu-lu (DT1298/TT1017) 1/5b-6a] "Barefooted Master Liu [C^u-xuan] once said ..., "It figured that Mater-Father Tan [C^u-duan] would complete the Tao early on. ... In the evening he would examine all the thoughts that had arisen [in his mind] since morning. In the morning he would examine all the thoughts that had arisen [in his mind] since evening. ..."".

[quoted from Qin-he Z^en-ren Bei-you yu-lu 2/7b-8a] "When our predecessors ... trained themselves, during each and every moment, they examined their thoughts. When they became aware of even a single bad thought, they always confessed it to others, in order to bring humiliation and shame upon themselves."

In whatever you do, put others first and yourself last. ... This is true deeds. ...""

p. 32

[quoted from Ma Yu, in Z^en-xian Z^i-z^i Yu-lu 1/4a] "If you train yourself in this way you will definitely become a Divine Immortal. ... Secretly accumulate merits and deeds; do not seek for recognition from people,

p. 33

but only wish to be observed by Heaven."

To put others first and yourself last, to put yourself in accord with others, this is your outer daily sustenance."

p. 35

[quoted from C^on-yan Quan-z^en Ji 10/20b] "The commentary to the Yinfu jing says, "The spirit is the child of qi, and qi is the mother of the spirit."

When the child and the mother meet each other, you can become a divine immortal."

{"Blending of the Clear Light of the Mother and the Son." (TY&SD 4:32)} {"reuniting the Clear Lights of the Mother and of the Son" (GL, p. 52)}

p. 36

[quoted from Jin Z^en-ren Yu-lu 1b-2a] 1. "[stage] one. Concentrate your whole mind on the inside of the Cave of the Immortals in your Lower Elixir Field ... . ... Darkly and silently, constantly and without ceasing, diligently maintain this for three to five years. Naturally within the crucible of the elixir furnace, the two energies (spirit and qi) will converge with each other, warmly becoming ... a soul of vacuous non-being. The womb’s

p. 37

[stage] three. ... Be pure and serene ... . Hereby the Great Tao Without Limits is accomplished."

With my messy hair and grimy face I am perpetually in complete Reality."

And enter into the red mist and yellow-green fog."

p. 40

Poverty is the foundation of nurturing life. ...

p. 41

Therefore understand that the single matter of purity and clarity cannot be acquired by the wealthy."

[p. 217, n. 3:6 : Penglai and Yingzhou, along with Fangzhang, make up the legendary Three Divine islands – dwellings of immortals ... thought to exist somewhere to the east of the Shangdong Peninsula. This legend was likely inspired by the mirages that are known to periodically appear off the coast of this peninsula."]

[quoted from Ma Yu : Jian-wu Ji 2/21b]

"Wax candles I do not burn,

but I make bright the candle of my [Real] Nature.

Garoo wood incense I have no use for,

since I can burn my heart’s incense (sincerity of will and devotion)."

[quoted from Liu C^u-xuan : Wu-wei Qin-jin C^an-s^en Z^en-ren Z^i-z^i Yu-lu (DT1048/TT728) 3b] "Accomplished men of old ... took on the outer appearances of fools."

{"We are fools for Christ’s sake" (1^st Epistle to the Korinthians 4:10).}

[quoted from Dan-yan Z^en-ren Yu-lu 5b-6a] "Sir Haichan (Liu Cao) was originally a minister of the land of Yan. [p. 218, n. 3:12 : "Yan was the name for a region in northeast China that included present-day Beijing. Liu Cao served under the Liao dynasty ... of the Khitan people".] One morning he realized the Tao. Thereby he cut off his family connections. His poetry includes the words "I abandoned and left the 3,000 people of my household fires (domestic life and its attachments). I abandoned my personal troops which numbered one million." ...

He got to the point where he would go into brothels carrying barrels of liquor."

{In the Su-han region, Liu C^>an-s^en "exchanged his monkish garb for the fine array of a rich merchant and walked into one of the most exquisite brothels in the town." (STM 20 (p. 115)).}

"The confused people of the world make themselves suffer by coveting life and entering into the road of death.

Straining their minds they use cleverness, and thus their [real] Nature sinks into the land of punishments.

One who understands the Tao makes himself suffer by training his body. ... it is like shattering a rock to take out a piece of jade.

Staining his will power he forgets cleverness and therefore his [Real] Nature ascends the Nine Skies."

[quoted from Qiu C^u-ji, in Z^en-ren Z^i-z^i Yu-lu 1/12b-13a] "Even if you have not yet acquired the Tao, if your roots of goodness are deep and solid, support for a holy sage will come to you in this life or the next. One who has no roots of destiny is far [from salvation] indeed! ... I did not have bones of destiny ... . [Thus] even though I have met an insightful master (Wang Zhe), I have not yet completed [my self-cultivation] ... . Danyang (Ma yu) and Changzhen (Tan Chuduan) were predestined, and thus they were able to rise and fly beyond the heavens at will after ten or five years."

[quoted from Jin-lian Z^en-zon Ji 4/5a] "The teacher [Liu C^u-xuan] hid his traces in Luojing (Luoyang) .... . ... His mind was like ashes ... . His body was like a tree ... . ...

If someone asked him something, he would answer with hand gestures."

{Similarly with Meher Baba.}

[quoted from Jin-lian Z^en-zon Xian-yuan Xian-z^uan 28a] "After mourning [Wan Z^e’s death] in a graveside hut for two years, [Qiu C^u-ji] entered the Panxi Gorge ... . He lived in a cave ..., going about wearing a grass mantle. ... After this he hid himself in Mt. Longmen in Longzhou (northwestern Shaanxi) and performed acts of suffering as he did in Panxi."

[quoted from Jin-lian Z^en-zon Ji 5/2b] Wan C^u-yi "went back and forth between Deng[-z^ou] and Ning[-hai] (both located on the north coast of the Shandong Peninsula). At night he would return to the Cloud Radiance Grotto (... located on Mt. Cha) where he stood at the entrance on one foot facing the great sea for nine years".

[quoted from Jin-lian Z^en-zon Ji 5/7a-b] "The teacher (Hao Datong) ... was begging in Wo[n]zhou when he suddenly understood the secret words of Chongyang (Wang Zhe). ... Consequently he went to a bridge and sat silently and motionlessly upon it. ... He was like this for three years. People called him "Mr. Speechless." ... He just sat under the bridge for three more years. Water and fire overturned, yin and yang came together, and the Merit of Nine Cycles was completed."