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DaoZang Volume 5,  079b1


Numinous Treasure Without Measure Salvation Highest Grade Wonderful-Scripture Plate 2 Scroll 25
DaoZang woodblock print from Volume 0005, Page 079b1

Nán Nŭ Qīng Xīn Guī Yǎng Jiē Jiàn Chì Wén Dà Zì Biàn Mǎn Xū Kuò
Men and women alike showed great admiration, and give their respect.
All availed of themselves to see [with their own eyes]
the Red-Character Writings (Chi Wen).
The Large Characters (Da Zi) were everywhere.
These completely filled in the blank parts extensively [for them].

Dān Guāng Dòng Zhào Shí Fāng Tóng Míng Nèi Jiàn Zì Jǐ Shēn Zhōng
Xīn Tōng Wàn Dào

With Cinnabar's Bright Ray (Dan Guang) of the Cavity
with its penetrating light shining and reflecting out through
the Ten Directions (Shi Fang- East South West North East-North East-South
West-South West-North Upwards and Downwards),
it was all the same. With brilliance [evident] within a person's own body,
centered in their very core, the understanding was repeated
following down ten thousand Pathways (Dao).

Wài Yŭ Fǎ Hé Jí
Externally, [the same thing happened], and all took part
in following the Method (Fa) in a harmonious fashion.
The name given for this

Míng Chì Fú Jiàn Chá Wàn Shū Yì Tǐ
is the Red Charm (Chi fu).
This appears on close scrutiny to bring about
a thousand (Wan) special different [effects to be caused] in the body.

Tóng Zhào Jí Míng Dān Guāng Nèi Wài Zhī
In similar fashion, there is [another] Shining Light (Zhao),
like rays reflected from a mirror.
The name given for this is Cinnabar's Bright Ray (Dan Guang).
Internal and External are

Dào Jiē Shì Yuán Shǐ Wài Shēng Tiān Dì Nèi Huà Yī Shēn
[the effects of it with] the Way (Dao), and each one of these is correct.
At the Beginning (Yuan Shi) Externally (Wai) there was [just] life.
But with Heaven overhead and the Earth Within (Nei),
there comes a transformation of the entire body.

Jiē Tóng Cǐ Dào Zì Fēi Liè Shèng Kāi Jiāo Bù Néng Huà Chéng Pì
All of these effects are a result of the Way (Dao).
Certainly this runs counter to the common ranking order [of things].
But the Sages opened up the teachings of Religion (Jiao),
that things cannot be Transformed or Converted (Hua). Concerning this sort of accomplishment of 'Turning Into' (Cheng), a good example is the analogy of


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