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Fig. 27. Visualization of the Lords of the thirty-nine gates (hu p) of the human
body. Shangqing dadong zhenjing ..t rJli:* if.il ru~ (Authentic Scripture of the
Great Cavern of the Highest Clarity; CT 6), I.I9b-2oa. (For other deities of the
Dadong zhenjing see fig. 14.)
mortal "gate" to guard it. The end of each section is concerned with the draw-
ing and manipulation of a talisman (*FU) that represents the correspondent
inner deity.
The Dadong zhenjing is the kernel of a cluster of texts that describe a complete
meditationalliturgy. A first set of texts consists of original revealed scriptures
containing the esoteric (nei I*J) names of the heavens, stanzas addressed to the
kings of the Yuqing r~jIj (Jade Clarity) heaven, and a "revealed commentary"
attributed to Daojun ~tt, the Lord of the Dao. This group includes the fol-
lowing texts:
1. Shangqing dadong zhenjing (CT 6) and Shangqingjiutian Shangdi zhu baishen
neimingjing L ~jIj 11 7:. L *:f5L B:f$1*J ;:g ~~ (Shangqing Spell of the Nine
Heavens and the Highest Emperor, Scripture of the Esoteric Names of
the Hundred Spirits; CT 1360)
2. Shangqing dadong zhenjing (CT 6) and Miemo shenhui gaoxuan zhenjing ~
~:f$~ ~ K ~~ (Exalted and Mysterious Authentic Scripture on the
Extermination of Demons and Spiritual Wisdom; CT 1355)
3· Shi sanshijiu zhangjing ~ = + 11!j[ ~~ (Exegesis of the Scripture in Thirty-
Nine Stanzas; YJQQ 8.1a- 14)
The second set of texts includes later, probably apocryphal writings mainly
concerned with two meditation techniques. The first is the huifeng i®M