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According to the Yunji Qiqian (Seven Bamboo Tablets of the Cloudy Satchel),Lingbao Tianzun is one of the manifestations of the Great Dao,and is described as "the essence of the Jade Emperor (Yuchen),the purple mist of nine auspicious clouds,radiant with jade brilliance and flowing with golden light. He embodies the convergence of transformation and beauty,containing and nurturing the primordial spirit. He was conceived within his mother's womb and took human form."
The Lingbao Lüeji (Brief Records of Lingbao) further elaborates:"The Supreme Great Dao Lord,in the first year of the Kaihuang era,was conceived in the Western Green Jade Kingdom (Lüna Yuguo) and carried in the womb of the Hong family. His divine spirit coalesced in the jade-like womb for three thousand seven hundred years,after which he was born in that kingdom,at the Floating Lo Mountain (Fuluo Zhi Yue) in the Danxuan Valley. His name was Qi Du,with the courtesy name Shang Kaiyuan. As he grew,he became enlightened to the true Dao and aspired to the highest path. He sat beneath a withered mulberry tree,meditating deeply for a hundred days,until Yuanshi Tianzun (the Celestial Worthy of Primordial Beginning) descended and bestowed upon him the ten great volumes of the Lingbao Mahayana teachings." [2]
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