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The One in Different Religions

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 Taoism  Ultimate One the Heavenly Savior (太乙救苦天尊)   Ultimate One the Heavenly Savior (太乙救苦天尊) is a divine manifestation of the Uncreated energy of The One (先天一炁), a.k.a. Ultimate One (太一). According to Taoist Scriptures, He comes from the Eastern World of Everlasting Bliss (東方長樂世界), riding a nine-headed lion. He has countless manifestations and incarnations in all worlds.   Master Loy's Spring and Autumn Annals (呂氏春秋.大樂) says: Tao is the ultimate essence, which is formless and nameless. To name it artificially, it can be called Ultimate One . (道也者,至精也,不可為形,不可為名,強為之,謂之太一。)   The Ultimate One generates Water (太一生水) says: Heaven and earth are created by Ultimate One . (天地者,太一之所生也。)   The Wondrous Scripture on Ultimate One's Salvation and Protection ( 太一救苦護身妙經 ) says: In the Eastern World of Everlasting Bliss , there is a greatly merciful and benevolent one called Ultimate One the Heavenly Savior . He has countles...

Ultra Supreme Elder Lord's Ultra Plainness Scripture

An English translation of  太上老君太素經 The Ultra Plainness is immensely bright and white, with the Way inside. At the time of Ultra Plainness, the Divinity goes there to operate, and the Way is revealed. As creations and formations take place, the Way gives things Order, and the Way completes them. In this way Heaven and Earth are shaped, and the Way and Virtue incarnate into a Scripture.  (  The Scripture of Way and Virtue  ) The Way of Self Thusness (*) is the greatest Way. The Virtue of Eternal Life is the greatest Gain of Virtue. (* The Chinese term  自然 , which is often translated to ‘nature’, literally means Self Thusness — A ‘being’ that is such by itself, independently and unconditionally. It is not created, and not conditioned by anyone or anything. ) The Way produces One, One produces Two, Two produces Three, and Three produces Heaven and Earth. The Heaven and Earth system then becomes full, and since it becomes full, it starts to decline. At the end of the...

The Ultra Supreme Elder Lord's Scripture of Precepts

During the Elder Lord's westward journey to Tin-Tzoc, and when He entered the western pass of Hahm-Goc, He imparted the two scriptures of Tao and Virtue (*) to Whun-Hey, who was the guardian of the pass. (* The Scripture of Tao And Virtue [Tao Store 0691 & 0692] is known as two parts:  1. The Scripture of Virtue 2. The Scripture of Tao ) Having received the scriptures, Whun-Hey asked further on how to keep one's body in purity to uphold the scriptures. Thereupon, in addition, the Elder Lord decided to impart the important precepts to Whun-Hey, and suggested that all living beings should keep these precepts to cross the ocean of mundane realms. He then said these verses in three chapters: "Enjoy the holy teachings and let them be your companions; Love the scriptures as if they were pearls and jade; Keep the precepts to subdue the six desires; Be mindful of Tao to expel the desires; Let the Court of True Energy be pure and peaceful,  Calmly, the Divinity will enter into ...