Dongxuan Lingbao Danshui Feishu Yundu Xiaojie Miaojing (The Wonderful Scripture of the Elixir Water Flying Techniques and Transcending Minor Kalpas of the Numinous Treasure of the Cave Mysterious), abbreviated as Xiaojie Jing (The Minor Kalpa Scripture).
One of the ancient Taoist Lingbao Scriptures, compiled approximately during the Northern and Southern Dynasties (420–589 CE).
It was already cited in Wang Xuanhe’s Sandong Zhunang (Pearl Satchel of the Three Grottoes) of the Tang Dynasty.
It is also recorded in Jiang Shuyu’s Zhaitan Anzhen Jingmu (Catalogue of Scriptures for Stabilizing Altars).
Consisting of one scroll, it is included in the Original Text Category of the Dongxuan (Mysterious Grotto) Section of the Daozang (Taoist Canon).
Falsely attributed to celestial beings and immortals such as the Primordial Heavenly Lord (Yuanshi Tianzun), the Supreme Great Dao Lord (Taishang Dadaojun), and the Taiji True Person (Taiji Zhenren) as its preachers, the scripture asserts that heaven and earth operate in cycles of "minor kalpas completing their transitions." At such times, Taishang Dongxuan Lingbao Xiaojie Yunshu Miaojing (The Wonderful Scripture of the Minor Kalpa Cycles of the Numinous Treasure of the Cave Mysterious of the Supreme Oneness) descends into the mortal world.
The scripture contains rich content, including various chapters and talismans, fasting rituals, eulogies and compacts, as well as the Elixir Water Flying Formula (Danshui Feijue) and other magical arts. Scholars who practice these techniques in accordance with the scripture—wearing talismans, reciting chapters, performing fasting rituals and upholding precepts, offering eulogies and contemplating deities, and ingesting elixirs—are said to be able to transcend kalpas, overcome calamities, attain the Dao, and become true immortals.
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