The Jade Emperor's Mind Seal Classic: The Taoist Guide to Health, Longevity, and Immortality by Stuart Alve Olson

Author:Stuart Alve Olson [Olson, Stuart Alve]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Published: 2003-11-16T16:00:00+00:00

The Jade Emperor is thought to be the son of an emperor named Ch’ing Ti, who had a consort called Pao Yueh-kuang, who interestingly enough is thought to have become a spiritual attendant of the Taoist matriarch Hsi Wang Mu (Western Royal Mother), called Hsuan Nu (Mysterious Girl), who promulgated sexual teachings that led to immortality and as well dispensed Peaches of Immortality to deserving mortals when so directed by the Western Royal Mother.

Pao had reverently prayed to the gods for a son, as the emperor still had no sons to inherit his throne. She became pregnant, much to the happiness of the emperor. The astrologers predicted a son would rule all of heaven and earth, and this child was most certainly a male.

As foretold, brilliant light shot forth from his body and all his physical features were perfect. The story goes on to claim that the young boy had great and far-reaching intelligence and very deep compassion for all living things. When he finally came of age and inherited his father’s throne, his acts of charity to the homeless, sick, impaired, orphaned, and unjustly treated were very generous and kind. After his father’s death, he left the empire, resigning his throne, and traveled to the Pu Ming Mountains to meditate, whereupon he achieved immortality.

After his departure from this world he was reborn, and for eight hundred successive lifetimes taught the common people about spiritual matters and doctrines. For another eight hundred lifetimes he returned to this world to cure the sick and instruct the common people on medical matters. Then for another eight hundred lifetimes he practiced unconditional compassion in both the hells3 and on Earth. He descended to this world for yet another eight hundred lifetimes to patiently endure suffering. It was upon the completion of these thirty-two hundred lifetimes of spiritual practices that he finally became the first of the verified order of Golden Immortals. He was deified and ascended to the position of Supreme Ruler, called Yu Huang Shang Ti.

From this account the Jade Emperor supposedly received his name, Yu (Jade). Since his father’s name was Ch’ing (Pure and Bright) and his mother’s was Pao Yueh-kuang (Moon Light Gem), the two names in combination symbolized white jade (yu).

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