Two Precious Scroll Narratives of Guanyin and Her ... - Khamkoo

The Precious Scroll of Incense Mountain, Part 1 89
Who modestly and diligently did not shirk the work.
The princess was happily willing and gladly accepted
To serve and wait upon each of the five hundred nuns.
Whether it was early or late, daytime or evening,
She never complained about midnight’s long hours.
She gladly accepted this because of birth and death,
Wanting to escape from this illusory body’s suffering.
During the day she prepared the food and husked the rice,
During the night she pushed the mill and lit the candles.
She received the wandering monastics from all directions
And treated them exactly like the nuns of the convent.
Because of the many hardships of her heavy labor,
She became so emaciated she was just a bag of bones.
Wanting to achieve buddhahood, to transcend the three worlds,
She would even allow flames to erupt from her mouth! 73
She did not carry a grudge toward her parents or the nuns,
She only hated herself for her many sins in former lives.
Now that she was here, she felt not the slightest remorse;
Constantly filled with joy, she did not harbor any anger.
When the princess had gone to the kitchen, she managed all by herself
both the light and heavy tasks. Because of her heavy labor, her
body became exhausted and weary, but even though flames erupted
from her mouth, she never felt the slightest grudge or hatred, and
was always filled with pleasure and joy. Again and again she prayed
to Blue Heaven: ‘‘Please assist me by giving me the supernatural
strength to donate my body to this work so I can provide for all the
nuns. If I indeed succeed in achieving bodhi, I will not forget Heaven’s
grace. Please be so kind as to look down upon me!’’
The white cloud atop the mountain: leisure without end,
The brook rushing down the ravine: what haste and hurry!
Namo Guanshiyin pusa
The Jade Emperor up in high heaven observed from afar
How the princess down below suffered such bitter hardship.
Immediately a heavenly command and order was issued,
A heavenly amulet and notification for the Six Nail gods. 74
They told the Eastern Ocean’s dragon to go to the convent,