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The Precious Scroll of Incense Mountain, Part 1 91 Leave secretly, come openly, and betray no sign— Never will they be able to snare you in their traps. Namo Guanshiyin pusa Three experienced and capable nuns were dispatched; With bundles of bedding on their backs, they set out. They hastened on like a cloud, by day and by night, And eventually arrived at the capital to see the emperor. Let’s not talk about their tribulations on the road— In due time they entered the gate of the great capital. Their bodies wrapped in cassocks, their heads all bare: Carrying incense, they submitted a report to the ruler: ‘‘From the moment the princess arrived at our convent, She’s refused to return to the palace despite our advice. For this your servants deserve to die a myriad of times— May Your Majesty in his wisdom pardon his servants! When the princess did not listen to our earnest advice, As punishment we ordered her to the kitchen as a maid. This punishment was meant to make her change her mind, But by marvelous magic she managed to move the gods! She remains seated in lotus position in the kitchen, while Devas and dragons and other gods gather like clouds! The divinities of the three worlds serve as her slaves, The gods of the five hundred precepts follow her body. 78 The Eight Immortals provide her with tea and fruits, The Lads of Combustion light candles and lamps. Sweeping floors, spreading mats, and hanging banners, All this is done by the convent’s local protector god. At dawn and dusk nobody beats the bell and the drum— The evening drum and morning bell sound of themselves. Since ancient times our convent lacked its own well— A dragon created a dragon pool at the convent’s gate! The running animals bring firewood, filling the convent, The flying birds bring vegetables, descending like a cloud! The husking and milling of rice is all done by ghosts, Our vegetarian food is all cooked by the Six Nails! We nuns would not want to keep anything hidden, so We have come here solely to report to Your Majesty.’’ Upon the conclusion of this report by the convent nuns, Let’s attend to the emperor’s rage as he heard these facts.
92 ThePreciousScrollofIncenseMountain,Part1 At his morning audience, the emperor saw three nuns who submitted a report to the throne. Following its announcement by the regulator of ranks, the report was opened and declaimed aloud. When the emperor heard its contents, he flew into a rage. He ordered his guards on his left and right to arrest the nuns for interrogation. ‘‘I issued an edict some time ago, ordering them to persuade that girl to return to the palace. But now they come here with these devilish words of ghosts and monsters!’’ Immediately he summoned the two noblemen Zhu and Ye: ‘‘Put together our troops as quick as fire and set out! Go to the White Sparrow Meditation Convent in Ruzhou and surround it tightly, layer upon layer. Put the torch to the convent and dig out the foundations, turning them into a lake—no trace is to be left!’’ When the military commanders had received their orders, they voiced their acceptance like the thunder. After kowtowing, they left the court. Beating the drum and sounding the gong, they collected their troops and officers. Moving and shaking the whole cosmos, they immediately set off for Ruzhou to burn down the convent and annihilate its nuns. Even though from floating clouds snowflakes drift down, The full bright moon impresses its seal on a thousand rivers. Namo Guanshiyin pusa The officers had received the order to burn down the convent, Leading their troops they set out, shaking the whole cosmos. 79 Let’s not talk about their daily marches while on the road, Eventually they arrived at the prefectural city of Ruzhou. The common people at Ruzhou were scared and alarmed: Why was the whole city filled with soldiers and horses? The White Sparrow Meditation Convent was quite close by, The troops surrounded it tightly so no breeze could escape! The officers opened and declaimed the imperial edict, and Their fire-spears and fire-arrows flew as thick as clouds! ‘‘All the nuns of the convent, also including the princess, Are to be burned to ashes and annihilated, sparing none! If only one person is allowed to escape with her life, All your relatives will be killed to the very last man!’’ The troops, upon hearing these orders, increased in ardor, Calling for a storm they started fires, showing no mercy. 80
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