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The Precious Scroll of Incense Mountain, Part 1 93
In this situation the princess was very much afflicted:
‘‘The whole convent is about to suffer for my sake alone!
It’s all because I vowed to become a disciple of the Buddha,
The only reason is I was determined to study the Way!
Now they all suffer the evil ire of my father the emperor,
Who by torching this convent wants to burn it to ashes.
I’m the one who should bear the brunt of his animosity—
But these nuns, my relatives in the Dharma, are innocent!
If our Buddha in his kind compassion deigns to watch us,
He will grant me the Dharma-power to save these nuns.
If the convent is saved from destruction by war and fire,
I later will not dare betray this overwhelming grace!’’
As soon as the princess saw flames rising up on all sides and from
all directions, smoke filling the whole cosmos, and the nuns of the
convent crying and screaming, weeping and wailing, pouring out
their grief and bitterly complaining, she immediately and with great
devotion prayed to the buddhas of the three worlds and, filled with
compassion, addressed the Lord of the Teaching of Spirit Mountain:
81 ‘‘Kind father of all manner of sentient beings, World-honored
One for a myriad of generations, for many kalpas you cultivated
your heart, and after six years [of meditation] you achieved the
Way. Your marvelous appearance is dignified and impressive, and
you have fully mastered all the supernatural powers. The kind grace
of our Buddha surpasses that of one’s parents, and all the people of
the whole wide world are as your single son. I, your disciple, am the
daughter of the Marvelous Splendor emperor. Loving and delighting
in the Dharma of the Buddha, I entered into this convent to
practice the Way together with this community. Because I did not
return to the palace despite my father’s summons, he has now
come to burn down this convent. I hope that you will show your
kind compassion by responding to this prayer, as you respond to
all requests and fulfill every vow. I am the daughter of the Marvelous
Splendor emperor, you were the son of a cakravartin. 82 You
left the jade halls, I hate the imperial palace. You went to the Snow
Mountains to practice the Way, I fled to White Sparrow to leave the
family. You are my elder brother, I am your younger sister. You
save all living beings from the sufferings of this world, so can’t you
remove this problem for your little sister?’’ She pulled a bamboo pin
from her hair, and stabbed the inside of her mouth until it filled