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

The Precious Scroll of
Incense Mountain
Part 2
The Second Scroll of the Short Version of the Sutra of
the Original Life of the Bodhisattva Guanshiyin
Now,
(The members of the congregation, arriving at this point, respectfully
stand and remain standing as they listen. The leader leaves his seat
and, kneeling, reads out the sacrificial prayer.)
In the thirty-sixth year, a jiashen year, of the reign-period Marvelous
Splendor of Raised Forest, on the fifteenth day following the first
day of the seventh month, a yisi day, we, imperial relatives and
officials, respectfully have prepared the ritual pure wine and the
appropriate fine foods, and make bold to offer sacrifice to HER
HIGHNESS MARVELOUS GOODNESS while she is still alive. As
our thoughts go out to Her Highness, tears of pain course down. Because
of the measure of her Being she swallows emptiness; on her
mind of No-being the moon is imprinted. Her behavior surpasses
past and present; her merit transcends the Great Vacuity. As stars
move and the Dipper turns, the creatures are exchanged and people
fly off. In order to achieve No-birth, she disobeys her father. Right
in the middle of her greening spring, the blooming flower encounters
a storm. The incense burns but its smoke refuses to rise; the
candle is bright but its light is hidden. Forced to depart from
the golden palace, she is coerced to go to the Yellow Springs. 1
Her life fades faster than the western sunlight; her body will decompose
like the morning dew. We, her servants, have no other means
of showing our respect but to give expression to our unworthy feelings.
As we send her off on her journey through the clouds, may she
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