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The Precious Scroll of Incense Mountain, Part 2 103 Before the monastery, the horse is tied up at the Hall of Universal Light, Outside the gate, the buffalo is tethered at the site of Right Enlightenment. 3 Namo Guanshiyin pusa The princess immediately answered in the following way: ‘‘My dear mother, now please listen to what I have to say. It’s not that your daughter is lacking in loyalty and filiality, It is because of birth and death that I disobey my parents. I am happy to sacrifice my life once, dying under the sword, So I may transcend the myriad kalpas and escape saṁsāra. I do not crave the wealth and status of the imperial palace, My eager vow is that I want to enter the gate of nirvana! Let them cut this illusory body with knives and swords, My original nature is perfect and bright, fully indivisible! Let my father issue thousands of commands and orders, I refuse, with all my heart, to return to the imperial palace! Indeed, even if he decided that my life should be spared, I’d be filled with fear at his sight—I’d never be at peace. Today the love between mother and daughter is finished, But we’ll meet again in a later life, a coming existence.’’ The princess answered her mother as follows: ‘‘I have heard that the ancient sutras say, ‘As long as there is attachment, there is birth. When attachment is exhausted, annihilation follows.’ Alas, each and every one in this world craves life, and each and every one fears death. But if one day Impermanence arrives, one’s soul departs for the Underworld, the realm of the king of ghosts, without anything to free oneself from karma. Life in this world is empty and insubstantial, like the dew on flowers; a bubble on water, it resembles a particle of dust on a plant. Husband and wife are enemies from a former life, and sons and daughters are like a karmic debt. Mother, please listen to me: the suffering of death is unavoidable. Don’t miss this opportunity, and quickly make your provisions for the future. Even if you have filial sons and obedient grandsons, they cannot take your place when Impermanence knocks. But if you are willing to sacrifice this body and practice the Way, you’ll achieve the bodhi of buddhahood. I refuse to return to the palace today and marry some prince consort!’’ When Marvelous Book and Marvelous Sound
104 ThePreciousScrollofIncenseMountain,Part2 saw that their mother could not talk any sense into her, they both came down the loft to have an earnest word with their younger sister. The plum blossom in the snow, the moon on a frosty night— Alas, the color may be the same, but the perspective is not. Namo Guanshiyin pusa Her two elder sisters wept most piteously, and weeping said: ‘‘Little sister, you good-for-nothing with no sense of duty!’’ Hands clutching gauze skirts, they wiped away their tears, And begged her: ‘‘Dear little sister, please change your mind! Be a darling, return to the palace, marry a prince consort, And avoid having your flesh and body sliced up by a knife! Once you’ve died, you will not be able to come back to life, You crazily seek your own death—nobody knows why! Your life hangs in the balance and you’re still not afraid, Just thousands of crafty words—answers like a smoke screen! Only filial sons and wise wives are found in historical records, So do not imitate those monks and nuns—low-caste people! Cutting off human relations, you lack loyalty and filiality, The Great Rite of yin and of yang you forever discard. Take our advice, do your duty, marry a prince consort, You’ll save your life and serve your father and mother!’’ The two elder sisters wept most piteously. While tears coursed down their cheeks, sobbing and crying they asked Marvelous Goodness the following question: ‘‘Dear little sister, why is it you are so mad and out of your mind that you expose yourself to this humiliation? Even we feel ashamed and afraid because of you! If you still will not obey now, your life is lost!’’ Hearing this, Marvelous Goodness replied to her elder sisters: ‘‘Each should do what she wants! Why should you feel so concerned? The date of birth and death is fixed, so why should I feel any fear? Each and every person in this world craves life, but I alone am willing to die. My sisters, please go back to the palace; there is no need to have an earnest word with me.’’ One word hits the mark and illuminates myriad phenomena: The worm bores through the mud, the dragon soars to heaven.
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