Two Precious Scroll Narratives of Guanyin and Her ... - Khamkoo
Two Precious Scroll Narratives of Guanyin and Her ... - Khamkoo
Two Precious Scroll Narratives of Guanyin and Her ... - Khamkoo
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114 The<strong>Precious</strong><strong>Scroll</strong><strong>of</strong>IncenseMountain,Part2<br />
prayed to the empty sky: ‘‘Allow me to die, so I will not have to be in<br />
conflict with my father, troubling his heart, because it would be my<br />
fault if the common people <strong>of</strong> the whole world would not be at<br />
peace.’’ Even before she had finished her vow, the Buddha <strong>and</strong><br />
Heaven responded <strong>and</strong> ordained that she would not suffer any<br />
pain—like a lamp that’s blown out. The executioner then strangled<br />
her with the string <strong>of</strong> a bow, <strong>and</strong> she immediately stopped breathing<br />
<strong>and</strong> died. That very moment mountains collapsed <strong>and</strong> trees feel<br />
down; birds <strong>and</strong> beasts madly rushed about, sadly screaming; the<br />
sea dried up <strong>and</strong> the rivers ran dry, leaving the dragons <strong>and</strong> fishes<br />
no place to hide; heaven <strong>and</strong> earth were darkened; sun <strong>and</strong> moon<br />
lost their light; the whole sky was covered with snow, <strong>and</strong> every single<br />
creature was coated with frost. To the farthest reaches <strong>of</strong> the<br />
earth, to the edges <strong>of</strong> the sky—both in her own country <strong>and</strong> in all<br />
foreign states everybody knew that the princess had been executed.<br />
Each <strong>and</strong> every one was filled with sadness, each <strong>and</strong> every one was<br />
moved to tears!<br />
Even if they had used iron wheels, they couldn’t have hurt her<br />
heart,<br />
As in wisdom-samādhi, fully enlightened, it enjoyed its own<br />
Nature. 14<br />
Namo Guanshiyin pusa<br />
Marvelous Splendor now had had the third princess strangled,<br />
And this moved to weeping thous<strong>and</strong>s times millions <strong>of</strong> people.<br />
The empress wept in such a way her liver <strong>and</strong> gut were rent,<br />
All the imperial concubines <strong>of</strong> the palace were pained by grief.<br />
Because the pitiable princess had still been so very young,<br />
All the <strong>of</strong>ficials <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficers at court were awash in tears.<br />
In heaven the heavenly gods all shed tears <strong>of</strong> compassion,<br />
And on earth the local gods all were wounded in their heart.<br />
The earth moved, the mountains shook, frightening the folk,<br />
None <strong>of</strong> them was seen walking on the streets or the roads.<br />
The running animals <strong>and</strong> flying birds were in despair,<br />
Gibbons shrieked <strong>and</strong> birds cried, weeping again <strong>and</strong> again.<br />
When the presiding <strong>of</strong>ficial saw that the princess had died,<br />
He ordered her shot into a pulp with a volley <strong>of</strong> arrows:<br />
Each <strong>and</strong> every arrow to be aimed at her heart <strong>and</strong> liver,<br />
Nothing at all to remain <strong>of</strong> the skin <strong>and</strong> flesh <strong>of</strong> her body!
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