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The Precious Scroll of Incense Mountain, Part 2 119 across so they may be reborn in your land.’’ When the bodhisattva Kṡitigarbha had heard this, he promptly took these nuns with him and they went to the Pure Land. Turn around and you promptly ascend the shore of bodhi, No fear there for the iron-faced devils of the Underworld! Namo Guanshiyin pusa The bodhisattva Kṡitigarbha rose up into the sky and left, Followed by the nuns, carried by clouds under their feet. The princess at this time experienced an increased zeal, And with the youth and maiden continued traveling on. The world of the hells had become a realm of free roaming, And the earth-prisons had become palaces of pleasure. The heads of the eighteen hells came out to welcome her, The judicial officers of the Three Offices all received her. When the princess walked on and came upon a bridge, Golden bells and jade chimes all resounded together. There by the bridge, Grannie Meng offered tea and fruits, 19 And with three cups of tea, her spirits grew even higher. From the river below the bridge, the sinners cried out— ‘‘From what county and what village do those people come?’’ The guardian of the bridge bowed to her and replied: ‘‘These are all people from the world of light who sinned. Being rich and noble, they thought they would live forever, And so with fiendish deception, they harmed good people. During their lifetimes, they did not do anything good, And now it’s too late for remorse as they must suffer. When they died, they had no meritorious deeds to help them, And still aren’t allowed to come before the Lord of Shade.’’ When the princess had ascended the bridge and looked all around her, she one moment heard weeping and crying, and the next moment heard sweet music. She then asked the youth and maiden: ‘‘What’s the cause of this weeping and of this music?’’ The boy and girl replied: ‘‘That music is the music from the halls of the Ten Kings. That weeping is the weeping from below the bridge across the Alas River.’’ When the princess had been told this, she leaned with her jade-white hands on the bridge’s balustrade, and with her kind eyes observed the situation below the bridge. She indeed saw a
120 ThePreciousScrollofIncenseMountain,Part2 thousand times a thousand, nay, ten thousand times ten thousand, male and female ghostly criminals. She then pronounced the following vow: ‘‘I will achieve enlightenment only after I have ferried across these ghostly criminals.’’ As soon as this aspiration was formed in her mind, she saw five-colored lotus flowers bloom below the bridge. When the sinners saw this, they pressed their palms together and were filled with joy. They promptly climbed up to the other shore and departed, after thanking her with a bow. Transcendence achieved, you straightway enter the Tathāgata’s realm, And you will have nothing more do with high heavens and deep hells. Namo Guanshiyin pusa These are the sinners departing to be reborn in heaven, The Alas River was transformed into a precious lotus pond. The guardian of the bridge then went, like a shooting star, To the hall of deepest darkness to report what had happened: ‘‘The daughter of Marvelous Splendor in the world above Is called Marvelous Goodness—she’s no common mortal! The Office of Goodness dispatched her to tour the hells, And the limitless power of her vow is incomparable! When she herself walked over the bridge, she ferried Across all the evil sinners in the Alas River below!’’ When King Yama heard this, his face told his joy, He issued an edict inviting her to his inner garden. The compassionate light of the princess overcame the shade, And the darkness of the iron walls was fully illuminated. Boiling vats were transformed into streams of merit, And Sword Mountain became a hundred-flower forest. Because of the compassionate light of the princess, All the criminals in these hells were reborn in heaven. The horse-faced yakṡas were all filled with joy, The ox-headed prison guards all welcomed her! One moment she heard people singing and chanting, The next moment she heard the sounds of music. ‘‘I’ve no clue as to the reason for all of this!’’ So she asked the youth and the maiden: ‘‘What’s going on?’’
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