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The Precious Scroll of Incense Mountain, Part 2 123 The infernal judges of all the offices should promptly come To the Hall of Darkness and listen to what he had to say. King Yama immediately addressed them as follows: ‘‘Infernal judges and ghostly clerks, please listen to me. The daughter of Marvelous Splendor in the world of light, Whose name is Marvelous Goodness, is no mere mortal. She pronounced a vow to come and visit the Underworld And save each and every sinner on the three pathways. But the officials of the eighteen prisons all petitioned Not to allow the princess to stay here in deep darkness. The princess has been here for three times seven days, And I have not the faintest idea where her body may be. The only reason I have summoned you is to ask you To help the princess return to the land of the living.’’ King Yama said: ‘‘The only reason I have summoned you is that I want to inspect the ledgers of birth and death.’’ The clerks quickly handed him the documents. The king looked them over one by one, and he indeed found the name and surname of the princess listed in the ledgers, stating that at the age of nineteen she was slated to visit and tour the Underworld. He ordered his ghostly underlings in the front hall to bring in a sedan chair so that the princess could depart. The consorts of the kings saw the princess off as far as the bridge across the Alas River, and when the underlings had taken her to the place where her corpse lay, they all returned to their palaces. The endless floating clouds are all swept away by the storm, The one circle of bright moon illuminates the whole cosmos. Namo Guanshiyin pusa Now we’ve recounted the visit by the princess to the Underworld, We’ll expound the circumstances of how she was resurrected. King Yama’s edict ordered that a sedan chair be readied, And together with an entourage, she set out on her journey. Banners and flags and precious parasols led the way in front, And royal consorts and royal concubines all followed behind. Horse-faced and ox-headed demons together saw her off; And yakṡas and prison guards greeted her in a double file.
124 ThePreciousScrollofIncenseMountain,Part2 When they had accompanied her to the south bank of the Alas, They took their leave of the princess with a bow and returned. Because the princess was about to return to the realm of light, The immortal youth and immortal maiden returned to darkness. After the princess had crossed the golden bridge [across the Alas River], she traveled on along her way. Suddenly the hundred birds started to sing, and she saw a huge bright red gate, rooted in the earth and rising up to heaven. The locked doors opened all by themselves, booming like the thunder, and that very moment her soul and spirit returned to her body, and she felt as if she were being flung down from heaven! At that very moment, the string around her neck snapped and broke, and she woke up as from a dream. Only then did she realize that she was lying in a wood, but despite much scrutinizing she could not figure out where she was. Her heart was filled with fear, and her mind was flustered. Sad tears choked her voice. Piteously she wept, and her tears were like pearls. To come back to life from death is something quite extraordinary, If that secret miracle would bring you back, it would be even better! 23 Namo Guanshiyin pusa Let’s not talk about the Underworld or the Realm of Shade, Let’s rather recount how the princess returned to life again. The princess found herself lying under the trees of a forest, Whether turning around or walking about, her bones all hurt. When she lifted her head and strained her eyes to look around, She saw from afar the imperial palace and the imperial capital. ‘‘I made a vow that I wanted to escape from the three worlds, How could I have imagined that today I would return to life? I broke the law and committed a crime, and was happy to die, So now, may I ask, where am I supposed to go and settle down? There’s no mountain here where I can live, practicing the Way; There’s no forest here where I can hide away the rest of my days.’’ The Metal Star of the Great White saw her predicament and, 24 Flying with the speed of an arrow, came down to the mortal realm. While in the clouds of the ninth heaven, he transformed his shape, And so he turned himself into an old man of the human world.
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