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The Precious Scroll of Incense Mountain, Part 2 151 tiful than earlier at the age of eighteen. Of such a situation it is said: ‘‘Bright oh so bright shines the sun up in heaven, / Huge oh so huge the numinous might of the Buddha!’’ Those who believe in the teachings cannot but be filled with fear! She who achieved Non-action, Guanshiyin, Releases or holds at will, all spontaneously. Namo Guanshiyin pusa The immortal indeed had achieved the Way of No-birth, The entire cosmos, even plants and trees, basked in her grace. Indra and Brahma and all the devas were filled with joy, The thousands of saints and sages offered congratulations. The bodhisattva, opening the storehouse of the dragon palace, Expounded the Marvelous Dharma and manifested the Truth. ‘‘You, my stern father Po Qie, are now sixty-eight years old, Born in a mao-year, in a mao-month, in the hour of mao. Your name, my kind mother the empress, is Precious Virtue, And your age is, I find, exactly the same as that of my father. I, your daughter Marvelous Goodness, am now twenty-eight, Born on the nineteenth of the second month, at the hour of si. Because a crown prince had not been born to the palace, I wanted to repay the favors shown by my father and mother, I wanted everyone to change their mind and practice the Way, Because Impermanence fears neither the emperor nor his kin. It has not been easy to obtain this human body in this life, Once one has lost this human body, it is hard to obtain it again. In myriads of lives, of kalpas, it is rare to have this chance: Your imperial visit to my hermitage must have a karmic cause. The great matter of birth and death is not a trifling matter— How much time do you have? Don’t be muddleheaded now! When you come to a mountain of treasure, grab the treasure! Don’t go away empty-handed, for there’ll be no second time!’’ The empress asked her daughter: ‘‘You went to the Underworld, and then came back to life again. Please explain in detail the affairs of the Underworld. We notice only that people die in the thousands and ten thousands, but where is there anyone who comes back to life?’’ When the immortal heard her question, she immediately replied.
152 ThePreciousScrollofIncenseMountain,Part2 If the Buddha’s Dharma could not provide this kind of proof, How could the ancestral teaching continue to the present day? Namo Guanshiyin pusa ‘‘When I entered the Underworld it was as if I was dreaming, On the roads of the Yellow Springs deepest darkness reigns. A youth and maiden carrying banners went ahead and led the way, I followed that youth and maiden, and went onward and onward. Then later I saw prison wardens bringing a sedan chair, Ox-headed and horse-faced demons greeted me in two rows. As I straightway entered into the Yiyang Hall of King Yama, The Ten Kings and their consorts all came out to greet me. The three pathways were transformed into realms of roaming, Five-colored auspicious clouds filled the deepest darkness. Sinner ghosts who had long been imprisoned were all set free, And new souls who had just arrived all received a full pardon. But the infernal judges in charge of cases came to complain, And so I was promptly escorted back to the world of the living. I found, when I’d come to below the trees of Deceased-Many, That local gods of mountain and earth had protected my corpse. My body of flesh had not decomposed and was still firm, So my spirit entered once again into that old physical body. When I came back to life it was like waking up from a dream, The string of the bow had snapped, all my bones were hurting.’’ Remembering their earlier conversations, she asked her sisters: ‘‘My dear elder sisters, please listen to what I have to say. Boasting of your filial piety, you married a prince consort, So why did the two of you not donate your arms and eyes? The one who can’t repay a favor in a time of need is not filial, He shows ingratitude for all his parents’ feeding and nurturance. In this world of men your title may be that of princess or more, But in the Underworld they have never heard such distinctions. The king of ghosts and his ghostly agents recognize no status, The infernal judges and the infernal clerks show no mercy at all. They don’t ask whether you were a queen or perhaps a princess, They don’t care about ‘emperor’s kin’ or ‘kin of the empress.’ If you do not enter the Lotus Congregation while you are alive, You will not avoid sinking down into the hells upon your death.
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