Two Precious Scroll Narratives of Guanyin and Her ... - Khamkoo

156 ThePreciousScrollofIncenseMountain,Part2
Who Contemplates of the Cries of the World, when her work was
done and her merit complete, received the announcement of her future
buddahood from the Buddha. This moved the thousand times
thousand worlds to shake in six different ways. A precious parasol
came down from the sky, and a golden lotus emerged from the
earth. The buddhas of the ten directions, the bodhisattvas and holy
monks, Indra, Brahma and all the devas, and the dragons, the gods,
and the six other classes of supernatural beings all came to Incense
Mountain, and together they composed the following gātha:
Cheerfully she made the great offering with kindness and
compassion,
Though in the imperial palace, there was not a single person who
knew.
If in a single moment a mortal is converted, the heart becomes
buddha,
And all the many myriads of phenomena will give off a radiant
light.
Among the congregation on Incense Mountain, there was a certain
Sir Moon Parasol. 42 Leading a contingent of five hundred, he came
before her throne, knelt down and asked: ‘‘What is it that is called
the outer way, and what is it that is called the right Way? May you
in your kind compassion illuminate our blind delusion.’’ After he
had expressed this wish, he remained on one knee with palms
pressed together. His eyes remained constantly fixed, and with all
his heart he gazed eagerly upward. It was then that the immortal
taught the monks and nuns, laymen and laywomen: ‘‘How can I
not explain it to you, since you have asked so sincerely for an explanation.
Those who practice what we call the outer way look for the
Buddha outside of the heart. They visualize the crown of the head
and become entangled in phenomena. They see a light between the
brows and the nose, and knowing Emptiness they cling to Being.
But is there really any extraordinary excellence to be found in a
phenomenal body? 43 They practice semen retention, and terminate
the red and the white. They collect yin to supplement yang. They
practice the work of the ten stages. They know the divine affairs of
luck and misfortune. They secretly transmit marvelous methods,
and establish and revere oaths and vows. They sit like a block and
guard emptiness. They themselves know the roads and routes,