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The Precious Scroll of Incense Mountain, Part 1 53 day she read the sutras and recited the name of the Buddha, and at night she composed her mind and practiced meditation. Without any slackening she devoted herself to cultivation like this. She grew up inside the palace and before long had reached the age of nineteen. Time and again the princess prayed to Blue Heaven: ‘‘Let me abandon the imperial palace, leave the family and venerate the Buddha, visit an enlightened teacher and follow the instructions of a good friend. 22 I will walk in the right Way without any wavering. Leaving the earth-prison, 23 escaping from this pit of fire, I want to become a buddha and ferry across the multitudes.’’ After she had made this vow, she went in a dream to the top of the Marvelous High Peak, 24 where she received the announcement of her future buddhahood from the buddha Limitless Longevity. 25 When she woke up from her dream, her heart was completely enlightened. She then composed the following gātha: I’ve grown up inside the palace for a full nineteen years, But with its myriads of pleasures I’ve no karmic affinity. Unshakable and self-realized, my heart does not waver, From my earliest years I’ve gone against the grain. 26 Inside the palace the princess practiced cultivation and studied the Way, but the palace maids and concubines all made fun of her: ‘‘Why do you do these things, rather than enjoying all the pleasures [of the palace]?’’ The princess replied: ‘‘Because birth and death are a great matter, 27 I have out of my own nature sworn a vow to ferry all sentient beings across the [sea of suffering], and I have out of my own nature sworn a vow to achieve buddhahood. Alas, sun and moon move like a shuttle, and light and shade [fly by] like an arrow. Constantly I am worried by the thought that as soon as we lose this human body, we will have lost it for over a thousand years. 28 I urge all of you everywhere who understand me: The pleasures of the palace are not necessarily the best, / Much better to become a monk within the Gate of Emptiness.’’ 29 She then composed the following gātha: Wealth and status here in the palace are truly imposing, The Six Palaces and Three Halls may surpass even heaven. But do not think you’ll live forever without any affliction— When you die, you’ll have to appear before King Yama! 30
54 ThePreciousScrollofIncenseMountain,Part1 Inside the palace the princess practiced cultivation—but how would it end? Let’s tell how the Marvelous Splendor emperor ruled the realm with a firm hand: even gods and ghosts were frightened and filled with fear. Those who had merit were rewarded, and those who broke the law were not pardoned. The four chancellors and nine directors served him respectfully, and his millions of troops protected him on all sides. In the rear palace his three thousand seven hundred concubines dined nine times every day, as harmonious music played in accord with Heaven. He lacked neither gold nor silver nor rare treasures. Pondering his position, the only thing he lacked was a crown prince. He then composed the following gātha: Whether an emperor lacks an heir depends on Heaven— This long tale of cause and conditions is still transmitted. In a myriad kalpas, in a thousand lives, a rare opportunity: 31 Sit up straight and still your breath, and listen to its telling. Namo Guanshiyin pusa (Here one repeats the name of the Buddha and burns and offers [incense]. Whenever one comes across the name of the bodhisattva, the congregation recites the name once. Sound the ruler once.) The Marvelous Splendor emperor governed all-under-heaven, A lord and king in possession of the Way, he ruled the people. The hundreds of millions of mountains and streams were unified, The myriads of phenomena praised in concert this Great Peace. Let’s not discuss the emperor’s ample possession of the Way, Let us tell you about his main consort inside the rear palace: She went by the name of Precious Virtue and was the empress, A saintly mother of a buddha who had come down to earth. Her natural beauty from birth was fully perfect in all respects, Her humane virtue and kind compassion were without compare. The thirty-six palaces all served her with utmost reverence, The seventy-two courtyards all venerated her with proper awe. But even though she was the empress in the rear palace, She had not given birth to a crown prince, a son and heir. One after another, she had given birth to three daughters, And these three daughters I will now introduce to you all. The eldest sister, Marvelous Book, was the first of them, The second of them went by the name of Marvelous Sound.
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