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The Precious Scroll of Incense Mountain, Part 1 63 Namo Guanshiyin pusa Marvelous Goodness that very moment replied as follows: ‘‘My father and emperor, please listen to what I have to say. Wealth and status cannot buy you free from birth and death, Do not cause me to rashly and lightly wreck my prospects. It’s impossible to fathom when Impermanence will come, So one should make up one’s mind to cultivate the Truth. Daddy, it would be best to allow me to practice cultivation, High Heaven will never betray a person whose heart is good. So I very much hope, dear daddy, that you will happily Allow me to study the Way and not repay all your favors. Riches and poverty and wedded bliss are like a spring dream; In cloudy forests I will follow the example of the ancients. In the domain of the Underworld one has no friends, In the court of King Yama no mercy is shown, and so, As the three pathways of earth’s prison fill me with fear, 41 I swear I will never allow my body to be taken by a man.’’ When the emperor heard this, rage showed on his dragon-mien, and he cursed her, shouting: ‘‘You brazen slut! You are a bewitching sprite who has come to haunt Us! We are the ruler of the whole country and the leader of the myriad people. And Our understanding would not be up to that of a mere girl like you? From ancient times till the present age, it has been true that if you have heaven and earth, you have yin and yang, and if you have yin and yang, then you have husband and wife. A man marries, and a woman is wed, such is the normal Great Rite! What kind of nonsense is this?’’ He ordered his guards to grab her and take her to the execution ground to have her beheaded. The guards to his left and right responded with a thunderous shout, yet still hesitated to lay hands on her. A blue-green pond of eternity, the moon in the empty sky: It takes repeated backbreaking effort to know the sound. Nama Guanshiyin pusa She had offended her father the emperor, who showed his rage, In a loud voice he shouted and cursed in a terrible manner:
64 ThePreciousScrollofIncenseMountain,Part1 ‘‘Monstrous she-devil, you are quite brazen to talk such nonsense, How can I listen to the perfidious and evil miasma you spout? We are the ruler of the mountains and rivers of the whole earth, Under the canopy of High Heaven I alone am the honored one. Hundreds of thousands of armored troops submit to my might, So it’s impossible to think that I would be unable to subdue you! For full thirty-six years I have governed all-under-heaven, The four seas know my fame, and the myriads of clans all obey. Throughout the ages the state’s orders are spread through the world, In past and present the king’s law brings order to the cosmos. The executioner’s sword will not behead loyal and filial sons, But when it comes to crimes, blood relationship means nothing: Mislead your lord and be unfilial, and you will be beheaded! We’ll exterminate this devilish monster, this monstrous vixen!’’ When Marvelous Goodness saw how enraged her father was, she stepped forward with folded hands, and said: ‘‘If the basin of your belly is like the ocean, it can absorb the hundred rivers. But because of this trifling matter, the breath of your rage resembles a mountain! I implore you, daddy, to show kind grace, and I hope that you will kindly consider [my request].’’ A breast like the moon reflected in water: undefiled by dust; Asceticism like ice and frost: that Way will forever endure. Namo Guanshiyin pusa When Marvelous Goodness saw her father’s towering rage, She stepped forward and told him the following, in detail: ‘‘The light and shade of a hundred years are a one-night guest, Alas, there is no way this floating world can endure forever. Man and wife by marrying and wedding create suffering, Widely planting roots for the Underworld, earth’s prison. If you really want to pressure me to marry a prince consort, My father, you should post a notice and find me a physician. 42 That physician should really be a renowned physician, Famous throughout the whole wide world as the very best.
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