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

66 ThePreciousScrollofIncenseMountain,Part1
Namo Guanshiyin pusa
Marvelous Goodness stepped forward, curtsied, and said:
‘‘May the jade mirror in your bosom shine on my words.
Firstly I want him to stay forever young without aging,
Secondly I want him to live forever and never to die.
Thirdly I want him to bodily achieve the right fruit, 45
Fourthly I want him to see his nature, know Heaven’s truth.
Fifthly I want his three hindrances to have been annihilated,
Sixthly I want him to have cut off attachments at the root.
Seventhly I want his wisdom to surpass sun and moon,
Eighthly I want him to slake all enmity in the three worlds.
Ninthly I want him to be venerated by all deities and men,
Tenthly I want him to preach the Dharma, saving all beings.
Among the thousands of saints and sages he is the champion,
In heaven and on earth revered and venerated by the masses.
If you find me such a renowned physician, I will promptly
At the Lotus Flower Congregation become his bride!’’ 46
The princess replied to her father the emperor: ‘‘I want a physician
as my husband. But he has to be able to cure all kinds of beings of
the phenomena of birth and annihilation, of the emotions of sorrow
and desire, of the sufferings of aging and illness, of the restrictions
of high and low status, of the humiliations of wealth and poverty, of
the worries of liking and hatred, of the feeling of me and you, and of
the arrogance of ability and position, thereby transforming the people
of the wide world in such a way that they share heart and mind,
share form and features, share longevity and life, share name and
title, and share peace and joy. The myriad phenomena will all be in
order and equally be used. All beings, irrespective of the manner of
their birth or their path of rebirth, every wriggling creature imbued
with spirit, will achieve universal enlightenment and marvelous enlightenment.
They will all obtain the five kinds of vision and the six
supernatural powers, the three bodies and the four wisdoms, buddhahood
and bodhi! 47 If you can find me someone who can cure
the people of their illness of the heart, I will marry him this very
day, and together we will wear the armor of forbearance. 48 We will
sleep together on the bed of final nirvana, and sit side by side on the
throne of the Emptiness of All Phenomena. This is all I have to say.’’
When her father the emperor heard these words, he gnashed his