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The Precious Scroll of Incense Mountain, Part 1 67 teeth. His eyes were bloodshot, and his voice roared like the thunder. All those present who saw him were so terrified that their soul left their body and their gall was shattered. If it wasn’t for the freezing cold that pierces the bone, How could the plum blossom produce such fragrance? Namo Guanshiyin pusa When her father the emperor heard this, his heart was vexed, His face showed the color of ash, his breath was like clouds. Loudly he ordered his underlings to arrest his third daughter, And his guardsmen before the hall responded like thunder. He ordered the officers in golden armor to his left and right: ‘‘Beat this devilish sprite to death with your heavy cudgels.’’ The civil and military court officials together addressed him: ‘‘Your Majesty, please pardon her crime, accept our advice! The princess is young of years, she lacks proper character. Display your grace, forgive her crime, and let matters rest!’’ The Marvelous Splendor emperor opened his golden mouth: ‘‘You ministers, come forward, and listen to my reasons. This wretched brazen hussy’s gall is as big as heaven, 49 Her mouth as sharp as a knife does not accept authority. Her undivided heart and liver are like bronze and iron, She refuses to listen to words of virtue and loyal advice. Cunning and sneaky, glib and sly, she’s not our treasure, Forgetting favor and betraying duty she is not a jewel. It’s best to eradicate this evil at the earliest opportunity, Because over the years she will develop into a she-devil.’’ The Marvelous Splendor emperor beat his table, and cursed her in a loud voice: ‘‘You crazy monstrous she-devil! You talk nonsense, your words make no sense!’’ He ordered her female attendants to strip her of her embroidered brocades and gauze garments, beat her with their staffs, and lock her up in the rear garden. ‘‘Once she has died of hunger and cold, We will be freed of a worry!’’ When Marvelous Goodness heard these words, she secretly smiled to herself. She was only too happy to divest herself of these garments! She kowtowed and left. Once the princess had arrived in the garden, she sighed to herself: ‘‘Wealth and status don’t depend on garments of
68 ThePreciousScrollofIncenseMountain,Part1 gauze and brocade; possession of the Way does not depend on status in the imperial palace.’’ In the garden she quietly practiced silent contemplation. Uncontaminated by even a speck of dust, she deeply entered the trance of meditation. Her thoughts were only on the Way of the Buddha. ‘‘To be able to escape from the palace was like getting out of a burning house! 50 Thanks to the Three Lights, finally I can practice cultivation to my heart’s content and full satisfaction!’’ When clouds disperse below the sky, heaven shows its color; When spring returns to the world, all phenomena are new. Namo Guanshiyin pusa The princess straightway left and entered the garden, Overcome with happiness now she could leave the palace: ‘‘From today I break with wine, sex, wealth, and honor, Eradicating forever the three pathways and eight dangers. 51 Embroideries, gauze garments: a debt of skin and hair, 52 My entire body now is purified, befitting nonaction. Once outside the palace gate the universe is wide, Freely roaming, independent—I thank Heaven’s grace. The imperial palace is not a place to establish oneself, My native home originally is located in my own heart. This garden here is just like the domain of the immortals, Strange flowers and rare fruits each season are new. Because my heart does not cling to birth and death, I have made up my mind and will cultivate the Way. I take no joy at all in the thousand kinds of pleasures, With all my heart I want to achieve the Way’s wisdom!’’ The princess stayed in the garden, happy in being without worries and cares, and enjoying the companionship of the clear moon and the white clouds. Harboring neither grudge nor resentment, she was always filled with joy. She sighed to herself: ‘‘I must have been blessed for a karmic cause, so I am free of all bedevilments and hindrances. Now I have been able to leave the palace, I am like a prisoner freed from her shackles, like a bird escaped from her cage, like a dragon that has found a stream, and like a tiger that has found her mountain. Freely roaming I suffer no worry or obstacle; self-
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