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Gateway of Kanzeon Bodhisattva
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Sutra, chapter 25
Listen
to the deeds of Kanzeon (Regarder of the World's Sounds),
Aptly responding
in every quarter,
Who with immense vow deep as oceans,
Throughout kalpas
beyond reckoning,
Has served many billions of Buddhas, Bringing forth this
great pure vow.
Hearing the name or seeing the form of Kanzeon
With mindful
remembrance is not vain,
For thus can be erased the woes of existence.
Even if someone with harmful intent
Should push you into a great fiery pit,
By mindfully invoking Kanzeon's power,
The pit of fire will turn into a pond.
If
floating on a vast sea, Menaced by dragons, fish, or demons,
By mindfully
invoking Kanzeon's power,
The billowing waves cannot drown you.
If
from Mount Sumeru's lofty peak, Someone were to hurl you down,
By mindfully
invoking Kanzeon's power,
Like the sun you would hang in the sky.
If
pursued by evil men, Down from a diamond mountain,
By mindfully invoking Kanzeon's
power,
They could not harm a single hair.
If
surrounded by vicious bandits, Each wielding a sword, set for assault,
By
mindfully invoking Kanzeon's power,
At once their hearts will be turned to
compassion.
If,
subject to persecution from dictators, You face torture and execution,
By
mindfully invoking Kanzeon's power,
Their weapons will thereby shatter to
pieces.
If
imprisoned in shackles and chains, Hands and feet bound in restraints,
By
mindfully invoking Kanzeon's power,
Suddenly you shall be released.
If
by curses or poisonous herbs, Someone wishes to hurt your body,
By mindfully
invoking Kanzeon's power,
The harm will rebound to its initiator.
If
you meet evil goblins, poison dragons, or various demons,
By mindfully invoking
Kanzeon's power,
None will dare do harm.
If
surrounded by raging beasts, With sharp fangs and dreadful claws,
By mindfully
invoking Kanzeon's power,
They will quickly scatter in all directions.
If
venomous snakes or scorpions,
Threaten with noxious, flaming breath,
By mindfully invoking Kanzeon's power,
Upon hearing your voice they will turn
and depart.
If
clouds thunder and lightning strikes,
When hailstones fall, and it rains in
torrents,
By mindfully invoking Kanzeon's power,
Instantly they will
dissipate.
When
living beings suffer hardships, Burdened by immeasurable woes,
The power of
Kanzeon's wondrous wisdom
Can relieve the suffering of the world.
Fully
endowed with miraculous powers,
Widely practicing wisdom and skillful means,
In every land in all directions, In no realm does Kanzeon not appear.
In all
the various evil destinies,
Of hell beings, hungry ghosts, and animals,
The sufferings of birth, old age, sickness, and death,
All are gradually erased
by Kanzeon,
Whose true regard, serene regard, Far-reaching wise regard,
Regard with compassion and loving kindness,
Is ever longed for, ever revered.
Unblemished, serene radiance; Benevolent sun, dispelling all gloom,
Kanzeon
can subdue the wind and fire of woes,
Clearly illuminating all the world.
The precepts of compassion roar like thunder,
The kind heart is wondrous as
great clouds,
Pouring Dharma rain of sweet dew,
Quenching all flames of
troubling passion.
When accused by lawyers in courts, Or terrified amid soldiers
in combat,
By mindfully invoking Kanzeon's power,
All hostilities will
be dispersed.
The
wondrous voice of Kanzeon,
Pure as Brahma-voiced sounds of the tides,
Surpasses all sounds within the world,
Therefore ever keep it in mind, In
each thought with never a doubt.
Kanzeon, the pure sage, In pain, agony, or
death's distress,
Can provide a sure support. Fully endowed with all virtues,
Eyes of compassion behold all beings,
Assembling a boundless ocean of happiness,
Thus, with reverence, bow in prostration.