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The Prose & Verse of The Lotus Sutra
Chapter
25
The Universal Door of the Bodhisattva
Observing the Sounds of the World
Page 10
Responding & Manifesting; The body
Perfectly
possessing the power of spiritual penetration
Broadly cultivating wisdom
and the ways & means
There is nowhere in the ten directions
One can
not present one's life.
There
are various kinds of spiritual destinies
There is hell, hunger and brutality
There
are the
sufferings of birth, old age, sickness and death
All of them are gradually extinguished
The five observations & the light of wisdom; The mind
True
Observer, Pure Observer
Observer with Wisdom that is Broad & Great
Observer
with Compassion, Observer with Mercy
We vow to ever behold you with reverence
Untainted
pure light
Sun of insight that destroys all darkness
Able to subdue the
calamities of wind and fire
Everywhere illuminate all the worlds
The great response
Embodiment
of compassion; thunder of morality
Will of kindness; Great cloud of wonder
Rain
down the sweet dew of the Dharma rain
Extinguish the flames of emotional
distress
Capacity and response of the mouth and the body
If
there are
arguments before the courts
If there is fear on the fields of battle
Upon
evoking the power of Observing the Sound
The hosts of enemies will
retreat
and disperse
Prayer & Remembrance
Wonderful
Sound; Observing the Sounds of the World
Sound of Brahma; Sound of the
Ocean Tide
Sound unsurpassed in all the world
Ever to be kept in one's
thoughts
Faith
In
thought after thought one mustn't bear doubt1
Observing the Sounds of the
World is pure and noble
Through suffering, distress, danger and death
One can
always rely and take refuge
Encouragement to offer service
Possessing
all the merits and virtues
With an eye of kindness for all living beings
An
infinite ocean of blessings will amass
And so we should worship with reverence."
Outline of Title Outline of Prose Outline of Verse & Coda
Footnotes:
1. "In thought after thought one mustn't bear doubt": See Nichiren's interpretation of this passage from The Oral Transmission of the Hidden Meaning (J. Ongi Kuden)
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