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{\f2 \fs24 \AppleTypeServices \b \lang1033 Sutra on the }{\f3 \fs24 \AppleTypeSe rvices \b \i \lang1033 Lotus Flower of the Wondrous Dharma}{\f2 \fs24 \AppleType Services \b \i0 \lang1033 \par } {\f1 \fs24 \AppleTypeServices \b0 \lang1033 \par }{\f2 \fs24 \AppleTypeServices \b \lang1033 \ldblquote The Universal Door Of The Bodhisattva Who Listens To The Sounds\par Of All The World\rdblquote } {\f1 \fs24 \AppleTypeServices \b0 \lang1033 \par \par (Translated from the Sanskrit into Chinese by\par Tripitaka Dharma Master Kumarajiva of the Yao Chin Dynasty.\par \par Translated from Chinese into English by the Buddhist Text\par Translation Society,\par Dharma Realm Buddhist University.)\par \par \par Namo Fundamental Teacher Shakyamuni Buddha (3x).\par \par (Verse for Opening a Sutra)\par \par \ldblquote The unsurpassed, deep, profound, subtle, wonderful Dharma,\par In a hundred thousand million eons, is difficult to encounter;\par Now that I've come to receive and hold it, within my sight and hearing,\par I vow to fathom the Thus Come One's true and actual meaning.\par \par \tab At that time, Bodhisattva Infinite Resolve rose from his seat, bared his ri ght shoulder, joined his palms, and facing the Buddha, said, \ldblquote O World Honored One, how did Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva get the name Gwan Shr Yin?\rdblqu ote \par \tab The Buddha answered Bodhisattva Infinite Resolve, \par \tab \ldblquote Good Man, if all the countless hundreds of thousands of million s of living beings tormented by misery and pain hear of Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva , and with all their hearts invoke his name, Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva will immed iately respond to their prayers and set them free. \par \tab If those who hold the name of Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva should fall into a g reat fire, the fire will not burn them, because of Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva's aw esome spiritual power. If they are being tossed about in deep and treacherous wa ters and call his name, they will quickly reach the shallows.\par \tab Hundreds of thousand of myriads of millions of men in search of gold, silv er, lapis lazuli, moonstones,and carnelian, coral, amber, pearls, and other prec ious treasures, may run afoul of violent squalls that blow their ships to the la nds of Rakshashas.\par \tab But if one man among them calls the name of Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva,then t he entire group will all be saved from the throes of the Rakshashas. For this re ason he is called \ldblquote The Enlightened One Who Listens to the Sounds of Al l the World.\rdblquote \par \tab If someone facing deadly harm recites Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva's name, the weapons of the assailants will break apart and he will get away. \par \tab Even if the entire three-fold, great, thousand-world system were teeming wi th Yakshas and Rakshashas bent on vexing men, when the evil demons hear the name of Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva called out by these men, they will not be able to s ee them with their wicked eyes, much less do them in!\par \tab If there is a person,whether innocent or guilty, who is locked in stocks o r shackled by ropes and chains, his fetters will snap and fall away, letting him go free as soon as he invokes Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva's name. \par \tab Suppose vicious thieves in legions that could fill a three-fold, great, tho usand- world system infest a perilous road along which a merchant chief guides a traders' caravan laden with precious jewels.If one man among them proclaims: \l

dblquote Good Men, do not be afraid! With all your hearts invoke the name of Gwa n Shr Yin Bodhisattva, the Enlightened One Who Gives Courage to All Beings! If w e beseech this Bodhisattva, we will surely escape these thieves\rdblquote .\par \tab Upon hearing this exhortation, if all the traders in unison cry out, \lquot e Namo Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva!\rquote By virtue of calling out Gwan Shr Yin' s name, they will immediately go free. \par \tab Infinite Resolve! How imposing is the awesome spiritual power of the Great Bodhisattva Who Listens to the Sounds of All the World! \par \tab If any living being with weighty desires can constantly revere and keep in mind Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva, his passions will subside. If someone with much a nger can constantly revere and keep in mind Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva, then his a nger will subside.If someone dull and foolish can constantly revere and keep in mind Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva, he will leave stupidity behind. \tab \par \tab Infinite Resolve! The Bodhisattva Who Listens to the Sounds of All the Worl d,with his magnificent spiritual power, confers such abundant benefits as these. And so, living beings should always keep him in their hearts and hold his name in mind.\par \tab If women seeking sons bow to and make offerings to the Bodhisattva Gwan Shr Yin, they will give birth to sons happy, virtuous, and wise.If instead, they wi sh for daughters, they will bear gifted daughters with deep-rooted, wholesome ch aracters, beloved and respected by all.\par \tab Infinite Resolve! Such is the power of the Bodhisattva Who Listens to the S ounds of All the World. Any living being who worships and makes offerings to Gwa n Shr Yin Bodhisattva will never take a loss\par \tab Therefore, every single living being should hold Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva's name in mind. Infinite Resolve! Suppose someone held the names of Bodhisattvas to the number of grains of sand in sixty-two million Ganges Rivers, and for this person's entire life, made offerings to them all of food and drink, clothes, be dding, and medicine. What is your opinion? Would the merit and virtue accrued by that good man or woman be abundant?\rdblquote \par \tab Infinite Resolve replied, \ldblquote Extremely abundant, World Honored One, very great indeed!\rdblquote \par \tab The Buddha said, \ldblquote Yet if someone else held the name of Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva, bowed and made an offering but one time, the blessings of these two people would be identical,the same in every way, and would endure for quadr illions of aeons.\par \tab Infinite Resolve! Holding the name of Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva brings bless ings and benefits as limitless and boundless as these.\rdblquote \par \tab Again,the Bodhisattva Infinite Resolve asked the Buddha, \ldblquote World Honored One, how does Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva wander in this Saha World? How do es he speak Dharma for living beings, and what manner of resourcefulness does he command?\rdblquote \par \tab The Buddha answered Bodhisattva Infinite Resolve, \ldblquote If there is a living being in some country who can be liberated by a Buddha, Gwan Shr Yin Bodh isattva appears as a Buddha and teaches him the Dharma.If someone can be liberat ed by a Pratyeka Buddha, he appears as a Pratyeka Buddha and teaches him the Dha rma. If someone can be liberated by a Sound-hearer, he appears as a Sound- heare r and teaches him the Dharma. If someone can be liberated by a Brahma-heaven Kin g, he appears as a Brahma- heaven King and teaches him the Dharma.\par \tab If someone can be liberated by Shakra, he appears as Shakra and teaches hi m the Dharma. If someone can be liberated by the God of Comfort, he appears as t he God of Comfort and teaches him the Dharma. If someone can be liberated by the God of Great Comfort, he appears as the God of Great Comfort and teaches him th e Dharma. If someone can be liberated by a mighty General of the Gods, he appear s as a mighty General of the Gods and teaches him the Dharma. If someone can be liberated by the God Vaisravana, he appears as Vaisravana and teaches him the Dh arma. \tab \par \tab If someone can be liberated by a minor king, he appears as a minor king and teaches him the Dharma. If someone can be liberated by an elder, he appears as an elder and teaches him the Dharma. If someone can be liberated by a lay-perso

n, he appears as a lay-person and teaches him the Dharma. If someone can be lib erated by a minister of state, he appears as a minister of state and teaches him the Dharma.\par \tab If someone can be liberated by a Brahman, he appears as a Brahman and teach es him the Dharma. If someone can be liberated by a monk or nun, a layman or a l aywoman, he appears as a monk or nun, a layman or laywoman and teaches him the D harma. If someone can be liberated by the wife of an elder, layman, minister of state, or Brahman, he appears as a wife and teaches him the Dharma. \par \tab If someone can be liberated by a lad or maiden, he appears as a lad or maid en and teaches him the Dharma. If someone can be liberated by a god, dragon, yak sha, or gandharva, an asura, garuda, kinnara, or mahoraga, a human, nonhuman, an d so forth, he appears accordingly and teaches him the Dharma. And if someone ca n be liberated by a Vajra-wielding Spirit, he appears as a Vajra-wielding Spirit and teaches him the Dharma. \par \tab Infinite Resolve! Such are the meritorious deeds done by Gwan Shr Yin, the Bodhisattva who roams throughout the world and appears in various forms to rescu e living beings. Therefore you should all wholeheartedly make offerings to the B odhisattva Who Listens to the Sounds of All the World.\par \tab In times of terror, crisis, and trouble, the Great Bodhisattva Gwan Shr Yi n can bestow courage and dispel all fears. Therefore, all throughout the Saha wo rld we call him Giver of Courage. \par \tab The Bodhisattva Infinite Resolve said to the Buddha, \ldblquote World Honor ed One, I will now make an offering to the Bodhisattva Gwan Shr Yin.\rdblquote \ par \tab And so saying, he removed his rosary of pearls, worth hundreds of thousands of taels of gold and presented it to the Bodhisattva with these words: \ldblqu ote O Humane One, please accept my offering of Dharma, this rosary of precious pearls.\rdblquote \par \tab But Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva would not accept the pearls. Infinite Resolve once more entreated Gwan Shr Yin, \par \tab \ldblquote O Humane One, out of pity for us, please receive the rosary.\rdb lquote \par \tab Then the Buddha said to Gwan Shr Yin, \ldblquote Out of compassion for Infi nite Resolve and the Four Assemblies, for the gods, dragons, yakshas, gandharvas , asuras,garudas, kinnaras, mahoragas, humans, and nonhuman beings, and the rest , accept this rosary.\rdblquote \par \tab Then Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva, out of pity for the Four Assemblies, for the gods, dragons, humans, non humans, and the rest, accepted the rosary and divide d it into two parts. One strand he offered to Shakyamuni Buddha, the other to th e stupa of the Buddha Many Jewels.\par \tab Infinite Resolve! With such sovereign spiritual powers does the Bodhisattva Gwan Shr Yin traverse the Saha World. Then the Bodhisattva Infinite Resolve put his questions into verses and asked them once again:\par \par } {\f4 \fs24 \AppleTypeServices \i \lang1033 \ldblquote World Honored One,\par Complete with Wondrous Hallmarks,\par Several questions I would ask again. \par How did this disciple of the Buddha, \par Earn the name Gwan Shr Yin?\par \par Then the World Honored One, his every feature full, answered in melodious verse to Infinite Resolve:\par \par Come listen and I'll tell you Gwan Yin's story \par How deftly he responds to every side; \par Spanning ages past the ken of numbers,\par With oceanic vows both deep and wide.\par \par Serving ancient Buddhas, several billions,\par

His pure and lofty vows in brief I'll tell.\par Whoever sees his face or learns about him,\par Who can hold this Bodhisattva's name,\par Will leave behind the sorrows of existence,\par And so this cultivation's not in vain!\par \par Should you be pushed into a raging fire,\par By enemies so harmful, mean, and cruel,\par Evoke the strength of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva \par The blaze will turn into a limpid pool.\par \par If cast adrift upon the mighty ocean, \par Where dragons, ghosts,and sharks in turn surround,\par Evoke the strength of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva,\par You'll float atop the waves and will not drown.\par \par Suppose an evil person pushed you headlong,\par From atop the peak called Wondrous Tall,\par Evoke the strength of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva,\par And like the sun in space you will not fall.\par \par Perhaps you tumble down from Vajra Mountain,\par Fleeing wicked ruffians who pursue, \par Evoke the strength of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva,\par And not the slightest harm will come to you.\par \par Surrounded by a mob of heartless bandits,\par Their weapons drawn, with murder on their minds,\par Evoke the strength of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva,\par Their evil hearts will soften and turn kind.\par \par If you are on the verge of execution, \par Sentenced by the State, condemned to die,\par Evoke the strength of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva,\par The sword will break to pieces just in time.\par \par If bound and chained, restrained by ropes and shackles,\par With hands and feet confined in stocks and gyves,\par Evoke the strength of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva,\par The fetters by themselves will fall aside.\par \par Hexes, poison, magic spells, and voodoo,\par Cast by those who plot to do you in, \par Return to curse the sorcerer who sent them,\par When you invoke the power of Gwan Shr Yin.\par \par If you meet with evil Rakshashas,\par Lethal dragons, ghosts, and vicious beasts,\par Evoke the strength of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva,\par None will dare to harm you in the least.\par \par Circled round and trapped by savage creatures,\par With razor fangs and claws that terrify,\par Evoke the strength of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva,\par And they will quickly flee to every side.\par \par Facing vipers, scorpions, and pythons, \par Belching poisons, fumes, and scorching flames,\par Evoke the strength of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva,\par They'll shrink and turn away before his name.\par

\par When thunder-clouds explode and lightning crackles,\par Dumping sleet, and hail, and heavy rains,\par Evoke the strength of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva,\par The skies will clear, the storms will drift away.\par \par Living beings harassed and vexed, and troubled,\par By countless sorrows, burdened without cease,\par This Bodhisattva's wondrous wisdom-power.\par Can help the suffering world obtain relief.\par \par Perfect and complete in psychic power,\par Widely versed in wisdom's subtle skills,\par In lands throughout the ten directions,\par The Bodhisattva manifests at will.\par \par The agony amid the Evil Pathways,\par The torments of the ghosts, the beasts, the hells,\par The pains of birth, the aged, sick, and dying,\par The Bodhisattva gradually dispels.\par \par O Thou of true regard, of pure regard,\par Regard far-reaching, wise,and truly great,\par Thy loving-kindness, sympathy, and deep regard, \par I vow to ever laud and venerate.\par \par Your wisdom-sun can break apart the darkness,\par Immaculate, your virgin light unfurls, \par To quell disasters, winds, and storms, and fires,\par A universal light for all the world.\par \par Wellspring of compassion, precepts' thunder,\par Your wondrous cloud of kindness covers all.\par Extinguishing the fires of life's afflictions,\par As the rain of sweet-dew Dharma falls.\par \par In trials, suits, and civil confrontations,\par When fear runs high, when warring armies near,\par Evoke the strength of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva,\par Vengeance and bad feelings disappear.\par \par Fine and wondrous sound: Gwan Shr Yin!\par Brahma-sound, steady as the tides.\par A name transcending every worldly sound,\par Gwan Yin! Stay forever in my mind.\par \par Let not a single doubt arise to haunt us,\par For Gwan Yin Bodhisattva, Holy Sage,\par Amid life's troubles, and the pains of dying,\par Will ever be our refuge, and our aid.\par \par O Holy One! Replete with every virtue,\par Your kindly gaze beholds all living beings.\par A boundless sea you are, of every blessing.\par And let us bow to offer our esteem!\rdblquote \par } {\f1 \fs24 \AppleTypeServices \i0 \lang1033 \par \tab Then Bodhisattva, Guardian of the Earth arose from his seat, went before th e Buddha and proclaimed, \ldblquote O! World Honored One, living beings must ha ve abundant merit and virtue to hear this chapter on Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva's

sovereign deeds, and how he universally responds with his spiritual power.\rdblq uote \par \tab And while the Buddha spoke this Universal Door Chapter, eighty\endash four thousand living beings from among the assembly set their minds on achieving Anut tara\endash samyak\endash sambodhi!\par \par \par (Recite the Great Compassion Mantra (3x or 7x)\par \par Namo He La Da Nwo. \par Dwo La Ye Ye...\par \par Mantra For Patching Flaws In the Recitation\par \par Na Mwo He La Da Nwo \par Dwo La Ye Ye\par Jyu Lwo Jyu Lwo\par Jyu Ju Jyu Ju\par Mwo La Mwo La\par Hu Lu Hung\par He He\par Su Dan Nwo\par Hung\par Pwo Mwo Nu \par Swo Pwo He\par (Recite 3x)\par \par \par Transferrence\par May the merit and virtue of this recitation\par Be shared everywhere with everyone\par So that I and all living beings\par Can accomplish Buddhahood together \par \par \par }}}