"The Universal Door Of The Bodhisattva Who Listens To

　　The Sounds Of All The World"

　　觀世音菩薩普門品

　　Translated from the Sanskrit into Chinese byTripitaka Dharma Master Kumarajiva of the Yao Chin Dynasty.

　　姚秦叁藏法師鸠摩羅什譯

　　Translated from Chinese into English by the Buddhist Text

　　Translation Society,Dharma Realm Buddhist University.

　　Namo Fundamental Teacher Shakyamuni Buddha

　　南無本師釋迦牟尼佛

　　Verse for Opening a Sutra

　　開經偈

　　"The unsurpassed, deep, profound, subtle, wonderful Dharma,

　　In a hundred thousand million eons, is difficult to encounter;

　　Now that I”ve come to receive and hold it, within my sight and hearing,

　　I vow to fathom the Thus Come One”s true and actual meaning.

　　無上甚深微妙法，百千萬劫難遭遇。我今見聞得受持，願解如來真實義。

　　At that time, Bodhisattva Infinite Resolve rose from his seat, bared his right shoulder, joined his palms, and facing the Buddha, said, "O World Honored One, how did Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva get the name Gwan Shr Yin

　　"

　　爾時無盡意菩薩，即從座起。偏袒右肩。合掌向佛。而作是言。世尊。觀世音菩薩。以何因緣名觀世音。

　　The Buddha answered Bodhisattva Infinite Resolve,

　　"Good Man, if all the countless hundreds of thousands of millions 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 immediately respond to their prayers and set them free.

　　佛告無盡意菩薩。善男子。若有無量百千萬億衆生。受諸苦惱。聞是觀世音菩薩。一心稱名。觀世音菩薩。即時觀其音聲。皆得解脫。

　　If those who hold the name of Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva should fall into a great fire, the fire will not burn them, because of Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva”s awesome spiritual power. If they are being tossed about in deep and treacherous waters and call his name, they will quickly reach the shallows.

　　若有持是觀世音菩薩名者。設入大火。火不能燒。由是菩薩威神力故。若爲大水所漂。稱其名號。即得淺處。

　　Hundreds of thousand of myriads of millions of men in search of gold, silver, lapis lazuli, moonstones, and carnelian, coral, amber, pearls, and other precious treasures, may run afoul of violent squalls that blow their ships to the lands of Rakshashas.

　　若有百千萬億衆生。爲求金、銀、琉璃、砗磲、瑪瑙、珊瑚、琥珀、真珠等寶。入于大海。假使黑風吹其船舫。漂墮羅刹鬼國。

　　But if one man among them calls the name of Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva, then the entire group will all be saved from the throes of the Rakshashas. For this reason he is called "The Enlightened One Who Listens to the Sounds of All the World."

　　其中若有乃至一人。稱觀世音菩薩名者。是諸人等。皆得解脫羅刹之難。以是因緣。名觀世音。

　　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.

　　若複有人。臨當被害。稱觀世音菩薩名者。彼所執刀杖。尋段段壞。而得解脫。

　　Even if the entire three-fold, great, thousand-world system were teeming with 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 see them with their wicked eyes, much less do them in!

　　若叁千大千國土。滿中夜叉羅刹。欲來惱人。聞其稱觀世音菩薩名者。是諸惡鬼。尚不能以惡眼視之。況複加害。

　　If there is a person, whether innocent or guilty, who is locked in stocks or 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.

　　設複有人。若有罪。若無罪。杻械枷鎖。檢系其身。稱觀世音菩薩名者。皆悉斷壞。即得解脫。

　　Suppose vicious thieves in legions that could fill a three-fold, great, thousand-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: "Good Men, do not be afraid! With all your hearts invoke the name of Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva, the Enlightened One Who Gives Courage to All Beings! If we beseech this Bodhisattva, we will surely escape these thieves".

　　若叁千大千國土。滿中怨賊。有一商主。將諸商人。赍持重寶。經過險路。其中一人作是唱言。諸善男子。勿得恐怖。汝等應當一心稱觀世音菩薩名號。是菩薩能以無畏。施于衆生。汝等若稱名者。于此怨賊。當得解脫。

　　Upon hearing this exhortation, if all the traders in unison cry out, ”Namo Gwan Shr Yin Bodhisattva!” By virtue of calling out Gwan Shr Yin”s name, they …

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