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　　Sentenced by the State, condemned to die,

　　Evoke the strength of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva,

　　The sword will break to pieces just in time.

　　If bound and chained, restrained by ropes and shackles,

　　With hands and feet confined in stocks and gyves,

　　Evoke the strength of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva,

　　The fetters by themselves will fall aside.

　　Hexes, poison, magic spells, and voodoo,

　　Cast by those who plot to do you in,

　　Return to curse the sorcerer who sent them,

　　When you invoke the power of Gwan Shr Yin.

　　If you meet with evil Rakshashas,

　　Lethal dragons, ghosts, and vicious beasts,

　　Evoke the strength of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva,

　　None will dare to harm you in the least.

　　Circled round and trapped by savage creatures,

　　With razor fangs and claws that terrify,

　　Evoke the strength of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva,

　　And they will quickly flee to every side.

　　Facing vipers, scorpions, and pythons,

　　Belching poisons, fumes, and scorching flames,

　　Evoke the strength of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva,

　　They”ll shrink and turn away before his name.

　　When thunder-clouds explode and lightning crackles,

　　Dumping sleet, and hail, and heavy rains,

　　Evoke the strength of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva,

　　The skies will clear, the storms will drift away.

　　Living beings harassed and vexed, and troubled,

　　By countless sorrows, burdened without cease,

　　This Bodhisattva”s wondrous wisdom-power.

　　Can help the suffering world obtain relief.

　　Perfect and complete in psychic power,

　　Widely versed in wisdom”s subtle skills,

　　In lands throughout the ten directions,

　　The Bodhisattva manifests at will.

　　The agony amid the Evil Pathways,

　　The torments of the ghosts, the beasts, the hells,

　　The pains of birth, the aged, sick, and dying,

　　The Bodhisattva gradually dispels.

　　O Thou of true regard, of pure regard,

　　Regard far-reaching, wise, and truly great,

　　Thy loving-kindness, sympathy, and deep regard,

　　I vow to ever laud and venerate.

　　Your wisdom-sun can break apart the darkness,

　　Immaculate, your virgin light unfurls,

　　To quell disasters, winds, and storms, and fires,

　　A universal light for all the world.

　　Wellspring of compassion, precepts” thunder,

　　Your wondrous cloud of kindness covers all.

　　Extinguishing the fires of life”s afflictions,

　　As the rain of sweet-dew Dharma falls.

　　In trials, suits, and civil confrontations,

　　When fear runs high, when warring armies near,

　　Evoke the strength of Gwan Yin Bodhisattva,

　　Vengeance and bad feelings disappear.

　　Fine and wondrous sound: Gwan Shr Yin!

　　Brahma-sound, steady as the tides.

　　A name transcending every worldly sound,

　　Gwan Yin! Stay forever in my mind.

　　Let not a single doubt arise to haunt us,

　　For Gwan Yin Bodhisattva, Holy Sage,

　　Amid life”s troubles, and the pains of dying,

　　Will ever be our refuge, and our aid.

　　O Holy One! Replete with every virtue,

　　Your kindly gaze beholds all living beings.

　　A boundless sea you are, of every blessing.

　　And let us bow to offer our esteem!"

　　Then Bodhisattva, Guardian of the Earth arose from his seat, went before the Buddha and proclaimed, "O! World Honored One, living beings must have 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."

　　And while the Buddha spoke this Universal Door Chapter, eighty-four thousand living beings from among the assembly set their minds on achieving Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi!

　　(Recite the Great Compassion Mantra) (3x or 7x)

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