..续本文上一页 away. When I rose the next morning, my body was smooth and my head was clear, and my whole chest felt like the blue sky washed with water. I never knew there existed such a jewel like this in the world. From then on, the Dabei Zhou was ingrained in my mind.

　　Monkey”s magic rod can shrink and expand to protect itself and control the demons. Why was I reciting Great Compassion Mantra

　　 Had I not fallen, would I have encountered it

　　 Do all the many people who fall in this world get to encounter it

　　 Would anyone who has affinities with this mantra suffer from sickness

　　 When and where will the mantra appear, and why

　　Once I memorized the mantra and its mystery disappeared, its beauty began to manifest in the sounds of recitation. Each rhythm is like a petal, and the entire flower is inconceivable. The Great Compassion Mantra is like a huge, inconceivable, heavenly flower.

　　One day my daughter told me there was a novel regarding the mantra in Su Ching”s collection. I was surprised and found the article "The Secret of the Pendant." The story goes like this: A man hated all women because his own wife was unfaithful. Fearing that his daughter would be like his wife, he pushed her off a cliff, and then left home to join the military. When the army was retreating and other people were looting goods, he was raping women in vengeance. Later, regretting his behavior, he went into a monastery, where the sight of the solemn statues made him frightened of his own offenses. He requested to leave home, but the abbot did not permit it. The abbot taught him to recite the Great Compassion Mantra so that he would be safe from disasters. Later he fell in love with a girl who looked like his daughter. Before he died, he gave the girl a pendant containing the mantra, which he had recited ten thousand times.

　　This story shows that once you give up your butcher”s knife, you can become enlightened. The author illustrated the desperation and hope of human life, and the mantra symbolized a soothing power. I doubt the author truly understood the mantra, but people with affinities are called, and the calling is so strong that it can only be described as "great kindness and compassion."

　　Speaking of great kindness and compassion reminds me of Guanyin Bodhisattva, who gave us the mantra with a beautiful story. Once when Buddha was ready to preach, his disciple Guanyin Bodhisattva, by his spiritual powers, emitted light which shone upon the mountains and rivers. When another disciple placed his palms together and asked the Buddha the cause for the light, the Buddha told everyone that the light was the work of a Bodhisattva in the assembly named One Who Contemplates Sounds at Ease, who accomplished great kindness and compassion countless ages ago, and who skillfully practiced infinite dharani doors. At that time, Guanyin Bodhisattva stood up and told the Buddha that he had attained the Great Compassion Dharani Mantra, which can prolong life, bestow wealth, diminish bad karma, dispel obstacles and fear, increase good dharmas, and fulfill all wishes. The Buddha replied that it was time to speak the mantra to benefit living beings. That”s how we came to know of the mantra.

　　How did Guanyin Bodhisattva learn of the mantra

　　 Limitless eons ago, he heard the teachings and received the mantra from Thousand Lights King Peacefully Dwelling Thus Come One. That Buddha anointed his head and asked him to uphold the mantra to benefit living beings in the world. Guanyin Bodhisattva, who was at the First Ground, immediately attained to the Eighth Ground upon hearing the mantra. Guanyin Bodhisattva was joyful, and vowed that if he could benefit living beings in the future, he would attain a thousand hands and a thousand eyes. Immediately after making that vow, he g…

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