如淨和尚語錄 2.46

2.46

皇后殿秋會小參。妙音觀世音。具足神通力。十方諸國土。無剎不現身。於是莊嚴天妙仙衣。端坐坤寧寶殿。贊一人皇化。作萬國母儀。道德淳熙。雨賜嘉泰。直得光齊日月。春風永茂於金枝。壽等山河。瑞氣長。新於玉葉。圍繞毘盧真境。發輝菩提妙花。茲者慶遇清秋。忻承佳運。特頒大施。崇建小參。點開佛祖眼睛。普會人天鼻孔。一敲一唱。盡林下之愚誠。載喜載瞻。滿天中之心願。廣大如法界。究竟若虛空。正當恁麼。以拂子打一圓相云。妙音觀世音。說法故如是。且道。四眾合掌信受奉行一句。又作麼生。天上有星皆拱北。人間無水不朝東。

Minor convocation on the autumn gathering for the Empress’s Hall:
“The Wonderful Sound, Avalokiteśvara, is fully endowed with spiritual power; in all the lands of the ten directions, there is no realm where she does not manifest her body. Thereupon, adorned in celestial, wondrous divine robes, she sits upright in the Kunning Treasure Hall, assisting the single ruler’s imperial transformation and serving as a maternal model for myriad states. Her moral virtue is pure and brilliant; her rain of gifts brings auspicious peace. It brings her radiance to equal the sun and moon, with spring breezes flourishing forever on the golden branches; her longevity matches the mountains and rivers, with auspicious vapors eternally fresh on the jade leaves. Circling the true realm of Vairocana, she radiates the wondrous flower of bodhi. Today, celebrating the encounter with clear autumn and joyfully receiving this auspicious turn of fortune, she specially bestows great giving and establishes this minor convocation, poking open the eyes of Buddhas and Patriarchs, universally gathering the nostrils of gods and humans. One tap, one chant, exhausting the foolish sincerity under the forest; rejoicing and gazing up, fulfilling the vows of heaven. Vast as the Dharmadhātu, ultimate as empty space. Just at such a moment—”
Striking a circle with the whisk, he said: “The Wonderful Sound, Avalokiteśvara, preaches the Dharma just like this! And tell me, how is the phrase ‘the four assemblies joined their palms, faithfully received, and practiced it’?
In the heavens, all the stars bow toward the North;
Among humankind, no water fails to flow east.”