法苑珠林 60.43

60.43

"If there are men or women who hear this sūtra and dhāraṇī, uphold, copy, recite, and explain it, they will immediately transcend the sins of birth and death spanning immeasurable asaṃkhyeya kalpas, subduing poison and harm, never encountering disasters or adversaries, and moreover perfecting their wholesome roots and being born in a pure buddha-land." According to the Account of the Western Regions, on the shore of the Southern Sea there is a mountain monastery in which the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara constantly abides. Wherever there is someone who is mindful of him, he responds according to need like an echo, never failing to arrive sympathetically. If one arrives at the mountain monastery and fasts for seven days, one will immediately behold the holy one in person preaching the Dharma for them. It is truly because through fasting the mind is fervent that it causes one to sympathetically perceive him with penetrative clarity. Fasting in the ritual practices above is also like this.