The lotus of the wonderful law : $b or, The lotus gospel...

Instantly they each will vanish.

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Every evil state of existence,

Hells and ghosts and animals,

Sorrows of birth, age, disease, death,

All will thus be ended for him.

True Regard, serene Regard,

Far-reaching, wise Regard,

Regard of pity, Regard compassionate,

Ever longed for, ever looked for

In radiance ever pure and serene!

Wisdom’s sun, destroying darkness,

Subduer of woes, of storm, of fire,

Illuminator of the world!

Law of pity, thunder quivering,

Compassion wondrous as a great cloud,

Pouring spiritual rain like nectar,

Quenching all the flames of distress!

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Voice of the Regarder, wondrous Voice,

Voice of the rolling tide, Brahma-voice,

Voice all world-surpassing,

Ever to be cherished in mind

With never a doubting thought.

World’s Cry-Regarder, pure and holy,

In pain, distress, in death or woe,

Potent as a sure reliance,

Perfect in every virtuous merit,

All-beholding with eyes of pity,

Boundless ocean-store of blessings!

Prostrate, let us make obeisance.”

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“While the Buddha preached this chapter of the All-sided One, the eighty-four thousand living beings in the assembly set their minds on Perfect Enlightenment, with which nothing can compare.”