Preface to Revised Edition
Preface to First Edition
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Introduction
1 The divine root conceives, its source revealed;
Mind and nature nurtured, the Great Dao is born.
2 Fully awoke to Bodhi’s wondrous truths,
He cuts off Māra, returns to the root, and joins Primal Spirit.
3 Four Seas and a Thousand Mountains all bow to submit;
From Ninefold Darkness ten species’ names are removed.
4 Appointed a BanHorse, could he be content?
Named Equal to Heaven, he’s still not appeased.
5 Disrupting the Peach Festival, the Great Sage steals elixir;
With revolt in Heaven, many gods would seize the fiend.
6 Guanyin, attending the banquet, inquires into the cause;
The Little Sage, exerting his power, subdues the Great Sage.
7 From the Eight Trigrams Brazier the Great Sage escapes;
Beneath the Five Phases Mountain, Mind Monkey is still.
8 Our Buddha makes scriptures to impart ultimate bliss;
Guanyin receives the decree to go up to Chang’an.
9 Chen Guangrui, going to his post, meets disaster;
Monk River Float, avenging his parents, repays his roots.
10 The Old Dragon King’s foolish schemes transgress Heaven’s decree;
Prime Minister Wei’s letter seeks help from an official of the dead.
11 Having toured the Underworld, Taizong returns to life;
Having presented melons and fruits, Liu Quan marries again.
12 The Tang emperor, firmly sincere, convenes a Grand Mass;
Guanyin, in epiphany, converts Gold Cicada.
13 In the den of tigers, the Gold Star brings deliverance;
At Double-Fork Ridge, Boqin detains the monk.
14 Mind Monkey returns to the Right;
The Six Robbers vanish from sight.
15 At Serpent Coil Mountain, the gods give secret protection;
At Eagle Grief Stream, the Horse of the Will is reined.
16 At Guanyin Hall the monks plot for the treasure;
At Black Wind Mountain a monster steals the cassock.
17 Pilgrim Sun greatly disturbs Black Wind Mountain;
Guanshiyin brings to submission the bear monster.
18 At Guanyin Hall the Tang Monk leaves his ordeal;
At Gao Village the Great Sage casts out the monster.
19 At Cloudy Paths Cave, Wukong takes in Eight Rules;
At Pagoda Mountain, Tripitaka receives the Heart Sūtra.
20 At Yellow Wind Ridge the Tang Monk meets adversity;
In mid- mountain, Eight Rules strives to be first.
21 The Vihārapālas prepare lodging for the Great Sage;
Lingji of Sumeru crushes the wind demon.
22 Eight Rules fights fiercely at Flowing-Sand River;
Mokṣa by order receives Wujing’s submission.
23 Tripitaka does not forget his origin;
The Four Sages test the priestly mind.
24 At Long Life Mountain the Great Immortal detains his old friend;
At Five Villages Abbey, Pilgrim steals the ginseng fruit.
25 The Zhenyuan Immortal gives chase to catch the scripture monk;
Pilgrim Sun greatly disturbs Five Villages Abbey.
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