Kuan Yin ~ Goddess Of Mercy

An unexpected prompting comes from Heaven - Mount T'ai gives its riches completely unexpectedly - However, it's good for you to know what could happen to you; The wise one has ways and means to help you travel on.

The one who goes out to try it has great luck - The way the highest quality jade isn't visible in the rock, Yes, indeed, you should get advice from a wise one ... The time has come to find happiness as it's always been found.

Carve a wooden tiger to guard your door: Its teeth are bared, but actually it harms no one - It seems to do the trick, but doesn't stop anyone else - So you can relax and be yourself while you're out being human.

The climber reaches the middle of the peak in a day, But what are you doing here? It's dangerous - Looking up ahead, he prays that Heaven will protect him, And then the crag in front of him opens like a cave.

Spring flowers shine with a Paradise-glow, Thousands of wagons arrive here stacked with wealth, You find your way to the highest accolade as if on a wave, And if you're lucky, it's like a thunderclap that bumps you down!

The clouds part, but the way is misty on the mountain: All of Creation becomes a circle when the moon is full - When you wake up, your fictional dreams and fantasies die, And the wise one will lead you to the true, real Paradise.

Virtue and a good name can be ruined by wrong doing, Take care; in a streak of good luck, the chill can come - The drunk, pissed in his cups, has nowhere he can lean And the pine tree is a shadow in the dreams of liars.

You can't see the moon in its early new days But isn't it radiant, gold and round, nevertheless? Wait until mid-month for the Lighting of the Night - And then its brightness fills the whole circle of the sky.

Fluorescent orange flames blaze with a heat like Heaven, Scorching everything in their path - but not the water lily; It seems as if it must die - but it isn't even touched - All its tendrils and flowers come back on the other side.

In autumn, the leaves flake from the phoenix tree And the travellers come home like birds migrating ... The workmen thank Heaven who is their protection - And a vessel full of treasure is borne home on the wind.

You want to become immortal at once, so you study it - And before you know it one morning you're made Emperor. Heaven, the sun and moon all shine brightly down on you, And sincerity, in your name, spreads across the four seas.

Lying to your protector-guide doesn't lead to peace, He finds peace for you - but you give nothing back; Don't forget that what the holy ones advise is right Don't treat their bread with meaningless disrespect.

Don't boil up the water so hot it turns white - Neither frothing, or too cool - let it warm gently, Do what Heaven wants not what someone else decides, Make do with what you have: it's the milk of human life.

In a dream, you're told how to find a great fortune! Your reputation and wealth lie beyond your grasp - Hardships exist, but they don't have to bring you down, A wise one will guide you, then you will be laughing.

A fish and a dragon in a river thought, 'We'll live together.' They hid deep in the depths, waiting for their time ... Staying out of trouble, one morning they'll escape - And they'll leap the gate in one, into the Palace of Ecstasy.

It's not a good idea to climb a mountain with a tiger, You're wobbly, you're nervous, every move you make is tense Suddenly something you remember could help you now - And if you do what you learnt then you won't fall foul

A snow goose snags itself inside a cage - Wanting to change itself, this is not the way through Every way away from herself she can't escape ... This reading is the saddest and truest one of all. 

Spring's coming unfortunately brings out all the bugs, Metamorphosing themselves they flourish from the mud - In winter they all return from where they started At dawn they get going like a dragon off its lead!

We use the bees to make sweet honey Yet we dread getting the sting in their tail - Naturally, there are other ways to make things to live; Your seeing is cloudy and hidden as if in a poisonous wood.

Who can grasp the Dragon of the Nineteenth Level? A woman shouldn't marry or live with two husbands - How in all honesty can one bow handle two arrows? It's sad, but dragons and horses just can't get on.

The coming of the morning is like a bee among the flowers, He buzzes and roves wherever he needs to go ... Springtime passes and the flowers no longer blossom, Pained in your heart, there's nowhere to go or stay.

A plum tree stands alone on a hill of its own, Its petals drop, its branches wither, its sap falls low ... And yet spring comes with all its vibrancy in spite of frost And the beauty and the life return to the flowers (see them).

Open your doors to blessing - it doesn't come every day, Store up goodness and open the gates wide to glory! It's a good time for you farmers, couples, and families - And at last the sick are freed into a new lease of life.

The chun takes care to maintain the golden mean, Don't add to it, resist it, or fawn to it either - Stay with truth, standing awake, putting others first - You need consciousness and grounding to shine as you are.

The man's in a hurry and the horses are in danger on the road, To lose a company of soldiers means you're both in trouble It's like a broken vessel, blown through the rushing gorge ... Sunlight fades the blossoms, and Heaven sends down frost.

Don't rest on your laurels with what you've got; It's neither 'bad', at this time, nor is it 'good'. Don't cut a part of yourself off to make a patch, Don't react like this to make a change ...

The fish swims in muddied jade green water Surrounded on all sides by a trawler net; He thinks that if he wriggles, he can escape - And fate says yes, OK: and equally, no: no way.

When the day to go  by boat comes, the compass is lost - We're sailing in mid-ocean now, trying to find it, As if now is the time we have to find it - But that's a waste of energy, a waste of compassion. 

Throughout the day and night, the Buddha protects us - He clarifies the way as if through his own body ... Following such a wise one, to meet him is luck itself! When you meet true richness, unbelievable wealth comes.

At sunrise, prayers are chanted moon-set, there's singing Take part in whatever's happening, but laugh too - laugh Grief comes out of nowhere, and you turn your face away But shout out for the prize of life, join in with the note!

This child is Haisla by birth, divine by nature. 

The fire swells with heat when it's stoked up with fuel, It ravages a track of land - and then it turns on you, It's no use; you're going to burn in your own blood, Do you think your money can buy you out?

Ascend - it's vital that you hole up in your tower, It's like being in a forest surrounded by thorns ... Heaven's highest wise one decides the web of fate - Don't take on things beyond the reach of your powers ...

Take down this clear guidance; a wise one's advice, It's not for you to go around everywhere looking for it - Cut loose - stand back, and make your own decisions ... Get yourself away and find space, without invasion.

Don't let the slough of small talk addle your brain, Isn't it better to honour yourself and earn respect? A wise one doesn't remember a person's age, and shouldn't, You feel the same as I do - let's put our thoughts together.

The stream bubbles and sings over its bed of pebbles, The wind is keen, the moon bright, the high ones are glad - And after asking about the path of all your striving, see this: The scent of the forest flowers comes from the right conditions.

A good father teaches his son, who teaches his children Heaven will then take care of everything that's needed - Your parents will blossom and find their garden ... Ah, let them drink and sleep, not hemmed in with your worries.

Illusion, a fantasy, you wake; you realize none of it's true, But it's true that good things are heard in your conscience What is there in marriage? And in superficial health? Look beyond it, or you'll stay disheartened and bitter.

It's unwise to always follow your own mind, It sounds like a dragon's drone or a tiger's laugh - Look up at Heaven now - it has a Milky Way of stars ... I tell you recognition and awareness will come in time.

Spending time looking for the moon in a pool of water Is a waste of time - it's an effort to no purpose - So don't speak ill thought-out words or tattle - It's stupid to think this will touch anyone but you

Throughout the blazing long hot days of summer Everyone seems permanently sad, depressed and grieving -  Yes, Heaven and Earth affect the human mind ... And the gentle cool wafting of the breeze is soothing.