大明太宗文皇帝御製觀音讚
Praise to Guanyin by Emperor Taizong of the Great Ming
大聖自在觀世音， 百千萬億應無盡，
神通無礙無所住， 大慈大悲愍眾生，
六根互用智慧深， 聞思修入三摩地，
濟度隨機而顯現， 有如一月印千江。
一江有月一江明， 明照惟一本無二，
世人但以眼觀色， 菩薩乃以目觀聲，
彼惟有所窒於觀， 是故不能神妙用，
大士有目冥不覩， 耳鼻舌身意亦然。
能以此觀如是觀， 終不顛倒成妄想，
熏習見聞既寂滅， 亦復無是妙色身。
有能洞此十方空， 同證圓通三昧海，
身心無量遍沙界， 不動本際應所求。
譬如萬卉遇春風， 種種萌芽自生發，
敷榮暢達各長茂， 或為枝葉結果成，
酸鹹甜苦及青紅， 一切皆令如願足。
現前是法不思議， 不著諸相乃為真，
一毛遍量法界空， 洗淨五濁諸熱惱，
摧裂障山悉消蕩， 無邊苦趣總脫離，
娑婆世界為樂城， 妙相恒沙俱顯露。
以太虛空為體相， 寶髻攢聚五須彌，
以四大海為口門， 曜日月光為兩目。
森羅萬像為瓔珞， 發無上願具辯才，
引施十四無畏功， 妙顯三十二身應，
普為眾生之瞻仰， 廣運諸佛慈悲心，
身與眾生為一身， 隨感而應觸處動。
爾以正見能見我， 我以無見觀自在，
如鏡照鏡谷答響， 含攝朗徹皆自然。
證此三昧即超凡， 一法具足一切佛，
開啟慈悲功德藏， 溥示善功方便門，
賢劫未來諸眾生， 咸證菩提登正覺。
The Great Sage, the Free and Compassionate Guanyin, Responds to countless beings without end. With unobstructed powers, dwelling nowhere, Great compassion and kindness, pitying all living beings.
The six senses intermingle, wisdom profound, Through hearing, reflection, and practice, entering samadhi. Saving beings according to their needs, manifesting freely, Like a single moon reflected in a thousand rivers.
Each river with the moon, each river bright, The light shines from one source, never two. Ordinary people see only with their eyes, But the Bodhisattva sees sound with their sight.
They are hindered by what they perceive, Thus unable to use this wondrous power. The Great Being's eyes see without seeing, Ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind are the same.
To observe in this way, to see thus, Never falling into delusion or false thought. When perceptions from senses are stilled, Even this wondrous form is no more.
Whoever can penetrate this emptiness of the ten directions, Together attains the ocean of perfect samadhi. Body and mind boundless, pervading all worlds, Unmoving from the source, responding to all needs.
Like myriad plants meeting the spring breeze, All kinds of sprouts naturally arise. Flourishing and thriving, each growing strong, Becoming branches, leaves, and bearing fruit.
Sour, salty, sweet, bitter, green, and red, All fulfill wishes as desired. This present dharma is inconceivable, Not clinging to appearances is true.
A single hair pervades the emptiness of the dharma realm, Cleansing the five turbidities and all distress. Shattering mountains of obstacles, all swept away, Countless realms of suffering, all escaped.
The Saha world becomes a city of joy, Innumerable wondrous forms fully revealed.
Taking the vast emptiness as body and form, A jeweled crown gathering five Sumerus. Taking the four great seas as the mouth, The sun and moon's light as the two eyes.
All phenomena as a garland of jewels, Vowing the highest, endowed with eloquence. Manifesting the fourteen fearless merits, Skillfully displaying thirty-two response bodies.
For all beings to behold and revere, Widely applying the Buddhas' compassionate hearts. Body becoming one with all beings, Responding to contact, moving with feeling.
If you see me with right view, I see freedom with no view. Like mirror reflecting mirror, valley echoing sound, All is clear, all is natural.
Attaining this samadhi transcends the ordinary, One dharma contains all Buddhas. Opening the treasury of compassion and merit, Revealing widely the door of skillful means.
All beings of the future in this virtuous age, Will attain enlightenment, reaching true awakening.
佛說聖觀自在菩薩梵讚
Buddha's Praise to the Holy Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva in Sanskrit
西天譯經三藏朝散大夫試鴻臚卿傳教大師臣法賢奉 詔譯
歸命佛法僧， 頂禮觀自在，
我今稱讚彼， 大悲功德林。
I take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha, I bow in reverence to Guanyin, And now I praise that one, The forest of great compassion's virtues.