Lot 23 (Lower) from the Guanyin Oracle (观音灵签) draws on the allusion "Lay Down the Blade and Attain Buddhahood" — Releasing attachments and returning to the pure original mind is the way to true liberation and peace.
Lot 23
LowerPoem
Deep in the night, alone and wandering
The path ahead is vast and hazy, heart not yet open
Release your attachments and seek the Bodhisattva
Compassionate light shines through and breaks the confusion
Fàng Xià Tú Dāo Lì Dì Chéng Fó
Historical Allusion
Lay Down the Blade and Attain Buddhahood
Releasing attachments and returning to the pure original mind is the way to true liberation and peace.
General Guidance
A lower lot. Release your attachments, sincerely turn toward the good, and you will find liberation from your difficulties.
General Guidance
Career
Release stubbornness; accept advice.
Love
Release attachment; only then can love be free.
Health
Heart ailments need heart medicine; adjust your mindset.
Wealth
Release greed; wealth will come naturally.
Travel
Travel after adjusting your mindset.
Litigation
Release pride; reconciliation is best.
- Tradition
- Guanyin 100 Oracle (观音灵签 / 观音一百签) — a traditional divination practice at Guanyin temples across East Asia, drawing on classical Chinese allusions (典故) as reflective mirrors.
- Source
- Follows the widely circulated 100-lot text commonly printed at Chinese and Taiwanese Guanyin temples. No single canonical edition exists; minor wording variations occur across temple printings.
- Translation
- Chinese preserves traditional phrasing. English renderings are Cihang's adaptations for bilingual devotional reading, not scholarly translations.
- Note
- Reflection, not prediction. The oracle invites contemplation of the lot's historical allusion as a mirror for your present circumstances; it does not claim divinatory certainty.
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