Lot 98 (Middle) from the Guanyin Oracle (观音灵签) draws on the allusion "Ten Thousand Dharmas Return to the Source" — Buddhism holds that all dharmas return to the one mind; the pure original mind is the root of all dharmas. Practice deeply and you will see your original mind.
Lot 98
MiddlePoem
Ox year ninety-nine: all returns to one
Ten thousand dharmas return to the source — purity attained
Practice reaches here; the original mind is seen
Perfect purity; fortune and wisdom increase
Wàn Fǎ Guī Zōng
Historical Allusion
Ten Thousand Dharmas Return to the Source
Buddhism holds that all dharmas return to the one mind; the pure original mind is the root of all dharmas. Practice deeply and you will see your original mind.
General Guidance
A middle lot. All dharmas return to the source; practice reveals the original mind. In purity, fortune and wisdom naturally increase.
General Guidance
Career
Return to your original heart; career becomes clearer.
Love
Return to purity; love becomes more genuine.
Health
Return to nature; body and mind are pure.
Wealth
Return to the right way; financial luck stabilizes.
Travel
Return to original heart; safe journey.
Litigation
Return to original heart; just resolution.
- 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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