Guan Yin lot 82 of 100
A lotus in the flames
Even (中平). Grade from the related Goodfate edition. Grades differ between temples, and many Taiwanese temples print none.
炎炎烈火焰燒天
焰裡還生一朵蓮
到底永成根不壞
依然枝葉色新鮮
Fierce flames blaze up and burn the sky,
Yet in the fire a lotus grows.
Its root holds firm and never spoils,
And still its leaves and stems are fresh and bright.
What this lot says
A lotus needs water, and this one grows in fire. The image is of something alive in the worst possible conditions, and the verse points to the root as the reason it lasts.
The advice is to look after what lies underneath. Surface losses can be replaced as long as the root holds.
If your team or household is going through a heated stretch, decide which two or three things must survive it, such as trust, a shared purpose or a daily routine, and protect those first. The rest has a chance to grow back later.
A lot is a prompt for reflection. It cannot promise a result, and it is no substitute for medical, legal or financial advice.
The story behind it
Fire at Gourd Valley (火燒葫蘆谷)
Named for this lot in the related Goodfate edition.
Where this text comes from
This verse is a traditional temple text with no known author. No single original edition is known and wording differs between temples, so we compare named witnesses and record where they differ.
Míguāng (覓光) (the text shown above)
炎炎烈火焰燒天 / 焰裡還生一朵蓮 / 到底永成根不壞 / 依然枝葉色新鮮
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Jiěqiān Gé (解籤閣)
炎炎烈火焰燒天 / 焰裡還生一朵蓮 / 到底永成根不壞 / 依然枝葉色新鮮
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Goodfate (今日運勢), a related edition
炎炎烈火焰燒天 / 焰裡還生一朵蓮 / 到底永成根不壞 / 依然生葉色新鮮
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Where the sources differ
- Line 4 reads 依然生葉色新鮮 in the related Goodfate edition.
English translation and commentary are by Cast & Chart.