Praise to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

地藏赞 地藏菩萨妙难伦 化现金容处处分 三途六道闻妙法 四生十类蒙慈恩 明珠照彻天堂路 金锡振开地狱门 累劫亲姻蒙接引 九莲台畔礼慈尊 南无九华山幽冥世界 大慈大悲 地藏王菩萨 南无地藏王菩萨 南无地藏王菩萨   Praise "Earth Store Bodhisattva, wonderful beyond compare; Gold-hued in his transformation body he appears. Wonderous Dharma sounds throughout the Three Paths and Six Realms; Four Births and Ten Kinds of Beings gain from his kindly grace. His pearl, shining brightly, lights the way to heaven's halls; Six-ringed golden staff shakes open wide the gates of hell. Leads on those with causes garnered life and life again; To bow at the Nine-flowered Terrace of the Honored One. Namo Earth Store Great Vows and Compassion Bodhisattva of the dark and dismal worlds; On Nine Flower Mountain, Most Honored One, With Ten wheels of power you rescue all the suffering ones. Homage to Earth store Bodhisattva"   (Chinese version of Praise copied from http://www.lianxin.org.cn/down/download.asp?softid=1060; English translation extracted fom "Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva"~translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society")

While chanting the Praise , a Hugh Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is being visualised using his Six-ringed golden staff to shake open the door of hell and the beings are being received readily into Amitabha Buddha's Pureland and it is a Rejoicing Visualisation!
And this Praise reminds me of last year's trip to Jiuhuashan  (Nine Flower Mountain) after being inspired by the Praise sang at the prior year's Puja.
The visualisation of the Hugh Bodhisattva was inspired from memories of the Hugh statute of 4 directions Ksitigarbha (Earth Store) Bodhisattva at the foot of the Jiuhuashan, China. That was the 1st time I saw such hugh statute and in 4 directions of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. (The common 4 directions is usually of the Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva , Guanyin).
It also brought back good memories of the Dharma friends I met at the trip.
May we be able to meet more good Dharma friends who inspire us to continue on the Right path to Liberation.
Amituofo...