The Universal Gate of World-Voice-Perceiver Bodhisattva

The Sage hangs the candle [of the Dharma], expediently leading [beings] in ever varying ways, sometimes through supernatural wonders, sometimes by resort to the method of [invoking] a name. Because the subtle triggering-mechanism is uneven [from one individual to another], the way they take and refuse [what is given to them by the Buddha] is not identical. The name of Avalokiteśvara is singled out and glorified to cause living beings to find refuge in, rely on, and feel for one [person], driving their feeling of respect to great intensities. If a man is capable of holding one [person] in high esteem, there is no one single [person] for whom he cannot do the same. [The Buddha’s] exhorting beings to [do] this should not be interpreted as his favoring one over another.

[The Buddha began] saving [beings] by resort to varied means, without leaving any out: it is referred to as everywhere (“universal”). Following enlightenment he has penetrated the supernatural: it is referred to as a gateway.