When you encounter with a demon or a ghost,

First thing you should do is to be out of scare.

Try to relax and be quiet, do not pay it a heed.

Once you call out its name, it will fade away. . .

Without any saying. What, if only by chance,

You don’t know its name? No problem either,

Just term Heaven’s height or Earth’s lowland,

Or call all three powers, or simply enumerate

Four seasons, five sounds, six musical tones,

Seven planets, eight winds and nine regions

To total no. 45 (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9=45) —

The number-amulet which is to protect you

Against the five sins and ten evils (5+10=15)

To correlate, at least, three to one. So be it. . .

Then wash all four limbs and burn incense,

Praying for fortitude you can be endowed with

Directly from the heavens while putting trust

In self-reliance or seeking some hot precepts

With many gurus and mentors, you thus become

Like a gnat biting a golden statue of Buddha

Just take my word for it—there is no spot

Where it could sink its bitter sting! So be it. . .