观音坐相说
[17] Speaking [Of] Guānyīn’s Seated Form
按藏经诸佛菩萨，手、足、六根皆常端正，故云八端。
According [to the Great] Treasury [Of] Sūtras, [of] all Buddhas [and] Bodhisattvas, [their] hands, feet [and] six roots [are] all constantly upright, thus called [the] Eight Uprightnesses.
观世音菩萨本结跏趺坐，其神通变化自在，故云观自在。
Guānshìyīn Bodhisattva originally forms crossed legs [in the] lotus posture’s seat, [with] her supernormal [powers of] transformation [with] ease, thus called [the] ‘Contemplator [With] Ease’.
今人作翘足搭手坐，谓自在观音者，讹也。
Nowadays, people make [her image with] standing on tiptoes, [with] hands joined together seated, calling that ‘Ease[ful] Contemplator [Of] Sounds’, [this is an] error.
[Note: The image above, although from the Sòng Dynasty, does not correspond with the errors stated.]
宋‧王日休
《龙舒净土文》
第四卷：修持法门十五篇
Sòng [Dynasty’s] Wáng Rìxiū
Lóngshū’s Pure Land Text:
Fourth Scroll: Fifteen Essays [On] Practices’ Dharma Doors
Namo Amituofo : Translation by Shen Shi’an
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十五篇
Fifteen Essays:
《龙舒净土文》
第四卷：修持法门十五篇
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[4] Fourth Scroll: Fifteen Essays On Practices’ Dharma Doors
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