The supplicant's thoughts and vows must be consonant with those of the bodhisattva, for only then will the sublimely efficacious response to prayer be realized.
因此一生從不聽道、心中也沒有佛菩薩的人，事到臨頭才要抱佛腳，能有幾分靈驗，就值得懷疑了。悲智雙運，度盡苦厄或許有人奇怪觀音菩薩既然是「循聲救苦」的菩薩，為什麼不乾脆稱祂「聽音菩薩」豈不更貼切？