Master Jun Hong Lu’s Discourse
(Question 38)
13 June 2012
INBORN CONDITIONS AND ILLNESSES
Question 14: An eight-month old child of a fellow practitioner was born with a harelip and frontal cleft. May I ask what sutras or mantras should one recite in this case?
Answer: Inborn conditions and illnesses like these are usually caused by karmic obstacles. One’s suffering in present life usually implies that the person did not cultivate in his previous life.
For example, some children were born with certain inborn defects. They may also have looks similar to that of animals. In reality, these are forms of retribution.
Therefore, we need to address these illnesses as to how we would address karmic related illnesses. It is important to recite the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance and Little Houses for the child’s karmic creditors.
For conditions like harelip, it cannot be cured just by reciting Little Houses. However, reciting Little Houses will prevent the negative karma from causing further retribution and the child is spared from other possible troubles.
In this case, if the child’s family is financially sound, my advice is for the child to undergo a cleft lip surgery. The condition can be eliminated over time.
Recite the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance 7 times daily; Little Houses should be offered continuously in batches of 21 – age restriction does not apply here anymore. Just continue to recite in this manner.
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