WE MUST HAVE THE IMPETUS TO MEND OUR WAYS
Master Jun Hong Lu: If you are oblivious to the gravity of the eventual consequences when you sow the seeds of karma, you are literally living a life of ignorance.
For this reason, you will not be able to recognise your spiritual roots and there is no way that you will be able to turn over a new leaf because you simply lack the essence of the Dharma and that is to embark on a self-transformation journey.
Even if you have recited the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance, retribution will still be served because of your comparatively heftier karmic obstacles.
This is akin to having injured someone’s child over some matter, and on a daily basis, you recite the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance, which is tantamount to telling the other party, “I’m sorry to have beaten up your child. I’m so sorry. It was all my fault”.
Notwithstanding, the other party may not necessarily forgive you and may constantly be lurking around to retaliate.
It’s never easy to put a closure to such an incident. The other party will go all-out to harm your child in order to inflict the emotional pain on you. This is your karmic retribution. Do not think that by offering an apology is good enough for the other party to drop the matter. There is no such straightforward matter.
By reciting the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance, you are merely saying, “I’m sorry”. Deep down, you know that you are in the wrong but it does not imply that you have mended your ways. You might have committed a wrongdoing, but have you really changed?
To change is a force. If you lack the impetus to mend your ways, even if you have performed repentance, it means you have yet to gain a deeper understanding of the subject matter. For this, you are bound to repeat the same mistake in the future.
Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s Daily Buddhism In Plain Terms, 27 October 2021
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