MAKING GREAT VOWS WILL HELP ELIMINATE KARMIC OBSTACLES AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE SEVERITY OF RETRIBUTION
Caller: Some Buddhist practitioners are about to face up to their ‘3, 6, 9’ predestined karmic passes, as well as clashes with Tai Sui Bodhisattva. Master mentioned that making great vows will help eliminate karmic obstacles.
What if they make the vow to succeed in their cultivation within this lifetime, would it cause their negative karma to ripen, or would they be hit by more severe predestined calamities?
Master Jun Hong Lu: No, it won’t. Even if the predestined calamities turn out to be more severe, they are simply the manifestations of their past negative karma.
It is meritorious to make such a great vow and hence, by right, it should be able to eliminate their karmic obstacles. Having made such a great vow, how is it possible for the predestined calamities to be more severe? That’s impossible. The only possibility is if it is a present-life retribution where the negative karma has come to fruition, and in this case, the retributive effect would be significantly less harsh by virtue of their great vows.
Source: Wenda20200327 17:10, Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program
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