DAILY REPETITION OF VOWS TO BODHISATTVA WILL INCREASE MERITS
Question: In the recent public talk in Kuala Lumpur, Master said, “If you have vowed to be a full vegetarian, you may confide to Guan Yin Bodhisattva every day by saying, ‘I, <full name>, am already a full vegetarian’. By repeating it daily, you will accumulate merits and eliminate your karmic obstacles every single day.” If that is the case, for Buddhist friends who have vowed for celibacy, and by including such a vow in their daily prayers, will it enhance the elimination effect of their karmic obstacles?
Answer: Yes it will. Repeating your vows to Bodhisattva every day would strengthen your spiritual energy. When praying for the success of a specific matter, even having become a full vegetarian for five years, you may still pray to Bodhisattva by saying, “May Guan Yin Bodhisattva bless me with success of <matter prayed for>, I have vowed to be a full vegetarian.”
This is because you are earning merits every single day with your consistent daily practice of vegetarianism. After all, one extra day of vegetarian meal means one less day of meat-based products. On a daily basis, practise vegetarianism, learn the dharma, perform kind deeds and nurture your compassion. You must always confide your kind deeds to Bodhisattva daily, while performing repentance of your wrongdoings.
Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s Discourse (Question 283), 31 January 2019
