Under What Situation Will One’s Merits Be Stolen and How To Prevent Merits From Being Stolen

UNDER WHAT SITUATION WILL ONE’S MERITS BE STOLEN AND HOW TO PREVENT MERITS FROM BEING STOLEN

Caller: Master Lu, you once said if one dreamt about someone stealing our own things, it means their merits are being stolen. Under what situation will our merits be stolen? How can we prevent this?

Master Jun Hong Lu: Leakage of merits and having merits stolen are two different matters. How can your accrued merits be stolen? It can never be. However, if you give help to someone after gaining merits, the person may take away your merits. Take yesterday for example, I was talking about a ninety plus years old elderly mother who sought her niece’s help to look after her welfare. In the end, the niece stole all her life savings. This happens because you have a cause to seek assistance or wish to bear someone’s karma, it will result in leakage of your own merits.

Caller: I understand now. Therefore, how can we prevent our merits from being taken?

Master Jun Hong Lu: Firstly, if you feel that your merits are leaking, the best solution would be to pray to Bodhisattva before helping others: “Guan Yin Bodhisattva, I, XXX wish to help him. I will burn XX number of Little Houses for him to the best of my ability”. This way, he will receive the XX number of Little House and will not be able to take away your merits. However, if you say “I am willing to help him….” Then you will bear his karmic debts. Another example, a person who owes someone ten thousand dollars and you inform all: “I will only help him to repay one thousand dollars”. Thus, even if you have a hundred thousand dollars in your house, no one can take it away. However, if you say: “Come, I will settle his debts”. In that case whatever you have in the house will be depleted to settle his debts.

Source: Wenda20170101A  05:22, Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program