About Spiritual Cultivation
- WAYS TO PREVENT THE ERUPTION OF KARMIC OBSTACLES
- BE INCLINED TO KINDNESS
- HOW CAN WE TOUCH OTHERS’ HEART WHEN PROPAGATING DHARMA TO THEM?
- THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A PERSON WITH LESS THAN 20% OF KARMIC OBSTACLES
- STAYING STEADFAST IS A MUST EVEN AFTER YOU HAVE BENEFITED FROM YOUR BUDDHIST PRACTICE
- HOW DO WE DETERMINE OUR LEVEL OF KARMIC OBSTACLES?
- KARMIC OBSTACLES ARE LIKE EXPLOSIVES
- THE BEST RESPONSE TO SLANDER IS TO KEEP SILENT
- THE PERCENTAGE OF KARMIC OBSTACLES WILL DETERMINE THE REALM THAT ONE ENDS UP IN UPON DEATH
- THE CONCEPT OF ‘DOUBLE-KARMA’; ‘THE BEST FORM OF GAIN IS TO SUFFER LOSS’
- HOW RETRIBUTION FOR MINOR KARMIC OBSTACLES ARE EFFECTUATED?
- WHY IS EMBEZZLEMENT THE TICKET TO HELL? DOES PREVENTING OTHERS FROM MAKING ILLICIT GAIN GENERATE MERITS?
- SUDDEN DEATH AND DESCENDING INTO HELL: RETRIBUTION OF USING DHARMA PROPAGATION AS A PRETEXT TO DEFRAUD FELLOW PRACTITIONERS’ MONEY MEANT FOR LIFE LIBERATION
- PRACTISE VERBAL TOLERANCE
- THE BUDDHA’S WORDS OF ADVICE ON CHARITY AND FUNDRAISING INITIATIVES
- DO NOT INJECT ANY FUNDRAISING AGENDA IN YOUR DHARMA PROPAGATION ACTIVITIES
- WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD LET GO? ALL THE BORING AND OLD GOSSIPS
- MONETARY DONATION SHOULD BE VOLUNTARY AND ACCORD WITH CONDITIONS; SOLICITATION OF FUND IS PROHIBITED
- ONLY SINCERE AND THOROUGH REPENTANCE CAN PREVENT ONE FROM REPEATING HIS MISTAKES
- WHAT KIND OF SPEECH KARMA WOULD RESULT IN FALLEN LOTUS PEDESTALS IN HEAVEN?
- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUDDHIST PRACTICE AND THE LAW OF KARMA
- HOW POSITIVE ENERGY DERIVED FROM ONE’S EFFORT IN SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION AND RECITATION COMES ABOUT?
- THE BEGINNER’S MIND IS ABOUT BEING GRATEFUL TOWARDS SENTIENT BEINGS FOR BEING PRESENT IN OUR LIVES
- KARMA FOR SOWING DISCORD – A LONELY LIFE
- DOES CEASING OF THOUGHTS LEAD TO CEASING OF KARMA?
- HOW DO DHARMA PROTECTORS RECORD OUR DAILY GOOD AND EVIL DEEDS?
- HOW DO WE ENHANCE OUR POSITIVE AFFINITY WITH GUAN YIN BODHISATTVA?
- THE SEVERITY OF NEGATIVE KARMA OF SPEECH DETERMINES THE PART OF THE BODY THAT SUFFERS FROM ITS RETRIBUTIVE EFFECT
- IS IT POSSIBLE TO ELIMINATE KARMIC OBSTACLES FROM THE EIGHTH CONSCIOUSNESS?
- YOU WILL NOT MAKE IT IN YOUR BUDDHIST PRACTICE IF YOU STILL HARBOUR HATRED
- A VIRTUOUS CYCLE IS SET IN MOTION WHEN ONE IS FILLED WITH ENERGY AND VITALITY
- STAY DILIGENT IN YOUR BUDDHIST PRACTICE TO KEEP IGNORANCE AND BEWILDERMENT AT BAY
- EFFECTIVE METHODS FOR SUSTAINING INITIAL ASPIRATION
- WILLINGNESS TO BE AT A DISADVANTAGE AND ENDURING HARDSHIPS ARE WAYS TO ELIMINATE KARMIC OBSTACLES
- BODHISATTVAS FEAR CAUSES, WHILE SENTIENT BEINGS FEAR EFFECTS
- LETTING GO IS ABOUT TRANSFORMING WORLDLY AFFECTION INTO THE LOVING-KINDNESS OF THE BUDDHA
- THE FOUNDATION FOR OFFERING EFFECTIVE PRAYERS TO BODHISATTVA IS COMPRISED OF THREE FACTORS
- ALWAYS KEEP YOUR INITIAL ASPIRATION CLOSE TO YOUR HEART
- AVOID COMMITTING NEGATIVE KARMA OF SPEECH IN DHARMA PROPAGATION THROUGH CONTEMPLATING ON CAUSES AND CONDITIONS
- DO NOT POST MESSAGES RELATED TO FUNDRAISING IN GROUP CHATS
- IS BEING ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT CHARITABLE CAUSES A WAY TO ACCUMULATE PROVISIONS NEEDED ON THE PATH OF SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION?
- THE ORIGINAL ASPIRATION IS ABOUT BEING GRATEFUL TOWARDS SENTIENT BEINGS FOR THEIR PRESENCE IN OUR LIVES
- THOSE WHO PERFORM RECITATION SHOULD BE CAREFUL IN THEIR SPEECH TO PREVENT ‘OUTFLOWS’
- BE AWARE OF THE KARMA YOU ARE CREATING
- PRAYER IS NOT ANSWERED BECAUSE THE KARMIC CONDITIONS HAVE NOT MATURED
- INITIAL ASPIRATION IS THE STATE OF PERFECT AND SUPREME ENLIGHTENMENT
- WHAT LEADS US TO DO BAD DEEDS?
- THE INITIAL INSPIRATION IS THE CATALYST FOR DILIGENCE IN BUDDHIST PRACTICE
- WHAT IS DOUBLE-TONGUED SPEECH?
- THE GIVING OF DHARMA IS A HEAVENLY MISSION
- A RIGHTEOUS, LOUD AND CLEAR VOICE CAN CHANGE YOUR DESTINY
- SPREADING POSITIVE WORDS OR ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO PRACTISE KINDNESS IS CONSIDERED HELPING OTHERS TO BE AWAKENED SPIRITUALLY
- ONE WHO ALWAYS PRAYS FOR SENTIENT BEINGS WILL HAVE HIS PRAYER FULFILLED
- WHAT IS CONSIDERED A NEGATIVE KARMA OF SPEECH? FALSE SPEECH
- TALKING BEHIND OTHERS’ BACKS IS A SERIOUS KARMA OF SPEECH
- DEALING WITH OFFICE GOSSIPS
- CULTIVATE ALTRUISM TO OVERCOME GREED
- TACTFUL SPEECH LEADS TO LESS CREATION OF KARMA
- THE GIVING OF DHARMA BY THE BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS
- LISTEN TWICE AS MUCH AS YOU SPEAK
- WORDS ARE POWERFUL – THEY CAN MAKE OR BREAK A PERSON
- GUAN YIN BODHISATTVA’S TIPS ON EFFICACIOUS PRAYER
- IF YOU HAVE FAITH, YOU WILL RECEIVE WHAT YOU PRAY FOR
- VALIDATE THE DHARMA THROUGH YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE
- STATE-OF-MIND IS KEY TO AN EFFECTIVE PRAYER
- WHY DO MANY PEOPLE NOT GET THEIR PRAYERS ANSWERED EVEN AFTER MAKING VOWS?
- IT IS OUR RELENTLESS EFFORT THAT MAKES CULTIVATION, ENLIGHTENMENT AND PERFECTION IN SPIRITUAL PRACTICE POSSIBLE
- HOW DO WE BALANCE THE NEED TO IMPLORE THE BLESSINGS OF BODHISATTVA?
- ARE YOU SOWING DISCORD THROUGH “NON-VERBAL” COMMUNICATION?
- AWAKENING COMES TO THOSE WHO SINCERELY REPENT AND MEND THEIR WAYS
- LETTING GO: WORLDLY VS SPIRITUAL PURSUITS
- IS IT ALRIGHT TO TELL A WELL-MEANING LIE?
- HOW TO PRACTISE REJOICING IN THE KIND DEEDS AND MERITS OF OTHERS FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS?
- MIGHTY OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW
- IS BEING NON-COMPETITIVE AN ATTITUDE OF A NON-ACHIEVER?
- ONCE YOU TELL A LIE, YOU NEED TEN MORE LIES TO COVER THE LIE
- THE MEANING OF ‘KARMIC FORCE IS AN IMPETUS THAT SPURS ONE TO PROGRESS SPIRITUALLY’
- THE KARMIC CONSEQUENCES OF VERBAL KARMA
- RESPECT EVERYONE AROUND US
- THE IMPORTANCE OF REVERING THE BODHISATTVAS
- CULTIVATE ALL GOODNESS WITHOUT ATTACHMENT TO ANY PERCEPTION
- REPENTANCE WITHOUT FORM
- HOW TO ELIMINATE THE UNHEALTHY MENTALITY OF BEING SAD WHEN SEEING OTHERS SUCCEED?
- MASTER JUN HONG LU’S DISCOURSE ON GUAN YIN BODHISATTVA’S RENUNCIATION DAY
- WHAT IS REPENTANCE WITH FORM?
- HOW TO BALANCE WORLDLY PURSUITS WITH DETACHMENT IN BUDDHISM?
- BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS ARE ETERNALLY COMPASSIONATE TOWARDS ALL SENTIENT BEINGS
- DO NOT JUDGE OTHERS WITH EVIL KNOWLEDGE AND THOUGHTS
- YOUR ABILITY TO ELIMINATE YOUR KARMIC OBSTACLES REDUCES IF YOU KEEP REPEATING THE SAME MISTAKE
- SINCERELY REPENT TO AWAKEN YOUR TRUE SELF
- THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REPENTANCE WITH FORM AND REPENTANCE WITHOUT FORM
- WHAT DOES “LETTING GO” MEAN TO A LAY BUDDHIST PRACTITIONER?
- HOW DO WE EFFECTIVELY QUELL HATRED FROM OUR HEART?
- THE ELIMINATION OF NEGATIVE KARMA AFTER ONE GAINS WISDOM DIFFERS FROM THAT WHEN ONE REMAINS IN AN UNENLIGHTENED STATE
- REPENTING OF THE KARMIC OBSTACLES SHOULDERED FOR OTHERS
- PERSEVERANCE IS THE KEY TO OUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
- AS THE MIND CREATES, SO CAN IT EXTERMINATE
- THE EARLY SIGNS THAT SPELL THE RIPENING OF ONE’S KARMIC OBSTACLES
- STUDYING BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS HAS REPENTANCE EFFECTS, BUT HOW DOES IT DIFFER FROM THE RECITATION OF THE EIGHTY-EIGHT BUDDHAS GREAT REPENTANCE?
- GREED, HATRED AND IGNORANCE ARE THE MAIN CAUSES FOR ONE TO BE TRAPPED IN THE THREE EVIL REALMS
- FINDING A BALANCE BETWEEN REPENTING OF ONE’S MISDEEDS AND NOT GRASPING TO THEM
- REPENT SINCERELY AND CULTIVATE TRULY TO LEAD A LIFE FREE FROM REGRETS
- LET GO OF THE AFFECTION OF THE ILLUSORY WORLD OF THE MORTALS AND BE AWAKENED TO THAT OF THE BUDDHA
- SIGNS OF THE RIPENING OF KARMIC OBSTACLES
- KARMIC OBSTACLES STEM FROM YOUR MEMORY
- KARMIC OBSTACLES COME FROM ACCUMULATION OF THE EVIL DEEDS
- KARMA IS GENERATED THE MOMENT HATRED ARISES, LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE FORMATION OF NEGATIVE AFFINITY
- STRESS IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE KARMA
- WE SHOULD NOT LIVE OUR LIVES BLAMING OTHERS
- WHAT IS KARMIC OBSTACLES?
- THE HEART OF REPENTANCE
- THE FOUR TYPES OF MIRACULOUS POWER IN THE HEART SUTRA
- RESENTMENT COMES FROM MAKING COMPARISONS
- WHY SHOULD WE BE SINGLE-MINDED AND DILIGENT IN OUR METHOD OF SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION?
- REASONS FOR ONE TO DROP OUT OF THE SPIRITUAL PATH; DILIGENCE IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS
- THE STORY OF CONFUCIUS AND HIS MOST-TRUSTED DISCIPLE YAN HUI
- WHERE DOES HATRED COME FROM? NEGATIVE AFFINITIES GIVE RISE TO HATRED
- GIVING IS WISDOM AND RECEIVING IS THE RESULT OF KARMA
- THE STRENGTH OF ONE’S MINDSET
- THE ROAD TO LIBERATION
- CRITERIA TO ASCERTAIN A PROPER DHARMA DOOR
- HOW DO WE DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN TRUE BELIEF AND DELUSIONAL BELIEF?
- BE DISCIPLINED IN ORDER TO GAIN WISDOM AND THE POWER OF CONCENTRATION
- IF YOU DO NOT ADVANCE, YOU GO BACKWARDS
- THE MEANING OF “IMPERMANENCE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT IN LIFE”, “RICHES DON’T LAST”, “PARTING COMES AFTER EVERY CONGREGATION”, “DEATH DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE EVEN FOR THE STRONG AND HEALTHY”
- PERSEVERANCE IS KEY TO EXTERMINATE THE THREE POISONS
- A GRATEFUL HEART LIES WITHIN A MAGNANIMOUS HEART AND IT WILL HELP ELIMINATE KARMIC OBSTACLES
- PRACTISE RIGHT MINDFULNESS SO THAT DEVIL WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ENTER YOUR SEVEN APERTURES
- THE OBJECTIVE OF BUDDHIST PRACTICE AND CULTIVATION
- A MIND FULL OF DELUDED THOUGHTS IS A DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND
- WAYS TO AVOID BEING CHAINED DOWN BY GREED AND NOT BECOMING A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES
- WHY PRACTISE BUDDHISM?
- CONTENTMENT IS THE WAY, GRATITUDE IS VIRTUE
- ENDURANCE IS NOT THE HIGHEST STATE OF MIND; STRIVE TO RESOLVE THE KARMIC CONFLICTS INSTEAD
- IN THE FACE OF A NEGATIVE AFFINITY, DO WE ENDURE OR AVOID IT?
- PATIENCE UNDER HUMILIATION
- TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OTHERS THROUGH SPEECH IS A MANIFESTATION OF GREED
- BE THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP SENTIENT BEINGS
- WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF TALENT BEING UNRECOGNISED?
- A CONFIDENT PERSON WILL ALLOW NATURE TO TAKE ITS COURSE
- THE RIGHT ACTION
- HOW DO WE ELIMINATE UNRULY THOUGHTS AND REMAIN UNMOVED?
- THE RIGHT MINDFULNESS
- DO NOT SUCCUMB TO LUST; COMMITTING ANIMAL-LIKE ACTS LEADS ONE TO BE REBORN AS AN ANIMAL
- GRATITUDE GROWS FOR THOSE WHO VIEW THE WORLD WITH AN EQUANIMOUS MIND
- KARMA OF SPEECH IS THE EASIEST WAY FOR ONE TO SHOULDER THE KARMIC OBSTACLES OF OTHERS
- OBSESSION WITH PETTY GAINS IS ALSO CONSIDERED GREED
- BEING UNPERTURBED IS TO LET NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE
- UNDERSTANDING OTHERS IS KEY TO DEVELOPING A SENSE OF GRATITUDE
- WAYS TO CONTROL DISTRACTING THOUGHTS
- THOSE WHO ARE QUICK-MINDED AND ALWAYS THINK DEEPLY SHOULD APPLY RIGHT THOUGHTS TO APPRECIATE THE HIGH SPIRITUALITY OF THE DHARMA
- THE MEANING OF “TO LISTEN, CONTEMPLATE AND PRACTISE”
- THE ABSENCE OF RIGHT THOUGHTS IS DUE TO THE EVIL IN ONE’S HEART
- CRAVINGS CAN CAUSE ONE TO SUFFER MORE
- THE MOST MIRACULOUS QUOTE IN THE WORLD
- PRACTISE TRUE CULTIVATION – A MIND THAT IS UNPERTURBED
- WAYS TO CORRECT HABITUAL THINKING AND TRANSFORM IT INTO THE RIGHT THOUGHT
- RIGHT THOUGHT AND WRONG THOUGHT
- THE SIGNS WHEN ONE SHOULDERS KARMIC OBSTACLES OF OTHERS
- HOW DO WE OBSERVE CAUSES AND CONDITIONS?
- TRANSFORM BAD HABITS TO ACCOMPLISH THE BUDDHA’S PATH
- WHAT CONSTITUTES DILIGENCE? ALL-ENCOMPASSING DILIGENCE
- HOW DO WE DETERMINE IF WE CAN MAKE THE VOW TO SUCCEED IN OUR CULTIVATION WITHIN THIS LIFETIME?
- EVERY SINGLE THOUGHT IS GEARED TOWARDS SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION
- CREATE OUR OWN OPPORTUNITIES
- THOSE WHO ARE TRULY WISE WILL DEVOTE THEIR LIVES TO HELPING OTHERS
- THE RATIO OF NEGATIVE KARMA THAT WILL TRIGGER RIPENING
- DILIGENCE: THE KEY TO CHANGING ONE’S DESTINY
- DILIGENCE IS WHEN YOU TRANSFORM YOUR THOUGHTS
- DO NOT SEND INAPPROPRIATE EMOJIS
- MEMORISING THE TRANSLATED VERSION OF BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS WILL GARNER THE SAME AMOUNT OF BLESSINGS AS THAT FOR THE CHINESE VERSION
- BREAK YOUR PHONE ADDICTION
- TO ACHIEVE ENLIGHTENMENT, ONE MUST BE CONSTANTLY RACING AGAINST TIME, REMAIN DILIGENT, STEADFAST AND NEVER SLACK OFF
- HOW TO PRAY TO GUAN YIN BODHISATTVA TO ELIMINATE THOUGHTS RELATING TO SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
- OBSERVE THE TEN KIND DEEDS TO TRANSCEND WORLDLINESS
- CONTEMPLATE THE BODY AS IMPURE
- NIPPING OUR BAD HABITS IN THE BUD
- WAYS TO ELIMINATE LUSTFUL THOUGHTS OR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
- TAKING THINGS FROM THE GUAN YIN HALL WITHOUT PERMISSION CONSTITUTES THEFT
- AN OVERVIEW OF THE SIX PARAMITAS
- VARIOUS FORMS OF THEFT
- GREED TRAPS US IN THE WEB OF ENDLESS SUFFERING
- STARTING OFF WITH THE RIGHT INTENTIONS WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO THE SUCCESS IN CULTIVATION
- THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KARMIC FORCE AND SHORTCOMINGS
- LEARN TO VISUALISE AND TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR THOUGHTS
- IT IS IMPORTANT TO ERADICATE THE SIN OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WHILE IN THIS HUMAN REALM
- TO TREAD THE BUDDHA’S PATH EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE
- WHAT IS THE WORST KIND OF SUFFERING?
- PASSING ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM MERITORIOUS DEEDS TO OTHERS IS A SIGN OF SLACKING IN CULTIVATION
- OUR MASTER IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND IN THIS WORLD
- PRACTISE FILIAL PIETY BY LOVING OUR MASTER AS WELL AS PARENTS
- READING BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS PRIOR TO PERFORMING RECITATION HELPS CONTROL WANDERING THOUGHTS
- DO NOT BE A SLAVE OF YOUR DESIRES
- THE OBSERVATION OF ONE’S THOUGHT HAPPENS AT WHICH LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS?
- A TRUE STORY OF THE INFALLIBLE WORKING OF THE LAW OF KARMA – THE COW SHE BRUTALLY KILLED IN HER PAST LIFE REINCARNATES AS HER HUSBAND, WHO RUTHLESSLY TORTURES HER IN THIS LIFE
- THE TRUE PRACTICE OF COMPASSION
- PRACTISE FORBEARANCE AND ELIMINATE RESENTMENT
- THE MEANING OF “TAPPING INTO OUR INNATE BUDDHA POWER TO END THE CYCLE OF REBIRTH”
- HOW DOES ONE CULTIVATE THE MIND?
- SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT IS THE KEY TO EARNING MERITS
- PRACTISE BUDDHISM TO RID MORTAL TRAITS
- WHEN RECITATION BECOMES HABITUAL AND LACKS EMOTION, IS IT A NATURAL CONDITION?
- WHAT KIND OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE IS SUITABLE FOR BUDDHIST PRACTITIONERS?
- BUDDHIST PRACTITIONERS NEED TO BE ALTRUISTIC
- THE IMPORTANCE OF A STRONG FOUNDATION IN SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
- ATTITUDE TOWARDS FILIAL PIETY
- EVEN A PERSON WITH HIGH LEVEL OF INTELLECT COULD NOT CHANGE HIS BAD HABIT
- THE DEMON OF ADDICTION
- UNDERSTANDING THE MEANING OF “FILIAL PIETY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT VIRTUE”
- GUAN YIN CITTA’S ‘FIVE GOLDEN BUDDHIST PRACTICES’
- THE RIGHT MENTAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE EIGHT SUFFERINGS OF LIFE
- UNITY OF KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE
- WHAT IS FILIAL PIETY?
- THE EIGHT SUFFERINGS
- OVERCOMING THE NOTIONS OF RIGHT AND WRONG WITH OUR INNATE NATURE
- HOW DO WE DETERMINE IF WE HAVE DEVIATED FROM THE RIGHT SPIRITUAL PATH?
- REGARDING “NOT TO PURSUE MATERIAL DESIRES WILL RESULT IN ASCENSION OF SPIRITUALITY”
- THOSE WHO CAN’T THINK THINGS THROUGH LACK WISDOM | THOSE WHO HURT OTHERS ARE IN FACT HURTING THEMSELVES
- THOUGHT THAT IS ELIMINATED WITHIN 5 SECONDS WILL NOT GENERATE KARMIC OBSTACLES
- BE WORTHY OF YOUR SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL LIVES
- SUCCESS REQUIRES NOT ONLY ONE’S DILIGENCE BUT ALSO OPPORTUNE TIMING AND KARMIC AFFINITY; CHERISH THE TRUE DHARMA IN THE AGE OF DHARMA DECLINE AND STRIVE TO BREAK FROM THE CYCLE OF REBIRTH
- SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION IS ABOUT ACHIEVING A TRANQUIL STATE OF MIND
- CULTIVATE WITH OUR UTMOST SINCERITY
- WHAT DOES IT MEAN BY “HAVING A DHARMA PROTECTOR WITH US”?
- PERSEVERANCE IS KEY TO OBSERVING PRECEPTS
- WHEN BEING SCOLDED OR BULLIED, ONE REPAYS HIS KARMIC DEBTS
- REPENT IMMEDIATELY WHEN NEGATIVE THOUGHTS ARISE
- ONLY WHEN YOUR MIND IS PURIFIED, YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR FATE AND DESTINY
- PRACTISING MODERATION IN THE NINE ASPECTS OF LIFE
- STRICT ADHERENCE TO PRECEPTS; SAFEGUARD ONE’S MIND AND BODY
- CULTIVATING THE MIND IS ABOVE ALL ELSE
- DO NOT WASTE TIME; CHERISHING TIME MEANS TREASURING LIFE
- CONTEMPLATE, PURIFY AND ACHIEVE EMPTINESS OF THE MIND
- THE COHERENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GREED, HATRED, IGNORANCE, ARROGANCE AND SUSPICION
- PLAYING PRANKS ON APRIL FOOLS’ DAY CREATES NEGATIVE KARMA
- OBSERVING THE FIVE PRECEPTS AND PERFORMING THE TEN KIND DEEDS
- FORMLESS GIVING
- OVERCOMING SHORTCOMINGS THROUGH SPONTANEOUS AWARENESS AND SELF-REFLECTION
- PRACTISE GENEROSITY IN THE TRUE SENSE OF THE WORD
- DETACHMENT FROM THE PERCEPTION OF SELF AND FORM LEADS TO THE ACCUMULATION OF MERITS
- A CLEAR MIND IS A PREREQUISITE TO PURE LAND
- A BRIEF DEFINITION OF THE FIVE HINDRANCES
- THE MORE YOU GIVE, THE MORE YOU GET
- WHAT IS THE NOTION OF FORM?
- OVERCOMING DOUBTS WITH NON-BUDDHISTS OR PEOPLE WHOM WE ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH
- HOW DO WE STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN ‘SEEING THROUGH EMPTINESS’ & ‘BEING CONCERNED’ WITH THE THINGS WE DO?
- YOUR PRAYERS WILL BE ANSWERED IF YOU’RE KIND AND COMPASSIONATE
- [UPDATED] Medicine Buddha Dharani (Yao Shi Guan Ding Zhen Yan)
- THE KARMA OF BLESSINGS
- TO ILLUMINATE OUR MIND
- ADVANCING ONE’S CULTIVATION SINGLE-MINDEDLY AND DILIGENTLY IS A PREREQUISITE FOR THE VOW OF SUCCEEDING IN SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION IN THIS LIFETIME AND THE VOW OF CELIBACY
- RESPECT THE MASTER AND REVERE HIS TEACHINGS
- APPLY THE BUDDHA’S WISDOM TO SEE THE EMPTINESS OF THE FIVE AGGREGATES
- RESERVING THE SPIRITUAL ENERGY OF BLESSINGS FROM MASTER
- PRAYING FOR PERSONAL GAINS
- PLUM TREES BLOSSOM IN EXTREME COLD, SYMBOLISING INDOMITABLE SPIRIT
- REDUCE DESIRES AND LET THINGS TAKE THEIR OWN COURSE
- DESIRE BREEDS SUFFERING
- WHAT YOU SOW MAY NOT BEAR FRUITS IMMEDIATELY
- DO NOT BE ENTANGLED IN THE RIGHT AND WRONG OF THIS WORLD – HOW TO BREAK FREE FROM IGNORANCE?
- BE PRUDENT IN GUARDING OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE
- HOW DO WE PRACTISE DHARMA BEYOND THE HUMAN REALM IN THIS WORLDLY REALM
- ALL PRAYERS WILL BE ANSWERED?
- PONDER EARNESTLY WHEN STUDYING THE BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS; PRAYER REQUEST TO BE MADE PRIOR TO TAKING DOWN NOTES
- HOW DO WE NURTURE UNWAVERING FAITH?
- HOW TO DEDICATE OURSELVES TO PROGRESS AND AVOID REGRESSING IN SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION; SINCERITY AND A HEART OF GRATITUDE ARE KEYS TO PRACTISING BUDDHISM
- WATCH MASTER LU’S VIDEO WHEN EXPERIENCING SLACKNESS IN CULTIVATION
- FAITH • RESOLUTION • ACTION
- STUDYING BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS CAN HELP ELIMINATE CLINGING ON TO THE NOTION OF SELF
- WHAT’S MOST CHALLENGING IS FOR ONE TO BEAR PRAISES
- THE SIGNS OF BEING ARROGANT
- WHAT IS TRUE TOLERANCE
- NATURAL DISASTERS ARE THE RESULTS OF HUMAN DEEDS
- PURSUING A HIGHER STATE OF MIND IN LIFE
- HAVE UPRIGHT PRAYERS FOR GROUP STUDY OF BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS
- HOW TO OBTAIN GOOD FORTUNE WITHIN THIS LIFETIME
- THE POWER OF VOWS DERIVES FROM ONE’S SUFFERING AND ADVANCEMENT IN SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION
- CHERISH OUR AFFINITIES WITH BUDDHISM AND CULTIVATE DILIGENTLY
- AVOID LISTENING TO THE BUDDHA’S TEACHINGS WHILE LYING DOWN
- WHAT IS CONSIDERED PRACTISING MULTIPLE DHARMA DOORS?
- BECOMING A DISCIPLE IS EQUIVALENT TO MAKING THE VOWS OF HONOURING THE MASTER AND REVERING HIS TEACHINGS, AND TO ADVANCE CULTIVATION SINGLE-MINDEDLY AND DILIGENTLY
- SINCE BUDDHISM PRACTICE IS SAID TO BE ABLE TO ALTER ONE’S KARMA, WILL THE KARMIC RETRIBUTION FROM OUR PAST ACTIONS, BEFORE PRACTISING BUDDHISM, BE ENTIRELY WRITTEN OFF?
- ONE WILL NOT ACHIEVE ANY SPIRITUAL STATUS BY MERELY PERFORMING VIRTUOUS DEEDS WITHOUT ELEVATING ONE’S STATE-OF-MIND
- HOW TO AVOID BEING A KNOW-IT-ALL WHEN SHARING PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING OF BUDDHISM?
- HOW ONE’S MENTALITY, ENERGY FIELD, MERITS AND KARMIC OBSTACLES ARE RELATED?
- TOO MUCH HUMILITY IS PRIDE
- WHILE RECEIVING BODILY KARMIC RETRIBUTIONS, HOW CAN A PERSON BE IN CONTROL OF HIS MENTAL STATE AND NOT BE MANIPULATED
- RELATIONSHIP OF MERITS AND HINDRANCES
- CONSEQUENCE OF CAUSING OTHERS TO COMMIT NEGATIVE SPEECH KARMA
- IS IT TRUE THAT PEOPLE WITH MASSIVE KARMIC DEBTS WILL EASILY CREATE MORE?
- WHY ARE THERE PEOPLE SLANDERING BUDDHAS TEACHING?
- HOW TO STRENGTHEN THE AFFINITY WITH MASTER JUN HONG LU
- AS WE REACH CERTAIN STATE IN OUR CULTIVATION, WE WILL TEND TO BE WATCHFUL OF SPEECH KARMA AND TALK LESS
- IMPORTANT DISCOURSE FROM MASTER LU: DO NOT TRANSFER ALL YOUR MERITS TO FAMILY MEMBERS WHEN THEY FALL ILL
- CEASELESSLY AUGMENT OUR GOOD FORTUNE; MUST NOT ALLOW ANY “LEAKAGE” TO TAKE PLACE
- MERITS FROM GIVING THE TEACHINGS OF BUDDHA (DHARMA DANA)
- WHAT KIND OF ACTS ARE CONSIDERED AS FEARLESSNESS DANA (ABHAYA DANA)?
- DRAWING CONCLUSIONS ON MATTERS WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING ARE CONSIDERED AS CREATING SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING AND HAS HEAVY KARMIC RAMIFICATIONS
- THREE BASIS FOR PRAYERS TO BODHISATTVA TO BE EFFICACIOUS
- REGARDLESS OF REPAYING OR CLAIMING KARMIC DEBTS, FILIAL PIETY TOWARDS PARENTS IS A WAY TO ACCUMULATE MERITS
- GOOD FORTUNE WILL COME AROUND AFTER KARMIC OBSTACLES ARE ELIMINATED
- EVIL THOUGHT IS THE CAUSE OF THE CREATION OF KARMA; APPLY THE BUDDHISM TEACHING OF “HAVING NO THOUGHT”; SHOULD ANY THOUGHT ARISE, IT SHOULD ONLY BE KIND IN NATURE
- THE JOURNEY TO GUAN YIN HALL COULD HELP TO ELIMINATE KARMIC OBSTACLES
- HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF ENDURING HARDSHIP IN THIS WORLD
- HOW DO DHARMA CULTIVATORS SHIELD AND BLESS THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS
- BUDDHISTS SHOULD CULTIVATE BLESSINGS AND WISDOM ALONGSIDE BLESSINGS AND VIRTUE
- WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PERCEIVING THE BODY AS UNCLEAN AND SELF REFLECTION
- HOW DO WE AVOID BEING CONSTANTLY BOTHERED BY WHAT OTHERS THINK
- NEGATIVE KARMA IS A BY-PRODUCT OF UN-WHOLESOME THOUGHTS. ACQUIRE EMPTINESS OF MIND AS TAUGHT IN BUDDHISM OR LEARN TO ONLY GENERATE KIND THOUGHTS
- LEARNING BUDDHISM WHOLEHEARTEDLY, DILIGENTLY AND GENUINELY
- RESENTMENT FOR OTHERS IS CONSIDERED TO BE A FORM OF GREED
- DISCOURSE ON CORRECTING WEAKNESSES
- CONSTANTLY PERFORM GOOD DEEDS; RECITATION OF EIGHTY-EIGHT BUDDHAS GREAT REPENTANCE (LIFO) WILL EXTEND THE TIME IT TAKES FOR NEGATIVE KARMA TO COME TO FRUITION
- ONE WILL GAIN ABUNDANCE WHEN ONE SEEKING BODHISATTVA’S BLESSING TO REACH OUT TO MORE SENTIENT BEINGS
- HOW DO WE ACCOMPLISH UNITY OF KNOWLEDGE AND ACTION?
- A PERSON’S CAPABILITY CAN ABSOLUTELY BE STIMULATED
- WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT RAMPANT THOUGHTS THAT CAUSE DISTRACTION?
- ‘IMPURE’ KINDNESS CAUSES OUR BLESSINGS TO GREATLY DISSIPATE
- 3 WAYS TO CLEANSE OURSELVES
- FORGIVENESS
- WHICH DHARMA DOOR YOU LEARN IS DICTATED BY YOUR KARMIC AFFINITIES
- READ THE BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS WITH A PURE MIND AND BODY
- TO READ OR LISTEN TO BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS
- HOW TO AVOID UNWHOLESOME THOUGHTS IN THE WORLDLY FIVE DESIRES & SIX SENSES
- BODHISATTVA WILL GRANT US BLESSINGS AS LONG AS WE HELP OTHERS SELFLESSLY
- IT IS ESSENTIAL TO LEARN BUDDHIST TEACHINGS IN DEPTH IN THIS AGE OF DHARMA DECLINE
- WHY YOU SHOULD READ BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS
- THE BAR FOR DISCIPLESHIP WILL BE SET HIGHER IN FUTURE
- A PERSON WITH WISDOM WILL ALSO HAVE SPIRITUAL ENERGY
- NEVER SLACK IN SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION
- STRENGTHENING OUR RECITATIONS & STUDYING OF BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS CAN ELIMINATE DISTRACTING THOUGHTS
- STUDYING BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS FOR SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION CAN INCREASE ONE’S MERITORIOUS BLESSINGS
- DON’T LET LIFE PASS US BY
- OBSTACLES ARE CATALYSTS TO TRANSFORM US INTO BUDDHAS
- THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS
- STUDYING BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS CAN ELIMINATE ONE’S IGNORANCE AND ALLOW ONE TO BE BLESSED BY DHARMA PROTECTORS
- STUDYING BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS – THE KEY TO ATTAINING ENLIGHTENMENT IN THE MORTAL WORLD
- WHAT CONSTITUTES TRUE SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION?
- STUDYING BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS – THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SELF-STUDY VERSUS GROUP STUDY
- IN A WORLD OF AFFLICTIONS – RELY ON THE WISDOM OF BODHISATTVA
- READING BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS WITH A REMORSEFUL HEART HELPS IN SPEEDY ELIMINATION OF NEGATIVE KARMA
- WHAT IS THE KIND OF KARMIC OBSTACLE FOR HAVING A HESITANT CHARACTER AND HOW DO WE RESOLVE IT
- ONE WILL NOT ACHIEVE ANY SPIRITUAL STATUS BY MERELY PERFORMING VIRTUOUS DEEDS WITHOUT ELEVATING ONE’S STATE-OF-MIND
- ADOPT THE MIDDLE WAY AND SEE THINGS AS THEY TRULY ARE
- TRUE CULTIVATION IS TO LIVE A LIFE OF SIMPLICITY
- PUT YOURSELF IN OTHERS’ SHOES AND CULTIVATE A SENSE OF EMPATHY
- THE STRONGER THE RESOLUTION THE GREATER THE POSITIVE RETURNS WILL BE. CULTIVATION IS ABOUT SINCERITY RATHER THAN FORMALISM
- MAINTAIN OUR HUMILITY AND REMEMBER TO KEEP OUR HEAD DOWN
- HOW TO DEAL WITH SLANDER AND BACKBITING
- HAVE SELF-CONTROL OVER OUR MIND AND THOUGHTS
- ALL DEEDS OF HUMANS CAN NEVER ESCAPE THE EYES OF BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS
- ONE WHO IS ABLE TO SEE THROUGH THE REALITY OF THINGS WON’T SPEND MUCH TIME DOLLING UP
- HOW SHOULD WE INTERPRET THE IDEA THAT SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION REQUIRES US TO FORM POSITIVE TIES EXTENSIVELY
- ONE SHOULD NOT PERFORM GOOD DEEDS WITH THE INTENT TO COVER UP HIS OWN WRONGDOINGS
- EVIL THOUGHT IS THE CAUSE OF THE CREATION OF KARMA; APPLY THE BUDDHISM TEACHING OF “HAVING NO THOUGHT”; SHOULD ANY THOUGHT ARISE, IT SHOULD ONLY BE KIND IN NATURE
- GOOD FORTUNE WILL COME AROUND AFTER KARMIC OBSTACLES ARE ELIMINATED
- WHAT ARE THE MIRACLES THAT COULD OCCUR WITH CULTIVATION?
- REGARDLESS OF REPAYING OR CLAIMING KARMIC DEBTS, FILIAL PIETY TOWARDS PARENTS IS A WAY TO ACCUMULATE MERITS
- THREE BASIS FOR PRAYERS TO BODHISATTVA TO BE EFFICACIOUS
- DRAWING CONCLUSIONS ON MATTERS WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING ARE CONSIDERED AS CREATING SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING AND HAS HEAVY KARMIC RAMIFICATIONS
- WHAT KIND OF ACTS ARE CONSIDERED AS FEARLESSNESS DANA (ABHAYA DANA)?
- MERITS FROM GIVING THE TEACHINGS OF BUDDHA (DHARMA DANA)
- CEASELESSLY AUGMENT OUR GOOD FORTUNE; MUST NOT ALLOW ANY “LEAKAGE” TO TAKE PLACE
- DISCOURSE FROM MASTER LU: DO NOT TRANSFER ALL YOUR MERITS
- AS WE REACH CERTAIN STATE IN OUR CULTIVATION, WE WILL TEND TO BE WATCHFUL OF SPEECH KARMA AND TALK LESS
- HOW TO STRENGTHEN THE AFFINITY WITH MASTER JUN HONG LU
- WHY ARE THERE PEOPLE SLANDERING BUDDHAS TEACHING?
- IS IT TRUE THAT PEOPLE WITH MASSIVE KARMIC DEBTS WILL EASILY CREATE MORE?
- CONSEQUENCE OF CAUSING OTHERS TO COMMIT NEGATIVE SPEECH KARMA
- RELATIONSHIP OF MERITS AND HINDRANCES
- DISCOURSE BY GUAN DI BODHISATTVA : NO ONE SHOULD PLEA FOR LENIENCY FOR ANYONE WHO MAKE ILL-GOTTEN GAINS IN THE NAME OF BUDDHA AND BODHISATTVA, DAMAGES OR SLANDERS BUDDHISM; TRANGRESSOR SHALL FALL INTO THE RELENTLESS HELL WITH NO CHANCE OF REINCARNATION
- MASTER LU’S DISCOURSE: THREE CONDITIONS TO FULFIL IN ORDER TO ASCEND TO BODHISATTVA REALM
- PURIFY THE MIND WHEN DISTRACTING THOUGHTS SURFACE
- ‘BUDDHA’ – A NEW INDIAN DRAMA ABOUT THE STORY OF BUDDHA IN HIS LIFELONG PURSUIT OF TRUTH
- ONCE YOU RECEIVE MONEY FOR THE BOOKS GIVEN TO OTHERS, IT IS CONSIDERED AS EXPLOITING RELIGION FOR MONEY
- WEAKNESSES IN CHARACTER – ARE THEY CAUSED BY KARMIC OBSTACLES FROM PREVIOUS LIFE?
- ATTENDING ANY OF MASTER LU’S PUBLIC TALKS WILL ELIMINATE KARMIC OBSTACLES, DO NOT HAVE A DISCRIMINATING MIND
- PERFORMING DHARMA DANA (OFFERING THE KNOWLEDGE OF DHARMA)
- IS MONEY AND TIME SPENT TO ACCUMULATE VIRTUES CONSIDERED AS VIRTUES?
- UNDER WHAT SITUATION WILL MERITS BE STOLEN AND HOW TO PREVENT MERITS FROM BEING STOLEN
- HOW TO DETERMINE IF OUR KARMIC OBSTACLES HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED?
- BENCHMARK AND CHARACTERISTIC OF A PERSON WITH GOOD MIND CULTIVATION
- TEACHINGS FROM MASTER LU: “WORK HARD, STAY HUMBLE, PAY NO ATTENTION TO COMPLIMENTS OR INSULTS.”
- HOW TO OVERCOME FEAR AND NERVOUSNESS IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY
- HOW TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE AFFINITY WITH THE DHARMA BUT ARE NOT DILIGENT
- HOW TO RESOLVE UNHAPPINESS AND TROUBLES THAT HARRIED US
- EXHORTATION FROM MASTER JUN HONG LU
- UNDERSTANDING “STUBBORNESS WILL LEAD YOU NOWHERE AND YOU WILL GAIN NOTHING IN LIFE”
- HOW TO IMPROVE THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING DHARMA?
- DILIGENT PRACTITIONER MAY CALL UPON BODHISATTVA TO BLESS HIM FURTHER IN TIMES OF NEED
- HOW TO CULTIVATE RENUNCIATION; GREED IS THE CAUSE FOR ONE TO BE DECEIVED AND CHEATED
- TOO MUCH DESIRES AND WANDERING THOUGHTS WILL CAUSE MERITS TO LEAK JUST AS MUCH
- HOW MUCH KARMIC OBSTACLES CAN BE ELIMINATED BY ATTENDING THE 2017 SINGAPORE PUBLIC TALK?
- BODHISATTVAS WILL BE PLEASED AS LONG AS PUBLIC TALK VOLUNTEERS SHOW WHOLEHEARTED DEDICATION, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ROLES; VIRTUES WILL ONLY BE GAINED WHEN ONE PERFORMS RECITATION DURING VOLUNTEERING
- HOW DOES MENTALITY DETERMINES A PERSON’S DESTINY?
- WE NEED TO HAVE A SENSE OF CRISIS
- THE MORE MAGNANIMOUS YOU ARE, THE MORE BLESSINGS YOU HAVE
- IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TRANSCEND THE CYCLE OF REBIRTH WITHOUT PERSEVERANCE IN BUDDHIST PRACTICE AND CULTIVATION
- READING BODHISATTVAS’ DISCOURSE HELPS TO ELIMINATE KARMIC OBSTACLES
- MASTER LU’S SERIES OF BOOKS, BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS HELPS US UNDERSTAND ABOUT HEAVEN AND PREPARES US FOR OUR FUTURE STUDIES
- HOW TO RECTIFY OUR FAULTS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
- STUDY MORE BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ALWAYS EXPERIENCE NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
- STUDY MORE BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ALWAYS EXPERIENCE NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
- A GOOD MENTAL ATTITUDE IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE AS IT WILL BRING ABOUT AN INCREASE IN ONE’S POSITIVE ENERGY
- WHAT SHOULD WE DO WHEN WE ENCOUNTER A BLOCKADE
- MASTER JUN HONG LU’S DISCOURSE ON DHARMA PRACTICE AND SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION
- PERTAINING PRAYER TO BE SAID AFTER PERFORMING DHARMA DANA ON-LINE
- QUESTION ON WOMEN ATTENDING DHARMA CONVENTION DURING MENSTRUAL PERIOD – MAINTAINING A PURE MIND IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN A CLEAN BODY
- REGARDING RECITATION OF GONG DE BAO SHAN SHEN ZHOU AND HOW TO MAKE THE RELEVANT PRAYER REQUEST
- HOW DO WE STOP OURSELVES FROM BRAGGING?
- RESPECT THE BOOK OF “BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS”. KEEP IT INSIDE A RED COVER WHEN PLACED AT INAPPROPRIATE PLACES
- PERFORM MERITORIOUS DEEDS BASED ON THE ASPECT THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO YOU; UNDERSTAND THE RIGHT WAY OF GIVING
- REGARDING LISTENING TO POP MUSICS; DHARMA CULTIVATORS SHOULD NOT LISTEN TO DECADENT MUSIC
- EXPLAIN WHEN NECESSARY BUT DO NOT OVERDO IT
- CULTIVATE COMPASSION BY EVER FEELING GRATEFUL
- BE DILIGENT IN PRACTICING BUDDHISM AND IN HELPING OTHERS
- GRATITUDE WILL INHIBIT THE CREATION OF KARMIC OBSTACLES
- WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO BE SAVED?
- WHY DO PARENTS’ NEGATIVE KARMA FALL UPON THEIR CHILDREN
- HOW DO WE CHOOSE WHEN WE ARE FACED WITH MULTIPLE OPTIONS IN LIFE?
- THREE WAYS TO INTRODUCE BUDDHISM TO THE OTHERS
- EQ AND IQ ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT AS THEY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER
- COUNTER PETTINESS BY HAVING MORE COMPASSION AND FIND JOY IN GIVING
- PEOPLE WITH BLACK PATCHES OF ENERGIES IN THEIR BODIES WILL BE UNHEALTHY, UNLUCKY AND HAVE UNSTABLE CAREERS. THEREFORE, THEY SHOULD DRINK MORE GREAT COMPASSION WATER
- AFTER PRACTISING BUDDHISM, WILL A SMOOTH SAILING LIFESTYLE DEPLETE OUR MERITS
- PRACTICING DHARMA INAPPROPRIATELY CAUSES CANCER, ONE NEEDS TO REPENT DEEPLY; CAUSING ANOTHER PERSON TO WITHDRAW FROM HIS CULTIVATION WILL CONTRIVE A HEAVIER NEGATIVE KARMA
- PERFORM PROSTRATIONS DAILY TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH BODHISATTVA
- PRAYERS THAT ARE NOT CONSIDERED AS ASKING FOR WORLDLY AND HEAVENLY BLESSINGS
- HOW TO CULTIVATE COMPASSION WHILE ELIMINATING EVIL THOUGHTS?
- WAYS TO INCREASE ONE’S BLESSINGS AND LONGEVITY
- RETRIBUTION FOR USING IMAGES OF FAMOUS ANCIENT PEOPLE IN VIOLENT GAMES IS TO BE CONSIGNED TO HELL
- HOW TO CULTIVATE MAGNANIMITY
- HOW TO DEAL WITH VEXATIONS BROUGHT ABOUT IN THE COURSE OF PURSUING COMFORT IN LIFE
- PEOPLE WITH HEAVY KARMIC OBSTACLES ARE MORE PRONE TO INCURRING NEW NEGATIVE KARMA
- HANDLING OF LEFTOVERS
- PERFORM MORE RECITATIONS BEFORE CHING MING FESTIVAL, PRAY TO GUAN YIN BODHISATTVA FOR BLESSING PRIOR TO ANY MAJOR PROCEEDINGS
- REASON WHY WE FAIL TO PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH
- RECITE MORE TIMES OF THE HEART SUTRA AND THE GREAT COMPASSION MANTRA DURING THE LANTERN (YUANXIAO) FESTIVAL
- HOW IS BLACK CLOUD OF ENERGY (NEGATIVE ENERGY) FORMED AND HOW TO ELIMINATE IT?
- HOW TO DO SELF-REFLECTION?
- THE MORE PORNOGRAPHY YOU WATCH ONLINE, THE MORE DIFFICULT IT IS TO FIND A JOB
- A PERSON’S WELL-BEING IN HUMAN REALM IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO HIS LEVEL OF KARMIC OBSTACLES
- BUDDHIST PRACTITIONERS SHOULD SEEK HELP OF BODHISATTVAS WHEN ENCOUNTERING INSURMOUNTABLE DIFFICULTIES
- CONSEQUENCES OF SPEAKING AT WILL
- SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IS A GRAVE SIN IN THE CELESTIAL REALM; ONE IS UNABLE TO ASCEND TO HEAVEN IF SUCH SIN IS NOT ELIMINATED
- PRACTISING BUDDHISM IS TO BENEFIT SENTIENT BEINGS
- DO NOT GET INVOLVED WITH OTHERS’ EMOTIONAL MATTERS AS IT WILL INFRINGE ON THEIR KARMA
- TO PRACTISE BUDDHISM IS TO HAVE UNWAVERING CONFIDENCE
- IS IT ADVISABLE TO BRING PHOTOS OF FAMILY MEMBERS TO MASTER LU’S PUBLIC TALKS SO AS TO PRAY FOR BLESSINGS FROM BODHISATTVAS?
- WILL BEING FASCINATED TOWARDS CERTAIN THINGS AFFECT OUR EFFORT TO BE LIBERATED FROM THE CYCLE OF REBIRTH?
- HOW DO WE ELIMINATE MAJOR KARMIC OBSTACLES? ELIMINATION WILL TAKE ON A SPEEDIER RATE WITH A HIGHER STATE OF MIND
- REQUESTING A CHILD TO FINANCE IN MERITORIOUS ACTS, BOTH THE MOTHER AND CHILDREN WILL HAVE MERITS
- PERSONALITY TRAITS OF CHILDREN THAT BODHISATTVAS LIKE
- WAYS TO ELIMINATE SMALLER KARMIC DEBTS
- HOW TO ELIMINATE NEGATIVE KARMIC DEBTS FROM FOOD WASTAGE
- BRINGING OTHERS TO ATTEND MASTER LU’S PUBLIC TALKS IS A WAY TO HELP PEOPLE
- WHAT WILL CAUSE THE BURNING OF ONE’S FOREST OF VIRTUES?
- DO NOT ALLOW YOUR WEALTH TO BE THE FACTOR THAT CAUSES DEPLETION OF YOUR CHILDREN’S KARMIC REWARDS
- EACH “HIT” TO A DHARMA PROPAGATION ARTICLE SHARED ON THE INTERNET IS CONSIDERED AN EFFORT IN HELPING OTHERS
- ACTIVATION OF INDIVIDUAL KARMIC OBSTACLES: DOES IT LEAD TO THE ERUPTION OF SHARED KARMA WITHIN THE FAMILY?
- DO NOT HARP ON PAST MISTAKES WHICH YOU HAVE REPENTED UPON TO PREVENT IGNITING YOUR KARMIC OBSTACLES
- ABSENCE OF RESENTMENT IN A TRUE BUDDHIST PRACTITIONER
- DISCOURSE BY MASTER JUN HONG LU FOR SINGAPORE’S BUDDHIST FRIENDS
- HOW TO INSTANTLY REVERSE ONE’S STATE OF MIND TO AVOID BEING AFFECTED BY NEGATIVE EMOTIONS?
- HOW SOON WILL BAD KARMA BE NOTED AND HOW TO ELIMINATE NEGATIVE KARMA IMMEDIATELY THROUGH REPENTANCE
- DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CULTIVATION WILL HAVE DIFFERENT REALMS OF DHARMA PROTECTORS AS GUARDIAN ANGELS
- HOW DO WE EFFECTIVELY REMOVE HATRED FROM OUR HEART?
- HOW TO GAUGE ONE’S PROGRESS IN SPIRITIUAL CULTIVATION
- IN THE CASE WHERE KARMIC OBSTACLES HAVE ERUPTED, CAN WE UTILISE OUR VIRTUES TO ELIMINATE THEM?
- HOW TO CHANGE OUR FIXED KARMA CREATED FROM OUR GOOD AND BAD KARMIC DEEDS
- DO NOT READ UNNECESSARY BOOKS AND LISTEN TO DECEASED SINGERS’ SONGS, ADVANCE YOUR CULTIVATION SINGLE-MINDEDLY AND DILIGENTLY!
- A CALLER ENQUIRED ABOUT HIS LIFESPAN AND MASTER JUN HONG LU ASSURED EVERYONE THAT HE WILL NOT FORSAKE HIS DISCIPLES REGARDLESS OF THEIR SITUATIONS
- BUDDHIST PRACTITIONERS ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO KARMIC RETRIBUTION IN THEIR CURRENT LIFETIME?
- TO COMMENT ON OTHERS BEHIND THEIR BACK IS A SERIOUS KARMA OF SPEECH
- WITH EACH EVIL ACT, MORE MISFORTUNE AND EVIL WILL ACCRUE
- SEEING MANY SPIRITS INSIDE THE SUBWAY, AND NEEDING TO BE CONSTANTLY MINDFUL OF SENTIENT BEINGS’ SUFFERINGS TO ENABLE ONESELF TO BE PERPETUALLY ADVANCING
- IS IT BETTER TO FOCUS ON ERADICATING NEGATIVE KARMA FIRST BEFORE APPLYING FOR DISCIPLESHIP?
- PRECEPTS TO BE ADHERED TO BY LAY PRACTITIONERS
- CULTIVATE SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT IN PRACTICAL TRAINING; HELP OTHERS AS WE PRACTISE ALONG
- HOW SHOULD WE DHARMA CULTIVATORS REACT TO THE HARM INFLICTED ON US?
- DISCOURSE REGARDING MERITS BEING DEPLETED BY OUTBURST OF FURY
- KARMIC CREDITOR WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY OCCUPYING ONE’S BODY WHEN THERE IS HALO ABOVE THE HEAD
- SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN THE SIZE OF KARMIC OBSTACLES WITHIN TWO YEARS DUE TO ACTIVELY HELPING OTHERS
- MASTER LU’S DISCOURSE ON “NON-SELF” AND “EQUANIMITY”
- THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PUTTING BOTH PALMS TOGETHER AND USING A SINGLE HAND WHEN PAYING OBEISANCE
- WHAT IS CONSIDERED ‘TRUE CULTIVATION’
- PRACTISING BUDDHISM IS ABLE TO CHANGE UP TO 70% OF A PERSON’S FATE & FORTUNE
- WE NEED TO HAVE A SENSE OF CRISIS
- BEING MINDFUL OF OUR SPEECH IS AS GOOD AS GUARDING OUR MINDS
- HOW SHOULD WE ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CONDITIONS
- THE BUDDHIST MENTALITY OF LETTING GO
- THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTIVATING COMPASSION
- MAINTAIN A HUMBLE MENTALITY
- THE SIX PERFECTIONS IN BUDDHISM IS A PRACTICE THAT TAKES A PROGRESSIVE APPROACH
- WILL BEING PUNISHED BY DHARMA PROTECTORS AFTER COMMITTING WRONGDOINGS HELP US TO ELIMINATE NEGATIVE KARMA
- IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACHIEVE STEADINESS OF MIND
- WHY DOES ONE STILL HAVE HEFTY KARMIC OBSTACLES DESPITE MANY YEARS OF SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION?
- HOW SHOULD WE DETERMINE WHETHER WE ARE BEING OVERLY ATTACHED TO THINGS
- WILL THE PROPORTION OF KARMIC DEBTS VARY WHEN ONE EXPERIENCE PREDETERMINED CALAMITIES AT AGES ENDING WITH ‘369’
- THE MINDSET, BEHAVIOUR AND WORDS OF BUDDHIST PRACTITIONERS SHOULD BE COHERENT
- WHAT SHOULD WE DO WHEN WE CAN’T SEEM TO THINK THINGS THROUGH?
- HOW TO TELL THE AMOUNT OF KARMIC OBSTACLES WE HAVE?
- REPAY ALL OUR KARMIC DEBTS IN ORDER TO BE TRULY CAREFREE
- KINDNESS DOES NOT EQUATE TO A HIGH STATE OF MIND
- THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ONE’S BUDDHA-NATURE AND INHERENT NATURE
- BEING OVERLY ATTACHED TO NOTIONS OF RIGHT AND WRONG WILL LEAD TO A SUSPICIOUS ATTITUDE
- WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO ENCOURAGE OUR FAMILY MEMBERS TO PRACTISE BUDDHISM
- ELIMINATION OF KARMIC OBSTACLES IS THE FASTEST WHEN WE ARE IN THE HUMAN REALM, SO DO NOT WASTE TIME
- AVOID TELLING FALSEHOODS IN ORDER TO LEAD A GOOD LIFE
- DILIGENT CULTIVATION CAN CHANGE OUR DESTINY
- LEADING A LIFE OF CELIBACY IS A PREREQUISITE FOR TRANSCENDING THE CYCLE OF REBIRTH IN THIS LIFETIME
- THE MANY BLESSINGS WE RECEIVE FROM OTHERS CAN HELP US ELIMINATE MANY MINOR KARMIC OBSTACLES
- WAYS IN WHICH HUMILITY AND MODESTY ARE CONSIDERED AS MERITORIOUS DEEDS
- “MAY THERE BE MORE PREDESTINED SENTIENT BEINGS WHO ARE ABLE TO HEAR THE BUDDHA’S TEACHINGS”
- SUCCESS IN BUDDHIST CULTIVATION DEPENDS ON ONE’S DILIGENCE AND DETERMINATION, COUPLED WITH COMPASSION AND WISDOM
- ALWAYS INSTILL GUAN YIN BODHISATTVA IN OUR MINDS, KEEP GUAN YIN BODHISATTVA ALIVE IN OUR THOUGHTS, AND ALLOW GUAN YIN BODHISATTVA TO RESIDE IN OUR HEARTS
- NOT RETURNING BORROWED MONEY IS CONSIDERED MAKING ILLICIT GAINS
- ONE WHO READILY APOLOGISES WILL FIND IT EASIER TO GAIN THE FORGIVENESS OF OTHERS
- IGNORANCE WILL FLAW OUR UNDERTAKINGS AND BRING ABOUT MISFORTUNES
- HOW TO ATTAIN A STATE OF ABSOLUTE DISCIPLINE?
- DOING OUR UTMOST TO PROPAGATE BUDDHISM ONLINE IS CONSIDERED AN ACT OF SAVING OTHERS
- WE SHOULD PRAY TO BODHISATTVA WITH OUR INNATE BUDDHA NATURE
- WHY SOME PRAYERS GET ANSWERED MORE SWIFTLY THAN OTHERS?
- ONLY ONE WHO DOES THINGS WITH DILIGENCE WILL SUCCEED
- UNDERSTANDING OF THE SAYING “WORDS ONCE UTTERED, WILL CONTRIBUTE TO KARMA”; WHAT SHOULD WE BE AWARE OF WHEN WE SPEAK
- SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION IS ABOUT TRANSFORMING OURSELVES
- GOOD SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION CAN ELIMINATE A LOT OF KARMIC OBSTACLES
- ONE HAS NOT TRULY GAINED WISDOM IF THEY STILL HAVE EMOTIONS OF HAPPINESS, ANGER, SORROW AND JOY
- IS IT POSSIBLE THAT A PERSON WHO IS COMPASSIONATE IS FULLY EQUIPPED WITH HARMONIOUS WISDOM
- HOW SHOULD WE INTERPRET THE VERSE ‘THE ABSENCE OF THOUGHT IS BUDDHAHOOD’
- REFRAIN FROM CHECKING OR TALKING ON THE CELL PHONE WHILE PERFORMING RECITATION OF BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES
- HOW CAN WE CULTIVATE A STEADY COMPOSURE
- HOW DOES THE PRACTICE OF GIVING DIFFER FROM GENEROSITY
- IS IT GOOD TO HAVE OUR NEGATIVE KARMAS ACTIVATED EARLIER?
- CAN MERITORIOUS BLESSINGS OFFSET KARMIC OBSTACLES?
- WHAT SHOULD WE RELY ON TO ELIMINATE ARROGANCE
- HOW TO ELIMINATE THE HATRED IN OUR EIGHTH CONSCIOUSNESS
- GUAN YIN HALL IS OUR “HOME”
- DO NOT THINK LIGHTLY OF THE LITTLE GOOD DEEDS
- HOW TO INVOKE THE ASSISTANCE OF GUAN YIN BODHISATTVA
- DEDICATE OURSELVES TO SPIRITUAL PROGRESSION DAILY AND GUARD OUR SPIRITUALITY
- TO TALK OF PEOPLE BEHIND THEIR BACKS IS TO COMMIT SPEECH KARMA
- THE EMERGENCE OF ALL KINDS OF WORRIES IN THIS WORLD ARE OPPORTUNITIES GIVEN TO US TO DISCOVER OUR SHORTCOMINGS
- STUDYING BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS MEANS NOT ONLY THE BOOKS BUT ALL DHARMA DISCOURSES OF MASTER LU
- ALLOW YOUR HEART TO BE ONE WITH THE BUDDHA
- BODHISATTVA WILL HELP US AS LONG AS IT IS BENEFICIAL TO BUDDHISM PROPAGATION
- DISAGREEMENT WITHIN A PRACTICE GROUP ARE DUE TO LAW OF CAUSALITY
- LIFE IS MEANINGFUL WHEN WE LIVE FOR THE INTERESTS OF OTHERS
- KARMIC OBSTACLES CAN BE ELIMINATED IN BOTH GOOD AND BAD TIMES
- THE CRITERIA OF A QUALIFIED BUDDHIST CULTIVATOR
- WHY DO FILTHY PEOPLE SUFFER FROM BAD LUCK?
- A PERSON WHO GETS ANGRY OFTEN WILL HAVE A BAD AURA; CALMNESS AND COLLECTEDNESS DO WONDER TO ONE’S HEALTH
- SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION IS THE WAY TO HELP US ELIMINATE ALL OUR EVIL THOUGHTS, BAD HABITS AND POOR CONDUCT
- OVERINDULGENCE IN FOOD AND SLEEP WILL LEAD TO INCREASED IGNORANCE AND LUST
- WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A PERSON WITH HIGH-LEVEL PERCEPTION?
- ENERGY FROM REPENTANCE IS EXTREMELY POSITIVE
- BUDDHIST CULTIVATION REQUIRES ONE TO FOLLOW THE TRUTH, NOT A PERSON
- TRANSFERRING MERITS IS THE FASTEST SOLUTION TO HELP SOMEONE WHO IS ENCOUNTERING PROBLEMS
- SUFFERING IS PREVALENT, SO HOW CAN WE BECOME LIBERATED?
- PERSIST AND NEVER ALLOW YOURSELF TO BECOME NEGLIGENT IN YOUR BUDDHIST PRACTICE
- BECOME A BODHISATTVA IN THE HUMAN REALM
- BUDDHA ONCE SAID EVERY ACT OF MERIT MUST BE CARRIED OUT BY ONESELF
- LANGUAGE IS NOT A BARRIER TO LEARNING BUDDHISM. TRANSLATING MASTER LU’S DISCOURSE AND BOOKS IS ANOTHER WAY TO ACCUMULATE MERITS AND VIRTUES
- HOW DO WE DETERMINE IF WE ARE GENUINE IN OUR SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION
- HOW TO BE STRICT WHEN YOU DISCIPLINE CHILDREN
- DO NOT OFFEND OR BE HOSTILE TO OTHERS
- FAITH IN BUDDHISM DRIVEN BY ONE’S WISH
- HOW DO WE OVERCOME EGOCENTRISM?
- MENTALITY WHEN BESEECHING BODHISATTVA
- DESIRES AND DISTRACTING THOUGHTS WILL DEPLETE MERITS AND VIRTUES
- THERE ARE TWO PATHS FOR SENTIENT BEINGS IN THIS WORLD
- INTEGRATE BUDDHIST PRINCIPLES IN OUR BEHAVIOUR
- THE ESSENCE OF SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION
- KSITIGARBHA BODHISATTVA’S (DI ZHANG WANG PU SA) DISCOURSE IN A DREAM: DAILY CULTIVATION AND RECITATIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT; LAGGING BEHIND IN DAILY HOMEWORK WILL NOT PRODUCE RESULTS IN THE FUTURE
- THE REASON BEHIND GAMING ADDICTION; DO NOT DO ANYTHING EXCESSIVELY
- HOW DO WE TRANSFORM FATE AND DESTINY?
- WAYS TO MANAGE OUR TIME EFFICIENTLY TO ACCUMULATE MORE VIRTUES
- THROW OUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO NOT NEED IN OUR LIVES
- Q&A 153. Problems encountered when introducing Buddhism to people
- Q&A 124. Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss
- Q&A 91. Learning Buddhism by listening to Master Lu’s radio programs and reading his blog
- Q&A 89. Making vows to help people become spiritually awakened
- Q&A 86. Propagating several Dharma Doors at the same time
- PROPER WAY TO PRAY
- WITH BODHISATTVA IN YOUR HEART, ANY PLACE IS A GOOD PLACE FOR AN ALTAR
- Q&A 80. Being destined to be a Pure Child
- Q&A 79. Zhong Yuan Festival (Ullambana Festival)
- Q&A 77. Transfer of merits and virtues
- DO NOT PURSUE FAME AND MATERIAL WEALTH
- Q&A 72. Introduction to Buddhist sutras and mantras (2)
- Q&A 70. Foreign spirits occupying the body
- Q&A 48. Performing recitations and praying to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas during menstruation
- Q&A 38. How do you know if your energy is being stolen?
- Q&A 37. How do you prevent your own energy from dissipating?
- The Difference Between Demons and Negative Karmic Debts; How To Resolve Demonic Obstacles?
- How to Overcome Stress Associated With Cultivation
- Strike A Balance Among Performing Recitation, Promoting Buddhism And Performing Life Liberation
- What Is Considered Diligent Practice?
- A Person Who Neither Practices Cultivation Of Mind And Conduct Nor Performs Virtuous Deeds, Shall Lead His Life Destined By His Fate
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