FILIAL PIETY TOWARDS PARENTS IS A WAY TO ACCUMULATE MERITS
Caller: Master, I notice that people who are particularly filial would receive lots of blessings from Bodhisattvas.
Master Jun Hong Lu: Of course, and it comes with meritorious rewards as well. These days, many people simply lack merit because they are not very filial to their parents.
Caller: Actually, filial piety is a way to accumulate merits for ourselves.
Master Jun Hong Lu: Exactly! Think about it, even if your parents are here to repay their karmic debts to you, but you choose not to claim them, don’t you think you are actually accruing merits for yourself? Conversely, if you are karmically indebted to your parents and decide to repay the karmic dues by giving them all of your blessings, aren’t you in a way repaying your karmic debts? Regardless of your karmic position, both outcomes ultimately work in your favour.
In a nutshell, as long as you are filial to your parents, whether by repaying karmic debts or choosing not to claim karmic debts from them, you will be blessed!
Source: Wenda20141026A 06:45, Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program
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