GREED, HATRED AND IGNORANCE ARE THE MAIN CAUSES FOR ONE TO BE TRAPPED IN THE THREE EVIL REALMS
Caller: How are you Master? Is it correct to say that “Greed is the main cause for one to be reborn in the animal realm, while hatred is the ticket to hell”?
Master Jun Hong Lu: To a certain extent, that’s correct, but not entirely true. Animals are very greedy by nature which explains their instinctive behaviour.
Resentment is essentially hatred. Those with intense hatred lack compassion. Their hatred not only causes harm to their health but would also tarnish their state-of-mind and damage their souls.
When hatred tips over to the extreme, one becomes vengeful. Irrespective of whether you act out of revenge, your heart is already filled with the seeds of resentment which are the tickets to hell. Hatred would precipitate one to do what’s wrong, for example, murder or cause someone’s death. Don’t you think this will cause one to descend to hell? This is how the seeds are sown and when they germinate, hell is where you go. This is because when one is overwhelmed by hatred, he is capable of committing extremely vicious deeds.
In fact, greed is unlikely to lead one to hell. Having said that, a greedy person will be trapped in the three evil realms, of which hell is the lowest. Hence, at times, hatred is far more terrible than greed. To hate someone is the worst thing to do. People may label a greedy person as narrow-minded, uncultivated or selfish, and that’s about it.
A person with hatred on the other hand is bound to be revengeful. This is when hatred seeps into his heart, enters his Eighth Consciousness, tarnishes his inherent nature and pure heart. By then, it is not even possible for him to be reborn in the animal realm as he will directly descend to hell.
Source: Wenda20130714A 30:19, Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program
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