PRAYER IS NOT ANSWERED BECAUSE THE KARMIC CONDITIONS HAVE NOT MATURED
Master Jun Hong Lu: We must educate our Buddhist friends that when karmic conditions ripen, the fruit of karma will certainly take effect. When the karmic conditions of your prayer to the Buddha ripen today, your karmic result will come into being. If the karmic conditions of your prayer have not ripened, your prayer will go unanswered no matter how hard you pray.
Bodhisattvas often say that when the conditions fall in place, success will come knocking on your door. If you pray every day, will the Bodhisattvas not know about it? It is very important to know how many meritorious and virtuous deeds you have performed, and how sincere you are when you pray.
Why do we have worries? It is because karmic conditions have not arisen, so of course you will be worried. You have prayed to have a certain wish fulfilled. Your prayer is not answered because the conditions have not matured, so you suffer and feel miserable.
Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s Buddhism In Plain Terms, Episode 13, 29 May 2020
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