THE ELIMINATION OF NEGATIVE KARMA AFTER ONE GAINS WISDOM DIFFERS FROM THAT WHEN ONE REMAINS IN AN UNENLIGHTENED STATE
Caller: Hi Master, it’s said that hardship we experience in life can help us eliminate our karmic obstacles. The same goes for performing repentance, offering of Little Houses, having wisdom and a magnanimous heart.
I’d like to ask whether the following understanding is correct: The first three factors are able to eliminate the karmic obstacles per se, but the latter two – having wisdom and a big heart – can help us eliminate the more deep-seated karmic obstacles because they entail tapping into one’s inherent Buddha nature? I would appreciate Master’s guidance.
Master Jun Hong Lu: That’s absolutely correct! Conceptually, the elimination of karmic obstacles after a person gains wisdom differs from that when he remains in a non-enlightened state.
Caller: Master, this is the type of realisation that I’ve just mentioned where one’s karmic obstacles are eliminated through the application of wisdom and magnanimity. This is when the elimination of the more deep-seated karmic obstacles takes place. Is that right?
Master Jun Hong Lu: That’s correct. That’s how it works.
Source: Wenda20160729 12:26, Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program
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