THE HEART OF REPENTANCE
Master Jun Hong Lu: Whatever causes that put you off from spiritual cultivation are your own karmic obstacles.
When you think, “Oh, I‘m too lazy to wake up in the morning” – this is the effect of your karmic obstacle!
When your family members obstruct your practice – this is another effect of your karmic obstacle!
When you say, “I have children; my hands are full; I am simply too busy to even pray, let alone go out to help others, etc” – once again, the effect of your karmic obstacle!
All these hindrances are due to your karmic obstacles. One fine day, when your karmic obstacles erupt and you get into a car accident, you cry, “Oh Master, please help me!” And, there you are wondering, “Where did this karmic obstacle come from?”
This is where it came from: Every day you are accumulating a little karmic obstacle, and before you know it, a major karmic obstacle is formed.
Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s Buddhism In Plain Terms, Episode 60
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