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(Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program)
THE POWER OF VOWS DERIVES FROM ONE’S SUFFERING AND ADVANCEMENT IN SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION
Caller: The power of vows is the foundation for one to become a Bodhisattva or even attain Buddhahood. May I ask Master, where the power of vows derives from?
Master Jun Hong Lu: The power of vows derives from suffering. The more deeply a person suffers, the more powerful his vows are. Vows will not be powerful when one is enjoying good times. When people are indulging in worldy pleasures, their vows will not be powerful.
Only when one suffers, he will go, “I must spare no effort in doing this”; only when he is in poor health, he will go, “I must be a vegetarian”; only when he faces relationship breakdown, he will go, “I must be a monk”…
The power of vows will emerge only when one experiences suffering in this mortal world.
The other possible factor is the advancement in one’s spiritual cultivation after reciting Buddhist scriptures for a period of time. With that, one will then be able to elevate their state of mind.
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