TO ENSURE ADEQUATE ENERGY, SUFFICIENT LITTLE HOUSES MUST BE SET ASIDE FOR ONE’S KARMIC CREDITORS WHEN HELPING OTHERS RECITE
Question: A Buddhist friend started practising Guan Yin Citta sometime end of June this year and she has since recited more than 600 Little Houses, of which only 10 of them were for her own karmic creditors. Just recently, her family found out that she was diagnosed with last stage breast cancer.
Answer: This is a telltale sign of shouldering the karmic obstacles of others. Her spiritual energy is simply lacking because she has recited too few Little Houses for herself.
Where is she going to find the energy to shoulder the karmic obstacles of others? To guarantee that your quest to help your loved ones does not go awry, you should recite a bit more for yourself, by setting aside 70% of the Little Houses for yourself with the remaining 30% for your loved ones.
This 70% is meant to shield yourself from your own karmic obstacles, of which 20% can offset new karma, while the remaining 50% assures that you have the capacity to help others.
Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s Discourse (Question 74), 16 November 2015
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