Q&A 81. How to determine if an Application for Change of Name is successful?

Posted Posted in About Performing Recitation, Buddhism Your Questions Answered (171 FAQ)

Q: Master Lu, could you please kindly spend some time teaching us a good method to determine whether our Application for Change of Name is successful? A: How to determine whether the Application for Change of Name is successful? Your instincts play an important role. First of all, it is mostly based on the feelings of the person who changes […]

Q&A 80. Being destined to be a Pure Child

Posted Posted in About Performing Recitation, About Spiritual Cultivation, Buddhism Your Questions Answered (171 FAQ)

Q: Dear Master Lu, according to traditional Chinese folklore, those who are destined to be pure children usually experience extreme difficulties in life. What sutras and mantras should they recite? A: The idea of “pure children” or “pure boys and pure girls”, originated from the Chinese countryside in ancient times. There is a saying that they […]

Q&A 79. Zhong Yuan Festival (Ullambana Festival)

Posted Posted in About Festival and Special Days, About Spiritual Cultivation, Buddhism Your Questions Answered (171 FAQ)

Q: Master Lu, the Ullambana Festival is approaching, what should we be aware of? A: The Ullambana Festival is also known as the “Hungry Ghost Festival” and it is celebrated on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month. During the 7th lunar month, or similar occasions such as Ching Ming (Tomb Sweeping Day) and Winter Solstice, people tend […]

Q&A 77. Transfer of merits and virtues

Posted Posted in About Spiritual Cultivation, Buddhism Your Questions Answered (171 FAQ)

Q: Master Lu, as lay Buddhist practitioners, should we transfer merits and virtues when we recite Buddhist scriptures? A: We perform daily recitation and recite Little Houses on a regular basis. Should we transfer the merits and virtues thus obtained? It is best to act in accordance with karmic conditions. Transferring merits and virtues is a major undertaking […]

From a Meatatarian to Vegetarian; From Hostile Daughter-in-Law to Practising Filial Piety

Posted Posted in Testimony Sharing

Deepest gratitude to the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva! Deepest gratitude to all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Dharma Protectors of the Ten Directions and Three Periods of Time! Deepest gratitude to Master Jun Hong Lu! Good day to all I will begin my sharing by talking about food. I come from Northeast China […]