STAY TRUE TO YOUR INITIAL ASPIRATION

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STAY TRUE TO YOUR INITIAL ASPIRATION Master Jun Hong Lu: You must strengthen your power of vows to protect the impetus that propelled you to make those initial resolutions. What does strengthening your power of vows mean? It means to regularly recollect the time when you gave rise to your initial resolve. At the early […]

SAMANTABHADRA BODHISATTVA’S TENTH GREAT VOW: TO TRANSFER MERITS TO ALL SENTIENT BEINGS

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SAMANTABHADRA BODHISATTVA’S TENTH GREAT VOW: TO TRANSFER MERITS TO ALL SENTIENT BEINGS Master Jun Hong Lu: Samantabhadra Bodhisattva‘s tenth great vow is ‘To transfer merits to all sentient beings’. The merit-garnering deeds that Bodhisattvas perform are all for the sake of sentient beings. Similarly, for you, Buddhist practitioners, the virtuous deeds that you perform are […]

SAMANTABHADRA BODHISATTVA’S NINTH GREAT VOW: CONSTANTLY ACCEDING TO THE NEEDS OF ALL SENTIENT BEINGS

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SAMANTABHADRA BODHISATTVA’S NINTH GREAT VOW: CONSTANTLY ACCEDING TO THE NEEDS OF ALL SENTIENT BEINGS Master Jun Hong Lu: Samantabhadra Bodhisattva‘s ninth great vow is ‘To constantly comply with the needs of sentient beings’. Think about it, there are no alternative means other than complying with sentient beings, be it in our Buddhism practice, conducting ourselves […]

SAMANTABHADRA BODHISATTVA’S SIXTH GREAT VOW: TO REQUEST THE BUDDHA TO SET IN MOTION THE WHEEL OF DHARMA

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SAMANTABHADRA BODHISATTVA’S SIXTH GREAT VOW: TO REQUEST THE BUDDHA TO SET IN MOTION THE WHEEL OF DHARMA Master Jun Hong Lu: Samantabhadra Bodhisattva’s sixth great vow is ‘to request the Buddha to set in motion the wheel of dharma’. ‘Shakyamuni Buddha has passed into extinction’. ‘To enter into extinction’ is how people in the past […]

SAMANTABHADRA BODHISATTVA’S FOURTH GREAT VOW: REPENT ONE’S WRONGDOINGS

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SAMANTABHADRA BODHISATTVA’S FOURTH GREAT VOW: REPENT ONE’S WRONGDOINGS Master Jun Hong Lu: Samantabhadra Bodhisattva’s fourth great vow is to repent one’s wrongdoings. As long as we are in the human realm or in the six realms of rebirth, we will definitely be plagued by karmic obstacles. The Chinese word (忏悔) (to repent) can be examined […]

SAMANTABHADRA BODHISATTVA’S SECOND GREAT VOW: PRAISE THE TATHAGATAS (THUS COME ONE)

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SAMANTABHADRA BODHISATTVA’S SECOND GREAT VOW: PRAISE THE TATHAGATAS (THUS COME ONE) Master Jun Hong Lu: Please allow me to elaborate on “To praise the Tathagatas”, there are three aspects to it: • Paying respect to the Buddhas through your actions; • Praising the Buddhas through your speech; and • Venerating the Buddhas through your thoughts. […]

SAMANTABHADRA BODHISATTVA’S SECOND GREAT VOW: PRAISE THE TATHAGATA

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SAMANTABHADRA BODHISATTVA’S SECOND GREAT VOW: PRAISE THE TATHAGATA Master Jun Hong Lu: Samantabhadra Bodhisattva’s Second Great Vow: Praise the Tathagata (Thus Come One). The Tathagata is likened to all the Bodhisattvas, towards Them, we must be full of praise. For example, when you worship Guan Yin Bodhisattva, your heart should praise Guan Yin Bodhisattva, “You […]

SAMANTABHADRA BODHISATTVA’S TEN GREAT VOWS

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SAMANTABHADRA BODHISATTVA’S TEN GREAT VOWS Master Jun Hong Lu: Samantabhadra Bodhisattva has made ten great vows, therefore He is known as “Universal Worthy Bodhisattva”. When you recite the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance (LIFO), what are you actually reciting? It is in fact about your intention to change your behaviour. When you are determined to do […]

MAKING GREAT VOWS WILL HELP ELIMINATE KARMIC OBSTACLES AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE SEVERITY OF RETRIBUTION

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MAKING GREAT VOWS WILL HELP ELIMINATE KARMIC OBSTACLES AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE SEVERITY OF RETRIBUTION Caller: Some Buddhist practitioners are about to face with their ‘3,6,9’ predestined karmic passes, as well as clashes with Tai Sui Bodhisattva. Master mentioned that making great vows will help eliminate karmic obstacles. What if they make a vow to […]

IS IT CONSIDERED A GREAT VOW TO ABSTAIN FROM WATCHING MOVIES, DRAMA SERIES AND ENTERTAINMENT NEWS?

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Wenda20190203A 53:56 (Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program) IS IT CONSIDERED A GREAT VOW TO ABSTAIN FROM WATCHING MOVIES, DRAMA SERIES AND ENTERTAINMENT NEWS? Caller: A Buddhist practitioner has made a vow to abstain from watching movies, drama series and entertainment news, is it considered a great vow? Will there be any merit gained […]

THOSE WHO VOW TO OBSERVE THE FIVE BUDDHIST PRECEPTS BUT STILL MAINTAIN AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR SPOUSES ARE UNABLE TO TRANSCEND THE SIX REALMS OF EXISTENCE DUE TO THEIR LOW LEVEL OF SPIRITUALITY

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Master Jun Hong Lu’s Discourse (Question 354) 28 December 2019 THOSE WHO VOW TO OBSERVE THE FIVE BUDDHIST PRECEPTS BUT STILL MAINTAIN AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR SPOUSES ARE UNABLE TO TRANSCEND THE SIX REALMS OF EXISTENCE DUE TO THEIR LOW LEVEL OF SPIRITUALITY Question: In the past, I had always thought that physical intimacy […]

WHEN A VOW TO RECITE 10,000 TIMES OF THE AMITABHA PURE LAND REBIRTH (WANG SHENG ZHOU) IS IN PLACE, HOW MANY CAN ONE RECITE ON A DAILY BASIS?

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Wenda20200731 57:29 (Master Jun Hong Lu‘s call-in radio program) WHEN A VOW TO RECITE 10,000 TIMES OF THE AMITABHA PURE LAND REBIRTH (WANG SHENG ZHOU) IS IN PLACE, HOW MANY CAN ONE RECITE ON A DAILY BASIS? Caller: How are you, Master? If a person has made a vow to recite 10,000 of the Amitabha […]

MAKING GREAT VOWS AND PERFORMING LIFE LIBERATION IN LARGE QUANTITIES CAN HELP RESOLVE MATTERS OF GRAVE CONCERN

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Wenda20170728 34:59 (Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program) MAKING GREAT VOWS AND PERFORMING LIFE LIBERATION IN LARGE QUANTITIES CAN HELP RESOLVE MATTERS OF GRAVE CONCERN Caller: Master Lu, when we pray for something, which method is more efficacious –performing the Three Golden Practices (performing recitations, life liberation and making great vows) concurrently, or focusing […]

STATE SPECIFIC PRAYER REQUEST WHEN YOU VOW TO RECITE 10,000 TIMES MANTRA TO UNTIE KARMIC KNOTS

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Master Jun Hong Lu’s World Buddhist Fellowship Meeting (Q&A Session) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18 October 2019 STATE SPECIFIC PRAYER REQUEST WHEN YOU VOW TO RECITE 10,000 TIMES MANTRA TO UNTIE KARMIC KNOTS Question: Recently many Buddhist practitioners have made vows to recite 10,000 times of the Mantra to Untie Karmic Knots, praying to resolve the […]

MAKE A VOW TO OFFER 108 LITTLE HOUSES WHEN WE ENCOUNTER A HUGE DISTRESS OR KARMIC OBSTACLE

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Wenda20200918 23:16 (Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program) MAKE A VOW TO OFFER 108 LITTLE HOUSES WHEN WE ENCOUNTER A HUGE DISTRESS OR KARMIC OBSTACLE Caller: In the recent <Journey To Heaven And The Underworld> series, Guan Yin Bodhisattva gave a discourse which says, “My child, let me tell you today, you may make […]

MAKE SPECIFIC PRAYER REQUEST TO BODHISATTVA IF WE WISH TO UTILISE OUR MERITS TO ELIMINATE NEGATIVE KARMA

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Shuohua20130104 02:25 (Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program) MAKE SPECIFIC PRAYER REQUEST TO BODHISATTVA IF WE WISH TO UTILISE OUR MERITS TO ELIMINATE NEGATIVE KARMA Caller: You often say that the prerequisite for the elimination of negative karma is to have merits. Merits are accumulated when we perform recitations and when we recite the […]

Q&A 172. Making a vow to recite 100,000 times of a Buddhist scripture

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Q: Master Lu has mentioned that if we wish to make a vow to recite 100,000 times of a particular Buddhist scripture, the effects will be especially good. May I ask which Buddhist scriptures may be considered for such a vow? How should we perform and count the recitation, and how do we state our prayers? […]