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 […]
Wenda20200117 44:11 (Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program) WILL MAKING GREAT VOWS HELP TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF OUR RECITATION? Caller: Hello, Master Lu. Will the quality of our recitations be improved after we have made a great vow? Master Jun Hong Lu: That’s for sure. Those who have the resolution will advance closer […]
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? […]
Master Jun Hong Lu’s World Buddhist Fellowship Meeting (Q&A Session) Melbourne, Australia 7 December 2019 Question 32 HONOUR THE MASTER AND REVERE HIS TEACHINGS Question: Master, recently in your radio program, you mentioned that the Disciple’s Code of Conduct is a representation of a disciple’s resolution. In that case, does that mean that there is […]
Wenda20130804B 27:16 (Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program) DISCOURSE BY MASTER JUN HONG LU FOR SINGAPORE’S BUDDHIST FRIENDS DHARMA PRACTICE IS THE WAY TO END SUFFERING Spiritual relief can only be achieved when one is free from suffering. When a person starts cultivating through practice of Dharma, they will be able to overcome their […]
Wenda20150213 01:43:04 (Master Lu’s call-in radio program) IT’S POSSIBLE TO TRANSCEND THE CYCLE OF REBIRTH BY PRACTISING GUAN YIN CITTA Caller: A Buddhist practitioner dreamt about hearing a voice telling him: “ A Buddhist practitioner known as XX has only 4% of karmic obstacles now.” In his dream, he thought to himself, this means the […]
Wenda20180302 48:03 (Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program) CIRCUMSTANCES THAT AFFECT THE POWER OF A PERSON’S VOW Caller: Master Lu, what are the circumstances that will affect a person in realizing his vow? Master Jun Hong Lu: When he has too many distracting thoughts! A person whose mind wanders restlessly is not focused in […]
Master Jun Hong Lu’s Q&A Session with Buddhist Friends Brisbane, Australia 16 June 2018 CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CALL FOR AND THINGS TO TAKE NOTE OF IN MAKING A VOW OF 108 EIGHTY-EIGHT BUDDHAS GREAT REPENTANCE Question: Master Lu, you mentioned before in one of the radio programs that for the recitation of Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance, […]
Master Jun Hong Lu’s World Buddhist Fellowship Meeting (Q&A Session) Jakarta, Indonesia 22 April 2017 Q7: WHAT SHOULD A PERSON WHO IS HALF-HEARTED IN MAKING VOWS, AND PERFORMING RECITATIONS DO WHEN FACING KARMIC OBSTACLES? Q: For a person who has yet to have complete faith in Buddhism, or who hasn’t begun performing recitations, what should […]
Wenda20150628B 30:41 (Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program] HOW TO OVERCOME HINDRANCE AFTER MAKING GREAT VOW Caller: After a person makes a great vow, he will be endowed with the blessings from Bodhisattva and Dharma protectors. At the same time, it will also be accompanied by varied hindrances and assessments. How do we persist firmly […]
Wenda20161028 53:24 (Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program) MAKE A VOW WHEN SEEKING URGENT GUIDANCE FROM BODHISATTVA, YOUR QUERY WILL BE ANSWERED IN A DREAM Caller: When we need to deal with some critical matters, if all attempts to get through Master Lu’s line for totem reading and prayers to Bodhisattva proved futile, […]
Wenda20160527 22:57 (Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program) GUIDE TO MAKING VOWS FOR BEGINNERS WHO ARE CRITICALLY ILL / STRICKEN BY CANCER TO HELP RECOVERY Caller: There is a discourse being disseminated on the internet that goes, “Master Lu advises those with health issues, including critical illnesses and cancer, that if you wish to […]
Wenda20151127 08:59 (Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program) THE ACT OF MAKING A VOW IS VIRTUOUS Caller: When we are releasing captive animals, how do we pray to transform our blessings into virtues? Can we say, “May Guan Yin Bodhisattva help me to resolve negative karmic ties, and eliminate my karmic debts. I will perform […]
HOW TO EMBODY THE BODHISATTVA IN THE HUMAN REALM? THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAKING SUCH A VOW AND NOT MAKING IT Caller: Master Lu, please enlighten us, what are the requirements for someone who wishes to make a vow to live up to the role of a Bodhisattva in this human realm? Master Jun Hong Lu: […]
Shuohua20161209 20:44 (Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program) A PERSON’S VOW OF BECOMING A FULL VEGETARIAN WILL BE AFFECTED BY UNINTENTIONAL CONSUMPTION OF NON-VEGETARIAN FOOD Caller: Master Lu, I heard in your previous programs that there were Buddhist practitioners who breached their vows of practising vegetarianism unknowingly till you performed Totem reading on them. […]
Q: Dear Master Lu, is it okay to have a habit of keeping records in daily life? For example, tracking daily expenses, the number of fish released for life liberations, and the number of Little Houses recited, etc. A: It is best not to keep records, as the ancient Chinese saying goes, “The more records you keep, the […]
Q: Master Lu, may I ask you, before practising Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door, I made a vow to Bodhisattva in front of the altar that I would recite a certain sutra 100 times for my parents and myself to eliminate our karmic obstacles. This sutra is not included in Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door. I […]
Q: Dear Master Lu, can you please explain the difference between making vows and fulfilling vows? What should we do? A: Performing recitations, making vows, performing life liberations are the Three Golden Buddhist Practices given by the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva. We must learn to use them well. Among these, the power […]
