UNFAITHFUL HUSBAND COMES BACK HOME! Sometime in April 2022, my husband had an extramarital affair. He was ready to give up everything including his biological son, and he even demanded a divorce. In light of this, I made the vow to recite Mantra to Untie Karmic Knots 10,000 times and Mantra to Disperse Calamities 10,000 […]
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR VOLUNTEERS TO ELIMINATE THEIR KARMIC OBSTACLES IF THEY ARE ON DUTY ON SPECIAL DAYS AND UNABLE TO RECITE THE REPENTANCE MANTRA (LIFO)? Caller: How are you, Master? On certain special days, we are allowed to recite 21 or 27 times of the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance (LIFO). But this may not […]
CHOOSING BETWEEN VOLUNTEERING AND PERFORMING RECITATION Question: When performing volunteer duty in Guan Yin Hall, some fellow practitioners are still very concerned about fulfilling their daily recitation and the recitation of the Little Houses. Due to divided attention, they often neglect and make mistakes in their work. How do we choose between doing volunteer work […]
THE MANTRA TO UNTIE KARMIC KNOTS AND HEART SUTRA HELP ME WALK OUT OF EMOTIONAL TRAUMA Despite being exceptionally loving towards my former boyfriend, he kept bringing up the past to humiliate me and wanted me to pay a price for it. On the verge of going insane, I had to rely on sleeping pills, […]
WHEN CHALLENGED BY AN IMPENDING KARMIC PASS, ONE SHOULD STEP UP ON RECITATION AND SLEEP LESS Caller: Hi Master, please give us your blessings as we are embarking on a project and we hope our effort will pay off. Master Jun Hong Lu: Every one of you must remember, when you do all that is […]
PRAYER REQUEST TO RESOLVE POTENTIAL KARMIC CALAMITIES STEMMING FROM THE ‘3, 6, 9’ OR THE YEAR OF THE ZODIAC The following prayer needs to be stated before reciting the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance and the Medicine Buddha Dharani: “May the Greatly Merciful and the Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva and Medicine Buddha bless, protect, empower […]
ONE SHOULD STEP UP ON THE RECITATION OF THE EIGHTY-EIGHT BUDDHAS GREAT REPENTANCE WHEN ENCOUNTERING THE ‘3, 6, 9 PREDESTINED CALAMITIES’ Caller: Hi Master, when the ‘3, 6, 9 predestined calamities’ are upon us, would it be better for us to increase or reduce on the recitation of the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance? Master Jun […]
CAN THE VOW TO RECITE 10,000 TIMES OF THE MANTRA TO UNTIE KARMIC KNOTS IN THE FACE OF THE ‘3, 6, 9 PREDESTINED CALAMITIES’ BE APPLIED UNIVERSALLY? Caller: In a recent radio program, Master has recommended a Buddhist practitioner to make the vow to recite 10,000 times of the Mantra to Untie Karmic Knots to […]
RECITING THE HEART SUTRA CAN HELP IN DISPELLING THOUGHTS OF GOSSIPS OR CONTROVERSIES Caller: There may be times when we hear gossip that we do not wish to hear but, unfortunately, such gossip has already penetrated our mind. What can we do to get rid of it so that it does not stick in our […]
USE THE RIGHT MENTAL ATTITUDE WHEN RECITING THE AMITABHA PURE LAND REBIRTH MANTRA (WANG SHENG ZHOU) Guan Yin Bodhisattva said, “My dear disciple, the Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra (Wang Sheng Zhou) is also known as “Ba Yi Qie Ye Zhang Gen Ben De Sheng Jing Tu Tuo Luo Ni” (拔一切业障根本得生净土陀罗尼). Do you know the […]
CONSISTENT DAILY RECITATION OF SHORT BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES IS A MUST Caller: Master, how should I perform recitation if someone is jealous of me? Which Buddhist scripture should I recite? Master Jun Hong Lu: Recite the Mantra to Untie Karmic Knots. “Wo Jin Wei Ru Jie Jin Za, Zhong Bu Wei Ru Jie Jin Za” (我今为汝解金匝，终不为汝结金匝). […]
MASTER LU’S DISCOURSE ON THE CUNDI DHARANI Caller: Master, I dreamt that you asked me if I knew why the Cundi Dharani was so efficacious. I had a notion that this has to do with the Great Compassion Mantra and the Heart Sutra. Master Lu, can you please explain to us? Master Jun Hong Lu: […]
IMMERSING OUR HEARTS IN THE SCRIPTURES DURING RECITATIONS Caller: Master, you have said before that we should immerse our hearts in the scriptures during recitations. Please enlighten us as to how we can achieve this, Master. Master Jun Hong Lu: You must listen with your ears. For example, listen to your voice when reciting. But […]
AVOID CONSTANT CRYING WHILE PERFORMING RECITATION Master Jun Hong Lu: Today, Master will teach you some of the latest methods to perform recitation. One must recite the scriptures with utmost sincerity, as it is the most important ingredient in recitation. I have specifically consulted Bodhisattva on this aspect. To perform recitation sincerely means that the […]
THINGS TO TAKE NOTE OF WHEN PERFORMING RECITATIONS Master Jun Hong Lu: It’s not recommended to feel excessively energised when performing your recitation. Many people will say, “I’m very energised when I recite the Buddhist scriptures; the moment I recite, I feel energised”. When you are charged, your eyes will be wide open, causing excessive […]
THE FUNCTIONS OF BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES Caller: The way foreign spirits inflict harm on humans is by disrupting our neuro systems, controlling our emotions and interfering with our rational thinking. The power of the scriptures of Bodhisattva lies in their ability to clear the flow in one’s meridians (energy channels) by removing blockages in the nervous […]
NEGATIVE KARMA WILL BE ELIMINATED WHEN THE MIND AND BUDDHA CONNECT DURING RECITATION Caller: In Buddhism in Plain Terms, you mentioned that “recitation can eliminate negative karma”. I’d like to know, as negative karma is being eliminated during our recitations, how do we unite the compassionate vows embodied in the Buddhist scriptures, and the state […]
WHAT TO DO WHEN FAMILY MEMBERS COMMIT NEGATIVE KARMA OF SPEECH WHEN BUDDHISM IS INTRODUCED TO THEM? Caller: Hi Master, how should we repent the negative karma of speech committed by our family members when we introduce Buddhism to them. How many times of the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance (LIFO) should we recite? Master Jun […]
RECITING MORE HEART SUTRA CAN ENHANCE BENEFACTOR LUCK Caller: Can Master enlighten me about this: reciting more Heart Sutra can generate positive affinity with others, which in turn will make it easier for us to meet our benefactors. Master Jun Hong Lu: Yes. The Heart Sutra is akin to greeting others and it helps you […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF REPENTANCE The Buddha of Sandalwood Merit gave the following discourse: “As one of the ancient Buddhas in the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance (LIFO), I wish to advise all of you to adopt a serious attitude towards the recitation of LIFO and to repent often. This is because the effects from the recitation […]
CONSTANT PERFORMANCE OF GOOD DEEDS AND THE RECITATION OF THE EIGHTY-EIGHT BUDDHAS GREAT REPENTANCE (LIFO) WILL EXTEND THE TIME IT TAKES FOR NEGATIVE KARMA TO COME TO FRUITION Caller: We often hear Master narrate stories of the Lord Buddha about the law of causation, featuring this phrase, ‘May all my evil deeds not come to […]
PRAYER FOR NON-DISCIPLES PRIOR TO RECITING THE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR DISCIPLES Question: For Buddhist practitioners who are not disciples of Master Jun Hong Lu, is it alright for them to state the following prayer right before reciting the Code of Conduct for Disciples: “I, <your full name>, have yet to become a disciple of […]
REPENT EARNESTLY FOR PRAYERS TO BE EFFICACIOUS Master Jun Hong Lu: Recite the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance (LIFO) diligently if your prayers go unanswered for a long time. The more remorseful you are, the more efficacious your prayers will be. Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s Discourse 7 (Question 60), 14 May 2014
RECITING THE HEART SUTRA BEFORE YOUR PRAYER REQUEST WILL MAKE PRAYER MORE EFFICACIOUS Master Jun Hong Lu: Let me teach you something that can make your prayer more efficacious, that is, by first reciting the Heart Sutra. For instance, after reciting 7 or 21 times of the Heart Sutra, you may pray, “With the Heart […]
IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY, PARTIALLY COMPLETED SELF-CULTIVATION RECORD FORMS CAN STILL BE OFFERED Caller: Hi Master, I’ve a question and it is about the Self-Cultivation Record Form of the Great Compassion Mantra. To complete one such form, it takes more than 1,000 recitations of the Great Compassion Mantra but in times of emergency, can we […]
TO HAVE YOUR WISH GRANTED, IT IS IMPORTANT TO STATE A CONCISE AND APPROPRIATE PRAYER Caller: Master, you mentioned in one of your radio programs that, when praying to Bodhisattva, it is necessary to state our prayers, yet they should not be too lengthy as we run the risk of uttering inappropriate things that Dharma […]
WHAT TO DO WHEN WE FEEL STRESSED OUT IN PERFORMING RECITATION? Question: Just recently, my Buddhism practice hit a bottleneck and I was struggling to break the impasse. After a few days of diligent practice, I would backslide in the ensuing few days and this scenario kept repeating itself. It feels like a war against […]
THE FOUR TYPES OF MIRACULOUS POWER IN THE HEART SUTRA Master Jun Hong Lu: I will now offer you some insights into the Heart Sutra since it is a Buddhist scripture that all of you recite daily. As a matter of fact, the Heart Sutra carries a supremely important message that can be summed up […]
TO OVERCOME BAD HABITS, ONE MUST RECITE THE HEART SUTRA TO SEEK BLESSINGS FROM THE BODHISATTVA Caller: A Buddhist friend’s daughter is constantly in a foul mood every day and this can last up to four to five hours. Unfortunately, this has been going on in recent years. There isn’t much that her daughter can […]
BEFORE RECITING THE HEART SUTRA, ONE CAN PRAY TO GUAN YIN BODHISATTVA TO SHOWER BLESSINGS ON ONE’S SPIRITUAL ROOT Caller: Master once said, “All of you must know how to pray to Guan Yin Bodhisattva to shower blessings on your spiritual roots. To do so, you can say, “May the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate […]
