7. ALTAR-KEEPING

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7.1 Tending Buddhist Instruments, the Offered Fruit and Fruit Trays   Fruit should be washed and labels removed before offering. Wenda 20111225 01:01:15 (Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program) An Excerpt Caller: Should we wash the fruit before offering them on the altar? Master Lu: Of course, it is a way to show respect […]

It Is Not Advisable To Use One’s Portrait as Profile Picture on Social Media

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IT IS NOT ADVISABLE TO USE ONE’S PORTRAIT AS PROFILE PICTURE ON SOCIAL MEDIA Question: Master has advised against using the landscape painting meant for the Buddhist altar as computer wallpaper, because of the risk of unwholesome content in the computer. What about using a picture of us standing before the landscape portrait as a […]

WHEN NEW PRACTITIONERS FEEL THAT THINGS ARE NOT GOING SMOOTHLY, THEY MAY RECITE THE AMITABHA PURE LAND REBIRTH MANTRA

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Wenda20150524B 17:13 (Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program) WHEN NEW PRACTITIONERS FEEL THAT THINGS ARE NOT GOING SMOOTHLY, THEY MAY RECITE THE AMITABHA PURE LAND REBIRTH MANTRA Caller: How are you, Master? May I know, other than the three major Buddhist scriptures – the Great Compassion Mantra, the Heart Sutra and the Eighty-Eight Buddhas […]

CONSEQUENCES OF DELAYING THE RECITATION OF LITTLE HOUSE DESPITE KNOWING THE EXISTENCE OF KARMIC CREDITORS

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Wenda20140815 05:56 (Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program) CONSEQUENCES OF DELAYING THE RECITATION OF LITTLE HOUSE DESPITE KNOWING THE EXISTENCE OF KARMIC CREDITORS Caller: What would happen to a Buddhist friend, who is aware of the existence of his karmic creditors – based on experiences of being pinned down by foreign spirits, or through […]

Ponder Earnestly When Studying the Buddhism in Plain Terms; Prayer Request To Be Made Prior To Taking Down Notes

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PONDER EARNESTLY WHEN STUDYING THE BUDDHISM IN PLAIN TERMS; PRAYER REQUEST TO BE MADE PRIOR TO TAKING DOWN NOTES Caller: Master has mentioned before that studying Buddhism in Plain Terms in itself is a meritorious deed and as such it will be recorded by heaven. The same applies to taking down notes on it. I […]

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 […]