ONLY SINCERE AND THOROUGH REPENTANCE CAN PREVENT ONE FROM REPEATING HIS MISTAKES Caller: Master, why is it that people ‘forget the pain where gain follows’? How can we remember this pain and never commit the same mistake again? Master Jun Hong Lu: Humans are an entity of desires. In fact, the human body shares a […]
WHAT KIND OF SPEECH KARMA WOULD RESULT IN FALLEN LOTUS PEDESTALS IN HEAVEN? Caller: Hi Master, in some totem programs, you caution about the dire conditions of the lotus pedestals of Buddhist practitioners, who have committed negative karma of speech. In some cases, their lotus pedestals have fallen from heaven. Under what circumstances would negative […]
IS FORWARDING ALERT ON DECEPTIVE SCHEMES CONSIDERED AN ACTION THAT INTERVENES WITH THE WORKINGS OF KARMA? Caller: It’s common to observe an online social norm where people disseminate information to forewarn others of deceptive schemes, etc. For example, information cautioning people against scams or child abductions. We do pass on such information to those around […]
EVEN BODHISATTVAS DO NOT INTERVENE WITH THE LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT Caller: I heard of a saying, ‘Even Bodhisattvas do not intervene with the law of cause and effect’. I used to think that those who suffer from cancer or other terminal illnesses must have sown the evil seeds that have come to fruition […]
LET GO OF WORLDLY PHENOMENA AND LIVE IN EASE Master Jun Hong Lu: Think about it, just how many things we have given up since we were little. The minute we let go, we feel at ease. Whenever we say, “I don’t want it anymore”, our heart just settles. If we still think about those […]
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUDDHIST PRACTICE AND THE LAW OF KARMA Caller: Is it right to say that everything in the human realm will change accordingly when we practise Buddhism? As long as we are diligent in our practice, we will definitely have good karma come our way. Assuming we are not fated to get married […]
HOW POSITIVE ENERGY DERIVED FROM ONE’S EFFORT IN SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION AND RECITATION COMES ABOUT? Caller: The increase in positive energy that Buddhist practitioners experience through spiritual cultivation and chanting are brought about by the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas or from within themselves? Master Jun Hong Lu: If you give some thoughts to this question, you will […]
THE BEGINNER’S MIND IS ABOUT BEING GRATEFUL TOWARDS SENTIENT BEINGS FOR BEING PRESENT IN OUR LIVES Master Jun Hong Lu: We must always cultivate a sense of gratitude, which will help us maintain a calm and peaceful mind. As Buddhist practitioners, we should never forget our beginner’s mind, which is to be grateful towards sentient […]
KARMA FOR SOWING DISCORD – A LONELY LIFE Caller: You mentioned before that if a person commits extensive acts of killing in his past lives, he would suffer the retribution of having a short lifespan in this lifetime. Some people seem fated to be lonely, having no one to rely on in this life. May […]
MYTH OR TRUTH?: THE MORE YOU DO, THE MORE MISTAKES YOU MAKE; THE LESS YOU DO, THE LESS YOU ERR? Master Jun Hong Lu: I am being very honest with you here. Do no evil because even if you are unable to make it to heaven when you die, at the least you can reincarnate […]
DOES CEASING OF THOUGHTS LEAD TO CEASING OF KARMA? Question: When a person ceases to have any thoughts, karma shall cease too. Is this true? Answer: Can it even be stopped? This is the foundation of a theory. What does it mean to cease one’s thought? It is about being down to earth and going […]
HOW DO DHARMA PROTECTORS RECORD OUR DAILY GOOD AND EVIL DEEDS? Caller: Master once shared that regardless of what we do in the human realm, heaven and the underworld will know about it. All these deeds will also be recorded by the Dharma Protectors. Just out of curiosity, there are six billion people on earth, […]
WHY SHOULD I LET GO? ATTACHMENT CAN ONLY DO YOU HARM Master Jun Hong Lu: Everyone comes to this world with his own destiny. Similarly, each and everyone of us is endowed with varied karmic rewards in life. One thing for sure, whatever you cling on to will be the thing that will cause you […]
HOW DO WE ENHANCE OUR POSITIVE AFFINITY WITH GUAN YIN BODHISATTVA? Caller: Hi Master, is it true that the deeper our positive affinity with Guan Yin Bodhisattva, the more blessings we will gain and the easier it is for us to make it in our spiritual cultivation? Master Jun Hong Lu: That’s for sure. Even […]
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 […]
THE SEVERITY OF NEGATIVE KARMA OF SPEECH DETERMINES THE PART OF THE BODY THAT SUFFERS FROM ITS RETRIBUTIVE EFFECT Caller: With regards to the karmic ramifications from negative karma of speech, different people suffer from different diseases ranging from oral, lungs, kidneys and lower back. Why is that so? Master Jun Hong Lu: It’s very […]
IS IT POSSIBLE TO ELIMINATE KARMIC OBSTACLES FROM THE EIGHTH CONSCIOUSNESS? Caller: When reciting the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance (LIFO) and praying to Bodhisattva to prioritise the elimination of karmic obstacles in our eighth consciousness, would it make it easier for us to eliminate karmic obstacles related to our bad habits and at the same […]
TO UTILISE MERITS TO ELIMINATE KARMIC OBSTACLES, ONE NEEDS TO MAKE THE PRAYER REQUEST TO BODHISATTVA Caller: Master Lu often says that to eliminate our karmic obstacles, we need to have merits. Given that the recitation of the Buddhist scriptures is one type of meritorious deed, so when we recite the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance […]
YOU WILL NOT MAKE IT IN YOUR BUDDHIST PRACTICE IF YOU STILL HARBOUR HATRED Master Jun Hong Lu: As a Buddhist practitioner, if you still have hatred in your heart, you will tend to enjoy scolding others. And, with this disposition, do you think you will make it in your Buddhist practice? In fact, it […]
WHO HAS THE FINAL SAY OVER YOUR DESTINY Master Jun Hong Lu: When we perform recitation of Buddhist scriptures and pay respect to Bodhisattvas, it does not mean that they will result in Bodhisattvas helping us remove our karmic obstacles. In fact, performing recitation and paying respect to Bodhisattvas are acts that are in themselves […]
ONLY MERITS AND VIRTUES HAVE THE POWER TO OFFSET KARMIC OBSTACLES Master Jun Hong Lu; There are only two ways karmic obstacles are transformed – either they are offset or break out in the form of foreign spirits. While the latter can be an effect of one’s ‘transformed’ karmic obstacles, it can also be due […]
A VIRTUOUS CYCLE IS SET IN MOTION WHEN ONE IS FILLED WITH ENERGY AND VITALITY Caller: Master, if a spiritual cultivator is full of vitality and he feels very energetic all the time, how can he convert this energy to benefit his spiritual endeavour? Master Jun Hong Lu: In fact, if he is full of […]
STAY DILIGENT IN YOUR BUDDHIST PRACTICE TO KEEP IGNORANCE AND BEWILDERMENT AT BAY Master Jun Hong Lu: Let me share a fable with you. Once upon a time, a horse and a donkey came to know that Buddhist monk Tang Sanzang would be travelling to the West to retrieve the Buddhist scriptures. Reasoning that it […]
HOW DOES NEGATIVE KARMA OF SPEECH AFFECT ONE’S BODY? A discourse by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (Di Zang Wang Pu Sa) Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva: “A person who commits serious negative karma of speech may be born with a stutter or has problems swallowing food. These are the karmic ramifications related to this transgression and punishment is definite. One […]
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 […]
ONE LAMP DISPELS THE DARKNESS OF A THOUSAND YEARS Master Jun Hong Lu: “One lamp dispels the darkness of a thousand years.” The ignorance within our minds is indeed like a room that remains dark for a thousand years. However, with a single lamp, everything can be illuminated. In Andersen’s Fairy Tales, there’s a story […]
EFFECTIVE METHODS FOR SUSTAINING INITIAL ASPIRATION Master Jun Hong Lu: To avoid falling into a state of slackness, it’s best to maintain your initial aspiration. This means reflecting on the reason that thrusted you into the dharma gate, and reminiscing about the blessings bestowed by Bodhisattva. The abundance of inspiration, peace, safety and happiness that […]
WILLINGNESS TO BE AT A DISADVANTAGE AND ENDURING HARDSHIPS ARE WAYS TO ELIMINATE KARMIC OBSTACLES Caller: Master Lu often advises us to learn to endure hardships and always be willing to take the shorter end of the stick. In this present life, if we suffer from humiliations and are on the losing end, does it […]
专题分享｜不攀缘，不思善，不思恶 20231204 专题分享【不攀缘，不思善，不思恶】 行佛道 才能亲证佛法 （请点击视频链接观看） (如果您无法登入以上视频链接，请点击此链接下载视频) 摘自 2019-05-12 卢台长新加坡《弟子辅导开示》节选（原文链接） 佛陀在2500年前的这种理论、佛理，那些智慧，不是我们现在的人能够理解的，有几个人能够理解2500年前佛陀说的三千大千世界？过去我们怎么知道有太阳系、银河系？我们怎么知道四维空间、五维空间？我们怎么知道我们生活在三维空间当中？什么都不懂。知道什么叫“不懂”吗？那就叫无明。 在这个世界中，很多人借着自己一生的时间揭示他一生的真理，其实就是他一生的命运。实际上你的人生——你做出来的人的一生，成功也好，失败也好，实际上只是对你的一种评判和借鉴。就像师父昨天讲的，这个人成功与否、开悟没开悟，如果他的人生能够重新再来一次，50%以上的人可能都是成功者。因为我们的失误、无明造成了我们到死的时候才明白，我们不应该追求这些虚幻不实的人间物欲。所以，一定要懂得早一点开悟，早一点忏悔，你才能早一点得到证悟。 如来——以后记住了，“如来”是个名称，就是佛，跟佛的名称是一样的——如来所说最重要的，就是告诉我们人间，不管碰到什么事情，只有你亲自证实、验证，才能成为你心中唯一的真理。所以你们要去行，要去好好地行佛道，你们要好好地去实践。现在很多人学佛都是通过自己许愿、放生、念经得到的证悟，所以才知道什么叫“正法”。 给大家换换脑子，讲一个笑话，也是要验证的笑话。有一个老婆想愚弄自己的老公，她留了个纸条放在桌子上，“老公，我和你过够了，我们已经够了，我走了”。然后躲起来，躲在桌子底下，观察老公的反应。老公回家，一看到纸条之后，又唱又跳，一边换衣服，一边打电话“宝贝啊，那个娘们终于走了，和她结婚真是我瞎了眼了。你等我，我马上去见你。”“嘭”把门一关，老公跑掉了。哎哟，这个妻子没料到会这样的结果，悲痛欲绝，准备打包离家，哭啊，难受啊，“这个没良心的臭东西啊”。结果她看到老公在自己的纸条下面也写了几个字，她一看：“你这个白痴，我都看到你的脚了，我出去给你买洗洁精了。”世界上不管什么事情，要亲自验证才能证实。 修行人生必须要把握的五个要点： 当识人，识人不必探尽，探尽则多怨。一个人做人要能够识人，就是认识别人。如果你认识别人，跟人家交朋友，你不要探尽，就是不要问人家问到底。“你家里怎么样？你的老婆怎么样？对你怎么样？你的家庭财产怎么分的……”你不要探尽。你认识的朋友，如果你对人家探尽，好到底了，则多怨。人家会怨恨你的，很讨厌的。 当知人，知人不必言尽，言尽则无友。你要懂得，跟别人交朋友，不要把话都讲完、讲到底，因为你把什么话都讲光了，“哎呀，我真的，我这个人很直的……”讲到最后，言尽则无友，没有人跟你交朋友的。 当责人，责人不必苛尽，苛尽则众远。苛尽是什么意思？你如果讲人家不好，不要把话讲到绝。如果你经常责骂人家、责怪人家，把话讲到底，众远——人家看见你都怕，每个人都逃走，所有的众生都离你很远。做人，中国传统文化，厉害吗？ 当敬人，敬人不必卑尽，卑尽则少骨。我们尊敬一个人，但是没有必要卑尽，卑尽则少骨，没有骨气了。 当让人，让人不必退尽，退尽则路难。你可以让别人，但是你不要让到自己都没有退路了，因为退到尽头了，你以后的路就很难走了。 学佛人要有境界，看得远；有肚量，要能看得宽；有涵养，要能自持；有锋芒，要学会收敛。所以人成即佛成。这就是中华文化与佛法的合二为一，这就是人间佛法。 原文节选一：是非心、贪心、恨心都不要有 摘自 白话佛法 (五) 16.【不攀缘，不思善，不思恶】节选（原文链接） 心中要无非无恶。人间本来就是因果所造，要没有“是”，要没有“非”，没有恶意，没有恶缘。“无非”是什么？“无”是我什么没有说，这个不是事情，这个事情我不能做的。“非”就是非议，“非”就是另外一种概念，就是任何事情对我来讲，那是没有这些事情的。无非无恶就是脑子里只有干净的东西，没有恶意的东西，当然就没有“非”了。所以要没有嫉妒，叫“无嫉妒”。然后呢，要“无贪瞋”。贪瞋痴，为什么把愚痴拿掉啊？因为“贪瞋”两个字比“痴”还要重要。因为贪是害死人的，瞋也是害死人的，愚痴大不了就是说他精神不正常，做了不该做的事情。你不应该去贪，你不应该去想，不该你想的叫愚痴，得不到的东西拼命地想去得到，那就叫愚痴。想中六合彩叫不叫愚痴啊？没有钱拼命想去发大财的事情，那是不是愚痴啊？所以要明白，要无劫害。什么意思啊？就是在自己的一生当中，要修好，没有劫难，对自己没有害处，没有灾害，没有劫难。 别人爱找自己说是非，是何因 摘自 Wenda20200223 26:27 节选（原文链接） 女听众：有位同修正在努力精进学佛修心，但是经常会有些佛友到这位同修那里说是非，充满着负能量，导致这位同修有时会听进这些是非，并且有所动摇。请问师父，到底是什么因缘导致人家到同修那里说长说短？ 台长答：你这个人本来就是一个不好好修的人，人家就会来跟你说了。近朱者赤，近墨者黑。他为什么跟你去讲？经常不要听的人，人家就不会来讲了；就是你有时候还觉得蛮好听的，还跟人家搞搞弄弄，人家就来了（那应该怎么去化解这个事情呢？）正能量，不要去理别人。 明辨是非的能力是见闻觉知吗；为何见闻觉知是虚幻的 （请点击视频链接观看） […]
专题分享｜所造恶业 悉皆永断 20231127专题分享【所造恶业 悉皆永断】 学佛不是束缚 而是解脱 （请点击视频链接观看） (如果您无法登入以上视频链接，请点击此链接下载视频) 摘自 2019-05-12 卢台长新加坡《弟子辅导开示》节选（原文链接） 当我们把自在快乐寄托在某种环境中和一种生活和希望的时候，你希望得到很多的快乐；或者生活中给了你很多的难过、艰难和烦恼，那么你的心就会被外界影响，你的心会受到污染。你只有随缘，把随缘作为自己生活的态度，你内心才会恒常自在。也就是说，今天吃苦了，“菩萨在考验我呢”；今天开心了，“菩萨也在考验我呢，让我不要骄傲，让我好好地精进”；如果今天非常开心，“菩萨在考验我呢，看看行不行”；今天非常悲愤，“菩萨也在考验我，看看我能不能精进”。一切随缘。 有一位五十岁的中年人因为身体原因提早把公司卖了。虽然把公司卖了，但是天天放不下，天天还在难过，公司里的每一个行为、每一个举动他都难过，都要牵着他的心，他在感叹和悲伤当中只多活了5年。所以，一个人要放下，要彻底放下。我们的生活，每一天放不下的人和事太多了。你们想一想，你们哪一个人有放得下的人生？每个人都牵挂着别人，每个人都牵挂着自己的财富和拥有。名会失去，利也会失去，所以要想通、想明白。台长让你们多吃点苦。记住了，一个吃苦的人会比一帆风顺的人更容易修成。 学佛人不要为一己之利去争、去斗，学会灭度自己心中的恨心和报复心。你们交朋友要知道，如果这个人在你身边经常说“我以后不把他打下去我誓不为人”，这个人你少跟他交；如果这个人跟你说“我恨不得天天诅咒他，让他早点死掉”，这个人不是个好人，这种人就不可交，因为他有嫉妒之念、报复之心，他没有海纳百川之心。学会禅定的修养，庄严而不孤僻，活泼而又稳重，智慧而不执著，对众生热情而不轻浮，沉着而不寡言，随缘而不盲从，善良而不贪求。 每一个人都是塑造自己一生命运的工程师。学佛不是对你的束缚，而是解脱。希望每个学佛人首先要爱自己的国家，遵纪守法，爱国爱民，在学佛中去帮助别人，走出我们消极的人生，积极地去控制自己的心灵，管理好自己每一天的情绪。 逆流而上是进步，顺流而下是死鱼。逆风的方向适合飞翔，走在光滑的冰面上容易摔倒，因为上面没有坎坷。环境永远不会十全十美，要靠我们学佛来克制和改变。佛法告诉我们，在泥泞的的小道上挑着担走，比空着手走的人更不容易摔倒，所以有压力的人，有障碍阻力反而会修得更加精进。中华传统文化说，厚德载物，敢于担当，自强不息。一个学佛人肯为别人付出，就是在给自己消业。记住了，一个不让别人摔倒的人，自己也不容易摔倒；一个能够救度众生的人，他一定是一个承担救度众生责任的未来佛。 一个老和尚正在打坐，一个小沙弥煞有介事，问师父：“何处有慈悲？”这个老和尚抬起右手指了指门外的那个桌子，闭目不发一言。小沙弥心中顿悟：原来世间众生万物，无论是达官显赫，贩夫走卒，还是花鸟虫鱼，一草一木，处处皆有慈悲啊。老僧看着小沙弥站在那里不动，便说：“门外桌子上白色的那个就是瓷杯。”一个杯子是瓷的——瓷杯。因为这个小沙弥根本不懂慈悲是什么。慈悲是看不见的，慈悲是在我们人的心里的，不是说慈悲在何处，在哪里慈悲。慈悲是处处存在，是你内心发出的一种善良的本性。所以，我们要好好学佛，把自己内心最深处的那种慈悲拿出来，好好地去善待众生，在人间就做菩萨去帮助众生，你一定会成为人间的佛。 希望你们好好地活着，好好地珍惜时间。哪还有时间去天天打麻将？哪还有时间天天逛商场？好好学佛修心，时光一去不复返啊！好好地念经学佛，才能达到正等正觉。 摘自 2021年师父每日佛言佛语｜2021年5月17日《远离六根六尘》节选（原文链接） 避开诱惑离红尘， 心性解脱报佛恩。 诸恶莫作停欲望， 众善奉行慈海洋， 皈依佛门悲无量。 原文节选一：不要让自己业力缠身 摘自 白话佛法 (八) 3.【所造恶业 悉皆永断】节选（原文链接） 不要让不明事理的行为、言语和思维捆绑着你自己，然后你背着一身的罪孽和执著过一生。人的一辈子就是不卖账，人的一辈子就是想不通，这就叫执著，罪孽啊。你们做错了事情，是不是罪孽？想想你们过去做错的事情，你们现在已经这么大的年纪了，你们是不是觉得自己做错很多，对不起很多人啊？你们已经过了半生了，所以，千万不要让自己的业力缠身。师父跟你们讲的境界高一点，这个业力不单单是指恶业，连善业都会缠着你的身啊，贡高我慢就是善业缠身。 善业与恶业 都是迟早要还的 摘自 白话佛法视频开示 第49集【般若佛智 逾越缠缚】节选（原文链接） 业力就相当于一颗炸弹，炸弹或早或晚都会爆炸。善业不会爆炸，善业如同一朵花；恶业就像一颗炸弹，随时有可能会爆炸。所以业力慢慢地形成六道轮回的业缘：做好事，进入善道；做恶事，进入恶缘，下一世还要再来世酬业——在人间，善恶只要做了，都要来还的。为什么法师不肯接受别人太多的供养？因为要还债的，接受了太多，下辈子可能没修成，还得来还他的。所以师父跟你们说，别人对你好，过多地给你、对你好，给你做菜啊……你如果没有功德，接受了太多供养（包括义工也是这样），一定背业，只是看这是善业还是恶业，但是都要来还的。 傲慢和无知是一体的 摘自 2021年师父每日佛言佛语｜2021年5月1日《定与慧》节选 […]
