BODHISATTVA WILL HELP US AS LONG AS IT IS BENEFICIAL TO BUDDHISM PROPAGATION

Wenda20180304A 43:24
(Master Jun Hong Lu’s Call-In Radio Program)

Caller: Master Lu, I would like to resign my current job and return to my hometown after attending the your Public Talk in May.  I plan to look for a new job.  Do you think it is okay?

Master Jun Hong Lu: You may do so and pray sincerely for Bodhisattvas ’blessing.  Bodhisattvas will help anything that helps carrying out Buddhism.

Caller: Okay, Master Lu. please bless me so that I can gain wisdom to help more people.

Master Jun Hong Lu: Okay.  Help yourself first before helping others.  Do you understand?

Caller: Yes, I agree with you.  I would like to help myself and others to be awakened spiritually.

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REASON FOR NOT ABLE TO RECITE BUDDHIST SCRIPTURE FLUENTLY

Wenda20180128A 26:35
(Master Jun Hong Lu’s Call-In Radio Program)

Caller:  A Buddhist friend has not been able to recite Buddhist scriptures fluently for the last two years.  Often, he has to start over halfway through his recitation, as if there is some mental obstruction.  He kept having thoughts that his recitation is not good.  Could it be because he is shouldering the karmic debts for his family members by performing recitation for them, or could it be that he did something inappropriately?

Master Jun Hong Lu:  He must have shouldered some karmic debts. Some who can recite the Buddhist scriptures fluently for themselves may be unable to do so when performing recitations for others.

Caller:  That means, he still needs to enhance his own…

Master Jun Hong Lu:  That’s right.  It can’t be helped.  You have to be strong when you are helping others to shoulder their karmic debts.  Start your recitation all over again, word for word.

Caller:  I understand.

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ONE WILL GAIN ABUNDANCE WHEN ONE SEEKING BODHISATTVA’S BLESSING TO REACH OUT TO MORE SENTIENT BEINGS

Wenda20160124B 14:23
(Master Jun Hong Lu’s Call-In Radio Program)

Caller:  Master Lu, for fellow practitioners who are more spiritually able to adopt ingenious ways to help awaken sentient beings, can they seek Bodhisattva’s compassion in helping them to arrange for more opportunities to help similar sentient beings?  How should we address this request to Guan Yin Bodhisattva?  Master Lu, please enlighten us.

Master Jun Hong Lu:

It is wise to pray to Guan Yin Bodhisattva frequently for the ability to reach out to more sentient beings to help them awaken their Buddha nature. When you send this type of prayer to Guan Yin Bodhisattva, you will receive boundless merits and virtues. This is why a lot of people are very wise in doing this, and so please continue to pray this way. One needs to say, ‘May the Greatly Compassionate and Greatly Merciful Guan Yin Bodhisattva help me to reach out to more sentient beings who willingly help themselves, and who proclaim their faith in Buddhism on the way to awaken their own Buddha nature. May Guan Yin Bodhisattva bestow your blessings on me’. Guan Yin Bodhisattva will answer your prayers. In fact, Guan Yin Bodhisattva will not only grant you a blessing for helping others, but will also bless you and stay with you.

Caller:  Right, I see.

Master Jun Hong Lu: People who pray this way are very wise, and so they are able to venture out and help others. The truth is, Bodhisattva bestows tremendous blessings upon these people who speak nicely, are good to others, offer positive prayers, and who pray for blessings.

Caller:  Oh, okay.  Thank you for answering my question, Master Lu.

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BECOME A BODHISATTVA IN THE HUMAN REALM

Master Jun Hong Lu’s
World Buddhist Fellowship Meeting
Milan, Italy
September 25, 2017

BECOME A BODHISATTVA IN THE HUMAN REALM

Master Jun Hong Lu, ‘I hope all of you will become more beautiful and kind-hearted as you progress further with your spiritual cultivation.  It is also my hope you will be safe and well for the rest of your lives.

Please remember, through Buddhist practice your life can truly transform for the better. Just imagine, if from now on you decide to embark on a path of spiritual cultivation, everything will run more smoothly in your life. Coupled with the protection and blessings provided by Bodhisattva for all aspects of your life, and you will surely ascend to heaven once you pass on from this body.

On the contrary, if after embarking on a journey of spiritual cultivation you still feel as though life is filled with suffering, and that it is distressful and worrisome, do you think Western Paradise will ever cross your mind?

You must remember, be it Western Paradise or the Four Sagely Realms, it all starts with you. From today onward, every day you need to be a Bodhisattva in the human realm. If you do so, you can rest assured one fine day you will truly become a Bodhisattva in heaven.’

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IT IS NOT THAT THE LOVE IS TOO DEEP, BUT THAT THE KARMIC DEBT IS TOO GREAT

Wenda20171215 50:22
(Master Jun Hong Lu’s Call-In Radio Program)

Caller: There is a saying that goes, ‘It is not that the love is too deep, but that the karmic debt is too great.’  A Buddhist practitioner would like to ask Master Lu, from the Buddhism perspective, is this to some extent true?

Master Jun Hong Lu: Of course.  It’s all about karmic affinity. It’s not because a person loves too deeply, but rather that he is too greatly in karmic debt. You tend to love the person you are karmically indebted to; there would be no love if such karmic debt and affinity did not exist in the first place.  Look at what I have been doing for Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door.  I desperately put all of my efforts into helping sentient beings.  Do you think it would be possible for me to put so much effort in if I didn’t love Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door?

Caller: That's right.

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INSUFFICIENT RECITATION OF LITTLE HOUSES WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO ACCUMULATION OF NEGATIVE KARMIC ERUPTIONS

Wenda20141121 01:20:42
(Master Jun Hong Lu's Call-In Radio Program)

Caller: A fellow Buddhist friend rarely had bad dreams, and he also only performed a minimal amount of Little Houses. In this situation, will his negative karma accumulate to a point where it eventually erupts? Please enlighten us Master Lu.

Master Jun Hong Lu: Right. The negative karma will accumulate to a point where it will definitely erupt. Remember, if you have explosives, they will eventually explode . Therefore, we must completely rid ourselves of explosives. These explosives are negative karma and once they are removed there will be no more explosions, even in the presence of a torch. Understand?
Caller: I understand.

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THE CRITERIA OF A QUALIFIED BUDDHIST CULTIVATOR

Wenda20180128A 37:23
(Master Jun Hong Lu’s Call-In Radio Program)

Caller: Master Lu, may I know the criteria of a qualified Buddhist cultivator?

Master Jun Hong Lu: Perform good deeds and do no evil. Uphold the Five Precepts and practice the Ten Good Deeds, and you are a qualified Buddhist cultivator. Take refuge in the Three Jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha wholeheartedly. When you see the Bodhisattva, you are ‘taking refuge in the Buddha’. When you come across the Dharma or my teachings, you are ‘taking refuge in the Dharma’. And what does ‘taking refuge in the Sangha’ means? It means that although you have yet become a monk or nun, you have devoted to genuine cultivation, and abiding by the precepts as the monks and nuns are doing.

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