Master Jun Hong Lu’s
Q&A Session with Buddhist Friends
Brisbane, Australia
16 June 2018
Question: Master Lu, you mentioned before in one of the radio programs that for the recitation of Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance, it is better for us to make a vow with a total to be recited. How do we determine the circumstances where we should recite the said mantra five times daily or make such vow?
Answer: It is alright to make a vow of 108 times when you feel sad or terrible and that when you know, you have committed a grave mistake that is unpardonable. Today, let me share with you something new. When you come across a serious matter that calls for your repentance, you may make a great vow and proceed to perform its recitation. In this case, you need not to limit your recitation to seven times daily; however, do not recite more than 21 times.
I wish to remind you that you should never casually make such vows. Do it only when you feel that you needed to sincerely repent in every way as you are weighed down with sadness, and you felt you had let somebody down. Otherwise, making such vow is a definite no-no.
Translated by Oriental Radio Practice Centre (Singapore)
Proofread by 2OR Secretariat
Q&A Session with Buddhist Friends
Brisbane, Australia
16 June 2018
Question: Master Lu, you mentioned before in one of the radio programs that for the recitation of Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance, it is better for us to make a vow with a total to be recited. How do we determine the circumstances where we should recite the said mantra five times daily or make such vow?
Answer: It is alright to make a vow of 108 times when you feel sad or terrible and that when you know, you have committed a grave mistake that is unpardonable. Today, let me share with you something new. When you come across a serious matter that calls for your repentance, you may make a great vow and proceed to perform its recitation. In this case, you need not to limit your recitation to seven times daily; however, do not recite more than 21 times.
I wish to remind you that you should never casually make such vows. Do it only when you feel that you needed to sincerely repent in every way as you are weighed down with sadness, and you felt you had let somebody down. Otherwise, making such vow is a definite no-no.
Translated by Oriental Radio Practice Centre (Singapore)
Proofread by 2OR Secretariat
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