THE GREAT COMPASSION MANTRA POSSESSES THE EFFECT OF EIGHTY-EIGHT BUDDHAS GREAT REPENTANCE (LIFO)

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【大悲咒也有礼佛大忏悔文的作用】

问：观音堂有一位老妈妈，不识字，不懂普通话，就连方言也讲得不是很准确。她很努力学习心灵法门，已经许愿终生吃全素，每天早上5点钟就起来跟着收音机诵经，目前已经学会了大悲咒、心经和七佛灭罪真言，但是还不会念礼佛大忏悔文。请师父慈悲开示，像这样的老妈妈，做功课时是否可以暂时以一定数量的七佛灭罪真言代替礼佛大忏悔文？

答：你这个问题问得蛮好的。因为老妈妈不能念礼佛大忏悔文，七佛灭罪真言可以多念，然后要多念大悲咒。在念大悲咒之后，你可以跟菩萨讲，就像念礼佛大忏悔文一样，“我做错了什么，请菩萨保佑，原谅我怎么怎么。”实际上大悲咒也有礼佛大忏悔文的作用，你们都不知道。
- 20170923意大利米兰法会共修组提问

Master Jun Hong Lu’s
Public Talk in Milan, Italy
23 September 2017

THE GREAT COMPASSION MANTRA POSSESSES THE EFFECT OF EIGHTY-EIGHT BUDDHAS GREAT REPENTANCE (LIFO)

Question: There is an elderly lady in Guan Yin Hall who is illiterate. She doesn’t speak Mandarin and isn’t able to communicate in any of the other Chinese dialects. She is very committed to learning the practices of Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door, and has made a vow to practise vegetarianism her entire life. She gets up at 5am each morning to recite the Buddhist scriptures along with a mantra recorder. She has managed to master the recitation of the Great Compassion Mantra, Heart Sutra, and Sapta Atitabuddha Karasaniya Dharani (Qi Fo Mie Zui Zhen Yan). However, the recitation of LIFO still poses a challenge.
Master, may I know for elderly people such as this particular woman, when undertaking their daily recitations, can they perform a fixed number of Qi Fo Mie Zui Zhen Yan as a tentative substitute for LIFO?

Answer: Good question! As elderly people like her may not be able to recite LIFO, they may recite more of the Qi Fo Mie Zui Zhen Yan and Great Compassion Mantra instead. After reciting the Great Compassion Mantra, they may say a similar prayer to that of LIFO such as, ‘May Bodhisattva protect and bless me. If I have committed any misdeeds, may I be forgiven, etc”. You may not be aware that the Great Compassion Mantra possesses the same effect as LIFO.

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