Chapter 3 - Feted To The Western Paradise

People curse at Lu Sheng Yen: "Lu Sheng Yen will die".

When I heard this, I broke into laughter, "Surely, Lu Sheng Yen will die." Previously Shakyamuni Buddha wrote a song:

All the human beings in this world,

They must suffer in their births and deaths,

Even if their lives are ten thousand years,

Eventually the life must end.

 

There are good luck and bad,

Togetherness and separation,

Youth will never be lasting forever,

The healthy ones will fall ill,

 

The wheel of suffering is without border,

and it turns without stopping,

Even the three realms will decay

The samsara world will not be spared.

Avadanas sutra said;

"Just like the flowing water, there is no turning back. So is the human life, they will never return from their journey."

The six paramitas Sutra said,

"A human life is just like being a cow to the abattoir, when the cow takes a step forward, it is a step closer to its death. The passage of a day for man is the same as the step taken by the cow, it is closer to his death."

The correct doctrine Sutra said,

"The king of death swallows human life,

while we drink from youth to old age,

A strong and healthy man will finally become ill,

The world is full of ignorant beings."

I said "Lu Sheng Yen will die, he will surely die"

My death will be an event of solemnity and perfection.

When I die:

Heavenly flowers will be sprinkled from the air,

Rainbow lights will be dancing in the air,

Mantra sound will be reverberating in the air,

The dharmakaya brightness will be radiating in the air,

Lotus flowers will fill the air.

When I die, I will have the dignity of purity, Buddha palace,surupa (The wonderful body), being feted by all the bodhisattvas, beneficial to all, dharma seat, presiding elders, immoveable, everyone will praise and make offering.

The honour I will receive during my death is seldom seen in this world.

I have three types of body.

First Dharmakaya. It's non-material, non-appearance,non-attachment,cannot be seen, cannot be described, without a fixed location, without form, not subject to transmigration, non-birth, non-destruction, non-comparison.

Second Sambhogakaya. It is pure and clean, without filth, very solemn and has a lot of merit.

Third Nirmakaya. Living Buddha Lian Shen Lu Sheng Yen

When the cause of coming to this world comes to an end, I shall disappear from the earth and return to Maha Double Lotus pond, to the Sambhogakaya realm.

This is a stage which is beyond speech and thought. The three types of body can embody into one, it can be separated into three.

In my sermons this life, I advocate the following:

1. Do no evil, uphold all good deeds.

2. Know the sufferings, and eradicate ignorance. Cultivate and be enlightened.

3. Make vow to succour more human beings.

4. Cut off all the attachments, end the cycle of life and death, obtain Buddhahood.

I use the following soul deliverance rituals on the disciples:

• Soul deliverance for Bardo
• Soul deliverance for changing illusions to nets
• Soul deliverance for kindness-tracing
• Soul deliverance for merit cultivation
• Soul deliverance for posthumous fame.

Brahma-net Sutra said,

"On the day of the death of parents or brothers, you must invite dharma master to talk about the precepts of Bodhisattva. This is for the purpose of accumulating merit for the deceased so that he will be able to see the Buddha, and be born in human or heaven realm."

It is also said,

"On the day of death of parents, brothers, or guru you must read, recite and conduct sermons on Mahayana sutras."

It is said in the ten directional pure lands sutra of empowerment and rebirth according to wishes:

"Only one seventh of the merit in memorial service will reach the deceased, the rest will be credited to the person who organised it".

I declare,"There is a seven days to rebirth in Western Paradise in Mahayana, the same is applied to Tantra. When the disciples learn the Tantra, Maitreya Buddha and I will fete them to transmigration."

Let me quote you a letter:

Once I went to a busy market in the nether world ( I always visit the hell).

Seeing an officer hand cuffed a familiar disciple, I went near them. Meeting me, the disciple shouted:"Grandmaster, please help me". I asked him,"How did you come here?" His tears rolled down and he cried loudly,"Although I have taken refuge for many years, I did not cultivate any dharma. Lately I heard a lot of slander and my confidence was shaken. I gave away your porcelain picture and burn the True Buddha Sutra. I even advised others to leave the True Buddha sect. Suddenly in my dream, I was retained and forced to be a prisoner in this world. I was sentenced to maximum punishment. And now I am on my way to the hell!"

I spoke to one of the officers.

"Officer, he is a true Buddha disciple. Can you please release him ?"

The officer replied"This is an order. We are just following instruction from the top, sorry we can't."

I asked again, "On what conditions, he can be released?"

The officer replied "There must be written order to that effect." assuming that I do not have it.

I said,"I have a written order with me." I took out a written order and gave it to one of the two officers. They were shocked and did not know what to do. (As the order had the seal of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva)

I said "Look at me"

I radiated three rays of light-Buddha light, golden light, and spiritual light. A buddha sitting on a treasured thousand lotus seat appeared amongst the lights.

When the lights brightened up everywhere, everybody knelt down and prayed.

The officer said, "Since you are the master of secret world, you may have the prisoner." They left with the written order.

I asked my disciple.

"Are you going to cultivate in future?"

"Sure" he answered.

I asked again,"Are you going to discard True Buddha Sect?"

" I dare not"

I sighed "When you are awaken, you behave like a human being, but when you are drunk, you are just a fearful ghost!"

(The disciple died of heart failure after heavy drinking. I met him in the nether world and sent him to the universal monarch. As he was still sober, he was reincarnated as another human being. Although he believed all the slanders, he still respected me as his Grandmaster and dared not be rude to me. I wonder why human beings must be drunk most of the time).

Using the power of Tantra and soul deliverance ritual, I am able to bring the souls of the deceased out of hell, hungry ghost and animal realms. That is why more and more people take part in the ritual.

During the soul deliverance rituals, many strange things happened:

Someone saw his ancestor.

Someone visited the hell.

Someone got a message from his deceased ancestor asking him to take part in the ritual.

Someone saw Living Buddha Lian-Shen brought the soul to Maha Double Lotus Pond.

The miracles of soul deliverance rituals were well publicised. It became myths and mysteries to others. I am very famous now. Those who experienced spiritual response respected me wholeheartedly. And my power in soul deliverance is widely praised. Participants from the other world will always appear in the dream to thank their living relatives.

In the normal soul deliverance ritual, you see nothing, you feel nothing, you don't know whether the deceased are coming or not.

Only in the ritual conducted by Living Buddha Lian Shen,

There is an evidence of meeting of the people of both worlds,

Deceased are feted to the Western Paradise.

It is really a Tantric response.

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