
- By Grand Master Sheng-yen Lu
- Translated by:Yuan Zheng Tang Translation
Committee
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Chapter 8 - Children From The Trayastrimsas (Di Shi) Heaven
Once a Tibetan Living Buddha, the elder of Yellow sect Amchok came
to Lei Tsang temple in Seattle. I pointed at one image and said
it is "Di shi". Amchok shook his head.
I said again,:"Sakradevanam".
He shook his head again.
Finally I said "Sakradevanam Indra".
Suddenly he understood me.
"It is Indra, it is Indra."
Then I realised, the heavenly king of Trayastrimsas heaven who
is living at Sudarsana City on top of Sumeru mountain, and the one
in charge of the emperors of thirty three heavens is known as "Indra"
to all the Living Buddhas from Tibet.
I strongly believe Indra and I have deep causation.
First of all, I was converted from a Christian to a Buddhist at
the jade emperor temple, which has the jade emperor as its main
god. He is known as jade emperor to the Taoists and Di shi to the
Buddhists.
Secondly, before I came to his world, I descended to Sudarsanan
City's good dharma chapter. And Di shi gave me two presents:
The princess of Di shi (Lu Fu Qing), and the prince of Di shi (Lu
Fu Qi). They wanted to follow me to the Samsara World.
Thirdly, When I was a guest at the heaven. Di shi accompanied me,
and I know the four gardens there:
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Vehicle garden where fast and safe space travelling vehicles
were found.
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Cu-Er garden where the weapons used in the war are produced
automatically.
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Mixing tree garden where heavenly beings have their exciting
fun.
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Blessing tree garden where all kinds of magnificent things
can be seen there.
I have seen other treasures such as Di shi net - which is without
boundary, Dishi's secret vase, which is also known as virtue vase,
saint vase, auspicious vase that can reproduce all kinds of treasures
and Di shi's bow. Indra was very sincere when he accompanied me.
Fourthly, The True Buddha Sutra which flowed from my heart was
prompted by Indra's question. The question and answer session fully
explained the extent of causation between Indra and Padmakumara.
Fifthly, At the Sudarsana City's good dharma chapter heaven, I
saw the secret Sutra of the rituals completed by Indra. This sutra
is different from the ones translated by either Shi Bu or Fa Xian.
In the book "The night of Soul Lake", I talked about
the prince and the Princess of Indra, who followed me to the planet
earth. This is a mysterious and colourful story. People asked me
incisive question on this.
"Is it true?"
"True."
"Any Proof ?"
"They showed Indra mudra, when they were born."
"Who saw this?"
"My wife and Me"
"You are from the same family, so it is not counted."
Because of this doubt, I have prayed many times to Indra. Hoping
that more children will come from the same heaven, and they know
how to show the Indra mudra. All of them will cultivate Tantra and
protect the True Buddha School.
To prove my point I quote a letter:
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I bow to Grandmaster,
Om mani padme
Hum,
I prayed to the
Grandmaster and wished that I could have a baby boy during
my cultivations in 1989.
Not long later,
that was on 7th March 1990 at 7: 15 a.m. (lunar calendar llth
of second moon), my wife gave birth to a child. I was there
waiting and witnessed the child birth. As it was a baby boy,
I was so happy that I forgot to see whether the baby boy showed
any mudra. I only had the chance to look at him again when
the baby room opened. I was wondering whether he was from
the Indra heaven since he was no different from other children.
Silently I talked to the child, I told him I was happy to
have him, but I did not see him showing any mudra and I would
like to see that. Immediately after my thought, I saw him
struggling and his face turned red (his whole body was covered
with cloth). His left hand came out from the clothes, and
his left thumb pressed on the middle and small fingers. He
then curved his index finger and pressed on the back of the
middle finger. I write this letter to find out from Grandmaster
whether this can be considered a spiritual response.
Enclosed is the
child's photograph and fifty Malaysian ringgits, please accept
my meagre offerings.
Moreover, please
let me have the empowerment of longevity Buddha.
I hope to be more
witty and have more faith in Amitabha Buddha.
Your disciple,
Lian Hua Xiang Zhen
2/10/92 |
Once when I was doing miraculous prediction, a woman brought her
daughter for consultation. She was quite a cute little girl. Seeing
her, I showed an Indra Mudra to her.
Immediately she smiled and showed me the same mudra.
Her mother was surprised to see this.
"Ling Yun showed this mudra when she was born. Sometimes on
both hands. She likes red, she will stare at red object and show
the mudra. Her behaviour is weird."
"It is not weird at all," I replied: "She is a child
from the Indra Heaven, She is the goddess in red. Surely she will
like red colours."
The mother asked: "Is it so?"
I asked : "Was there anything unusual when she was born?"
Her mother replied: "Ling Yun was born on third of Nov 1988.
The night she was born saw a fire ball appearing at the nearby hill.
The neighbours thought the forest was on fire, and called for fire
brigade. When the fire engines arrived, there was no fire at the
forest, or at any house. The surroundings were very bright because
of moving lights from the air.
Later on, somebody saw a ray of light stopped at our roof and disappeared
instantly.
Her mother added: "Ling Yun was born in the hospital. After
the strange phenomenal, my labour pain started, I rushed to the
hospital to give birth to her."
"Any other strange behaviour " I asked.
"Yes" the mother replied.
"Her eye sight is not normal. Eating fish, she will see the
bones first. She even saw a hole in my stomach (stomach ulcer).
"Ah, this is penetrating vision"
Her mother continued.
"My house enshrines an Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. She praised
the beauty of the image and claimed that something divine had flew
into it.
I turned my head and asked Ling Yun, "Look at me, who am I?"
wondering she might see my skeletons.
She answered:"Grandmaster is Padmakumara. Your whole body
is full of white light. Padmakumara is the same as Avalokitesvara
who came to succour others."
I told her mother:"Ling Yun is the goddess in red from the
Indra heaven. She has special skills. It would be wonderful if she
can still retain her power when she grows up."
From what I know, among the third generation disciples of True
Buddha School, many children came from the Indra heaven. This is
the result of deep causation between True Buddha School and Indra.
If you have a child from the Indra heaven, I believe you should
do the following:
1. Show respect to the heaven realm.
2. Observe precepts so that sins are not created by the body
- better still uphold the eight precepts i.e.
i. Not to kill
ii. Not to steal
iii. Not to have improper sexual behaviour
iv. Not to tell lies
v. Not to drink liquor
vi. Not to use fragrance on the body
vii. Not to enjoy singing and dancing
viii. Not to sleep on a big and cosy bed
3. Chant the sutra of respecting heaven rites
4. Chant the sutra of middle agama
5. Take refuge in True Buddha School and cultivate the True Buddha
Tantra.
For the children from Indra heaven, I have written a verse for
them
To have such causation is magnificent,
Its valued in the heaven and earth.
Precious fruit can be reaped in the mundane world
Even heavenly beings descended to pay respect.
Brightness is caused by purity,
after the mission, movement is unrestrained.
Their descendence for the purpose of reaffirmation,
teaching the wicked to be kind.
One of the six realms of existence is heaven,
and to ascend there is human beings
the place is real, pure and without any worry,
protecting the ground that True Buddha Tantra prevails.
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