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  • Book 142: When the night is dark
  • Translated from Chapter 6 Death caused by Train Accident
  • By: Living Buddha Lian Sheng, Sheng Yen-Lu
  • Translated by Sadhaka and Xiao Cao
  • Edited by May Kwan  
  • Proofread by Mimosa

Chapter 6 Death caused by Train Accident

A mother came to see me and asked me to read his son's fate. On the registration form, she put her name down as 'You Cai' and her son's name as 'You Jun'. Not only was You Jun her only son but also her only surviving family member.

After reading the form, I sat in silence for a moment. Unexpectedly, a horrific vision appeared. I could hear a loud collision accompanied by hysterical sound. Soon, the sound disappeared. The whole scene seemed to be very noisy and frantic. I could then hear the siren of an approaching ambulance. I could see someone lying faced down, with hair covering the face. Another vision came to me was an injured person with severed limbs crying out in pain. Lots of people died from what appeared to be a train accident. Sadly, there seemed to be no survivors.

My inner being was shocked.
Spontaneously, I asked, "Where is your son now?"

"In the northern area", You Cai answered.

"When will he return?"

"Tomorrow"

"Prohibit him from coming back tomorrow!"

"Why?", she asked.

I insisted, "Don't ask why. Just don't allow him to return tomorrow. Tell him to return at another time. This is my warning. You must listen to my warning. Don't you ever forget that!"

You Cai wanted to ask further questions.

I told her, "Right after tomorrow, you can then ask me again to read You Jun's fate. Hurry! Go home and make a call to your son and ask him not to return tomorrow."

You Cai stood up confused.

The purpose of her visit was to ask about her son's fate but she didn't even have the chance to ask any questions. All she got was this sentence: "Prohibit your son from coming back tomorrow!"

People said that Grand Master Lu's prediction is very accurate but where is the proof?

That night, I sat in meditation. I invoked the presence of the Embittered Death Ghost King. I recited a mantra while my hands formed a mudra. After just one edict, there was a spatter of electrical light swirling around. At that moment, a thick smoldering cold breeze manifested. Then, the shape of the Embittered Death Ghost King appeared.  

The Embittered Death Ghost King was about 9 feet tall, his face was evil with protruding fangs, his eyes were piercing, his body took the form of a tiger and his movements were that of a panther.  The Embittered Death Ghost King had spiky red colored hair and he held a torture stick. He stood in front of my meditation spot and knelt down before me, paying his respect.

 "What does Guru need?"

"I want to check what events will happen tomorrow due to embittered death."

The Embittered Death Ghost King answered, "Tomorrow, there will be an accident whereby someone will die from drowning under a bridge. There will be three traffic accidents and one person will die because of electrical lines."

"Not those, but the event of embittered death in a large scale", I asked.

"Oh, two trains will collide. It will cause 23 people to die embittered. A group of Soul Removers have been assigned and are ready for this task."

"Who are those 23 people?"

The Embittered Death Ghost King searched in his shirt pocket and gave me a piece of paper containing a list of names.

I examined it one by one. There, on the second last line, was You Jun's name.

I pointed to You Jun's name on the list and said, "Here, please erase You Jun's name from this list!"

The Ghost King was apprehensive.

"This ....."

"Just do as I said"

"The Ghost King answered, "Surely I will follow your edict, Guru, but this list of names comes from the Heavens and therefore cannot be altered. If Guru intended to have it changed, then the only way is to ask for permission from the Heavens. Moreover, the person you mentioned cannot be erased!"

I was surprised and asked, "Why?"

The Ghost King answered, "You Jun is a well known person in the Embittered Death Souls town. He was once the leader of a gang and they had killed a lot of people. He has to experience embittered death numerous times in order to repay all of his bad karma. With only one edict from Guru, how can I just erase it? If so, there would be no justice."

My face turned red when I listened to his explanation. My inner being felt sadness. In the beginning, my interest was in You Cai asking me to read her son's fate, which means that there was an affinity between You Jun and I, Living Buddha Lian Sheng, Sheng-yen Lu. Moreover, You Jun was her only child and if he died then she would be very sad. Even though I knew the difficulty involved, I just could not ignore it.

"Is it still possible to help him? He is the one and only hope of You Cai", I asked

The Ghost King answered, "Even the Deva can not save a person without life!".  The Ghost beings always have an indifferent attitude toward death.  

"I have transcendental power."

"The power cannot change karma."

I understood his words. My effort was futile. Finally, using the dispersing mudra, I excused the Ghost King.  

It occurred to me that it would still be possible to save You Jun. I have told his mother to prohibit him from coming back tomorrow. If You Cai really called his son, then he would be saved.

The following was a phone conversation between You Cai and her son, You Jun.

"Do not come back home tomorrow!", You Cai said.

"I have already bought the train ticket and I have also ask permission from my boss to take time off."

"Come back at a later date!"

"Why? Aren't you the one who asked me to visit you?"

"Nevertheless, do not come back!"

"What is the reason?"

You Cai did not explain, she just said, "Someone told me to prohibit you from coming back!"

"Who?"

"Someone called Living Buddha Lian Sheng, Sheng-yen Lu. His prediction is very accurate."

You Cai could hear her son's bellowing laughter on the other side of the line. He said, "What century are we in? You still believe in this ridiculous stuff! Do you need to find out."

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