
- Book 31 - The Flying Carpet of the East
- By Grand Master Sheng-yen Lu
- Translated by Shan Tung Hsu
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Chapter 2 - A Temple Story
In the Yu-huang Kung temple, the blue-dressed lady told me the
following story:
On the Chung-Shan Road of Hua-lien City lived a man named Li Tien-Szu.
He painted and made sculptures for temples, such as painting dragons
on temple roofs, even though he didn't believe in religion or gods.
One day Lee Tian Sie went to the Golden Mother's Temple in Hua Lien
to work, and after he finished he walked around the temple and approached
the Golden Mother statue. For no special reason, he placed the palms
of his hands together and bowed his head. He found he couldn't raise
it back up. His head wouldn't move! It felt like a thousand pounds.
Panic-stricken he screamed. Monks anxiously rushed over to him.
When they observed what was going on they promptly knelt and asked
the Golden Mother for guidance. The blue-dressed lady, the one who
told me this story, was there at the time, and she also reverently
prayed.
The Golden Mother said to her "This person doesn't believe
in me, but does have an affinity with me. I want to let him know
that gods do exist in the universe. Ask him to bow to me twelve
times. Then I'll allow him to get up."
Li Tien-Szu obediently bowed twelve times, and found himself able
to raise his head. "Oh my!" he cried, "Gods really
do exist!" .
Since then the painter has believed in the gods. Whenever he has
the chance he tells people about his experience.
The blue-dressed lady belongs to the Yao-Chih School of Taoist
practices. If you invite her to your home for the Worship of ancestors
ceremony, she can tell you who your ancestors were, when they died,
what they looked like, what kind of rings they wore and what physical
features they had.
She also can tell you what your ancestors want to say to you now.
Her readings are very accurate.
How can anyone outside your family know about things relating to
your ancestors, especially if they passed away before you were born?
There is much in her life that is hard to understand. Yet there
are facts about her that can't be denied. As a matter of fact, unusual
things continue to happen to me too...
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