Chapter 7 - Voices Through The Walls

There is a student whose refuge name is "Lian-chung."

(In this chapter only his refuge name will be used as it has impact on other people.)

Lian-chung was the manager of a Taipei trading company. Business in the company was very smooth and lucrative. Three acquaintances involved in the same trade invited Lian-chung into a joint-venture in setting up another large, trading company. Lian-chung is a very prudent person. Whenever he starts a new venture, he writes to consult with the Master before making his decisions. Therefore, his business thrives and he has never had any loss. Naturally, he wrote to the Master regarding the joint-venture of this new company. After the letter was mailed and before Lian-chung received any reply, the other three partners invited him to discuss the plan of the new venture at the offices of another company. This other company was located on the second floor of a building in which Mr. Chang, the person in charge of the company, had a residence on the ninth floor.

After long hours of discussion, Lian-chung felt tired and wanted to leave. But the trio would not let him go, suggesting that they all go out for supper at the end of the meeting. Mr. Chang proposed that Lian-chung first take a rest in the guest room of his residence on the ninth floor. Later they would call him for supper.

Lian-chung went upstairs to Mr. Chang's residence and fell fast asleep. Sometime later, he woke suddenly.

Something strange was happening - he unexpectedly heard the voices of his three partners talking about plans. The voices were tiny, but extremely clear. It was very quiet in the guest room except for the voices that went on continuously. Lian-chung knew positively the voices were those of his partners. He heard evertvthing they said. "This time when he joins us, we will take care of him together."

"Chang will be responsible for all the controls and will bring him down."

"Ha! We will definitely get rid of him this time."

He heard many plans. For example: to use his checks to draw cash; to arrange for one of Chang's relatives to take care of the accounting; how to give misleading quotations; how to make empty promises; how to secure the actual controls; and how to cheat. The more Lian-chung heard, the more shocked he was. He tried to pinch himself, to see if it were a dream, but he could definitely feel the pain. Hurriedly he put on his clothes and took the elevator from the ninth floor down to the second floor conference room, where the trio was still meeting. Lian-chung was perplexed to see them there. How had he been able to hear their voices from where he had been sleeping so many floors away? Wasn't this strange? Between the second and ninth floor were many floors and ceilings. Could he have experienced the Faculty of the Divine Hearing?

In disbelief, he asked, "When I was asleep, did anyone go up to the ninth floor?"

"No," they answered together. "We were here all the time, did someone wake you?"

"No," Lian-chung replied.

"Tell me, has the accountant been selected?"

"It's Mr. Wu, who is my distant relative," Chang replied. "He is very capable, responsible and reliable."

Lian-chung had already heard this when he was on the ninth floor. Now, back on the second floor, the answers matched. Nevertheless, he was shocked.

When Lian-chung went home, he lit an incense on his altar, in the middle of which was enshrined a porcelain statue of the Holy Red Crown Vajra Master. He then reported everything to the Master, and chanted the Guru Heart Mantra and practiced the Guru Yoga. Lian-chung believed he was able to hear the plot against him because he had enshrined the Master's porcelain statue in his altar and, unknowingly, he was protected by an invisible force, the Great Energy of Padmakumara of the Western Paradise. Undoubtedly, the Bodhisattva was protecting him, opening his divine ears at the right time; otherwise, he could not have heard the secret conversation.

As a matter of fact, Lian-chung had intended to join the new business. It would have been a very serious blow to him if the three other partners were going to cheat him. That could have led to the loss of his wealth or even his life.

He shuddered and was appalled by the ugly heart of people. It reminded him of the incident when the original name of the school founded by Master was stolen by a group of shameless people. Lian-chung had worked very hard all his life for his trading company and it could all have been lost. Thinking of this, he held the incense, and thanked the Master over and over again for the mystical experience. Since then, Lian-chung has sincerely chanted the Guru Heart Mantra one thousand eighty times daily, even when he is walking, standing, sitting, or lying down. He feels that Holy Red Crown Vajra Master is miraculous and very compassionate.

Shortly thereafter, Master's reply arrived in the mail; it was just a few simple but clear verses:

Beware of fraudulence this time,

Let not prosperity wither out;

Divinity will alert you,

Everything will become clear in the future.

Having read the verses, Lian-chung was deeply touched. He immediately wrote a letter to the Master, detailing everything and his decision not to join the new business, so as to avoid entrapment and ruin. Later, according to a report from Lian-chung, the trio got another innocent person to go in with them and they did away with him using the same methods they had discussed using on Lian-chung. Lian-chung once related this mystical experience to an eminent monk. The eminent monk said that it was absolutely possible for someone to experience a temporary Divine Hearing due to the intervention of Bodhisattvas.

It was the power of the Bodhisattvas that had transported the voices of the conspiring trio to Lian-chung's ears, so that he could make the right decisions regarding his future.

This eminent monk further affirmed that Vajra Master Sheng-yen Lu is actually the transformation of a great Bodhisattva who uses very special methods to salvage sentient beings; it is just that ordinary cultivators do not quite understand him yet. Vajra Master Lian Shen's knowledge of mystical Dharmas is enormous. He is a great Bodhisattva who would sacrifice himself to save sentient beings, which is very rare in our contemporary era.

This eminent monk is Lian-chung's teacher in the Sutrayana School. Lian-chung has, altogether, four teachers, all of whom are quite well-known.

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