Question:
On 5 November 2018, I was invited by an Underworld official to watch the trials of two offenders. The King of Hell hoped that I would share this with the human world, insisting: “One must commit neither unwholesome deeds nor verbal misdeeds. Even if you defame the Buddha out of ignorance, the Underworld will punish you severely. Buddhist practitioners must not treat the precepts of Buddhism lightly and think that collecting money illicitly is a trivial matter. They will regret it when they die! The living examples of the people who have their Totems read by your Master and his book Buddhism in Plain Terms clearly illustrate how karma works in Heaven and the Underworld. All you disciples in the Human Realm should reflect upon them carefully.”
问：05-11-2018，弟子今天被地府官员请去听审两位罪灵的审判过程，阎王爷希望我把这个事情书写告知阳世，恶事不能做，恶语不能说，那怕无明犯罪谤佛，地府也是严厉惩戒。修佛道之人不要把佛法戒律当儿戏，以为敛财事小，死后才来追悔莫及。你师父的图腾案例及白话佛法把天地因果、佛门戒律道尽在其中，你们在世弟子要细细领悟。
Two offenders, brought to the Hall from Hell, knelt before the King of Hell. The King pointed at the offender furthest away and asked him to make a confession. The offender said: “I was originally a disciple of Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door, but I didn’t practise Buddhism thoroughly. I did it only superficially. I’m not from [country X]; I’m originally from [Province Y] of [Country Z]. When I died, I was sent to a great Hell for punishment.”
On my previous journey to the Underworld, the King of Hell told me that the great Hell is where all offenders are punished together, regardless of their country of origin.
The offender continued: “I cried and screamed day and night, begging Guan Yin Bodhisattva to save me. As the Heavenly Child from [Country X] now writes down the scenes of the Hell Realm and shares her accounts with the human world, warning them against illicit collection of money and defamation of Buddhism, Guan Yin Bodhisattva issued a decree, instructing the Underworld to bring me here to confess my offence.”
As the offender practised Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door, he is under the jurisdiction of Guan Yin Citta’s Dharma- protecting Bodhisattvas. The Underworld is responsible for handing out the punishment.
The offender went on: “I hope that the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Guan Di Bodhisattva have mercy on me and eliminate my negative karma with this meritorious deed. I wish to remind the disciples of Guan Yin Citta about the karmic retribution of collecting money by illegitimate means. Never perform unwholesome deeds regardless of how insignificant they are! Small offences all add up to negative karma.
今天从地狱押来两个罪灵跪在殿前，阎王爷指向跪在稍后一些的罪灵让他自己坦诚罪过。罪灵开口了：“我本是心灵法门弟子，可是没有深入去修习佛法，学佛也只是做表面功夫，我不属于马XXX，是本籍XX,XX省，死后入大地狱受苦时（之前游地府，阎王告知大地狱是全世界不同罪灵一起在里面惩戒），日夜嚎哭，求观世音菩萨救我，现遇马XXX有童子游地府把地狱景象书写阳世告知世间有关敛财，谤佛一事，观世音菩萨特下圣旨让地府调我灵体过来自己坦诚（因为罪灵是修心灵法门，归心灵法门护法菩萨管，地府负责执法惩戒），望诸佛菩萨，关帝菩萨怜悯我，以此功德消我罪业，提醒心灵法门弟子，敛财的罪业果报。莫以恶小而为之，罪业是积累而成的。
“When I was alive, I promoted the products from my shop to fellow Buddhist practitioners and followers of Guan Yin Citta on WeChat, and also privately. I would distribute my business cards and contact details during their gatherings. I would frequently socialise with and get to know them, with the main aim of making money from them. I didn’t think that it was inappropriate at the time, even though fellow practitioners forwarded some of Master Lu’s discourses to remind me that what I was doing is making illicit gains in the name of the Buddha, and shedding the Buddha’s blood. But I didn’t see it that way - I thought they were just making a big fuss over a small issue. I made such a small amount of money from it - how could the consequences be so serious? I was also doing business with non-practitioners, was it really a big deal? Wouldn’t Bodhisattvas bless me with good health and a good career? With my partial understanding of Buddhism, I didn’t take Master Lu’s advice seriously. The Bodhisattvas had blessed me and helped me to recover from cancer, and yet I let Guan Yin Bodhisattva down. I didn’t practise Buddhism and recite sutras diligently, nor did I proactively save and help others to become spiritually awakened. I was not a dutiful Buddhist. I even kept bad-mouthing fellow practitioners and ignored their advice.
“I was so wrong, and I only realised it after I died! I did not realise that little causes can have such significant effects, or that the Underworld kept a record of every unwholesome deed. Within a few years, I encountered misfortune after misfortune, with my business going steadily downhill. The King of Hell told me that it was a preliminary warning from the Dharma-protecting Bodhisattvas. But I was too foolish to see that! So I continued to create negative karma. Then my cancer recurred and started to spread to other parts of my body. Soon it became terminal. I prayed to Guan Yin Bodhisattva to help me recover, but I failed to repent sincerely. I thought Guan Yin Bodhisattva was so compassionate and merciful that she would surely forgive me. I was so foolish! The King of Hell told me that it was because I did not repent sincerely that even the Dharma-protecting Bodhisattvas would not protect me.”
The offender, wailing all the while, continued: “After I died, I was sentenced by the Underworld to be punished in the Hell of Burning Flame. It was so painful there; my entire body was burned in searing fire. Nobody came to help when I cried out! Heavenly Child, please save me. Please help me to pray for Guan Yin Bodhisattva’s mercy. Please, plead with Guan Di Bodhisattva and all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas for me. I was wrong; I repent with all my heart. Don’t follow my example and think that nothing will happen if you commit offences. You will only know how painful it is when you end up in Hell.”
我未死之时，在微信上向心灵法门的佛友和信徒推销我店面产品，私底下也向佛友推广，在大伙聚会之时常发自己名片，自己微信联络号，常和佛友掺和聊家常，其实是为了做生意，我在世不觉得不妥。法门师兄曾转发师父开示给我，提醒我这是敛财，出佛菩萨血，在靠佛法赚钱，我不以为然，觉得他们小题大做，才赚那么一点钱，至于报应这么大吗？我也有在外面做其它人生意，有这么夸张吗？难道菩萨不保佑我身体事业好吗？我片面理解佛法，不把师父告诫当回事。菩萨保佑我癌症好转，我辜负了观世音菩萨救度之恩，还不好好的学佛念经，弘法度人，没做好佛弟子的本分，还讲法门师兄不对，不听劝告。我错，我错，我死后才知道错。大概几年时间吧，我忘了因小果大，地府在给我记账，先是自己倒霉事不断，生意营业额下滑，阎王告诉我这是护法菩萨初期给我的警告，可是我太愚痴，我不懂，我继续造业。过后癌症复发，扩散蔓延，末期啊，再去求菩萨保佑，可是我没有真心忏悔，我只是一心一意想求观世音菩萨，菩萨让我病好，我知道菩萨最慈悲，一定会原谅我的，我太愚痴。阎王告诉我，没真心忏悔，连护法菩萨都不保佑我了。死后地府审判，下火烧地狱，苦啊，全身火烧啊，地狱叫唤无人救啊。童子你救救我，求观世音菩萨慈悲，替我向关帝菩萨和诸佛菩萨求求情，我错了，真的是真心忏悔了。你们不要和我一样，以为没事，下地狱才知道苦。呜……呜……呜……”（哭泣声不断）。
I stood to the side as I watched, and couldn’t utter a word. As the King of Hell sighed, he told the offender: “Your karmic retribution is ripe - it’s useless to plead. Even the Bodhisattvas are unable to interfere with karma. Guan Yin Bodhisattva now shows mercy towards you. In view of the meritorious deed you accumulated when propagating the Dharma and spiritually awakening people, even though you had a hidden agenda, you are nonetheless selected to share your experience with the Heavenly Child so that it could be written down in the Human Realm. Practitioners of Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door can take a lesson from your account by refraining from shedding Bodhisattva’s blood with illicit gains or raising funds from others in the name of the Buddha. This deed’s merit and virtue will be used to mitigate some of your negative karma, which is a manifestation of the greatest possible compassion.”
As the offender was not from [Country X], the King of Hell ordered the enforcement officer to escort the offender to the Underworld of his home country and let his case be dealt there. Later, the King issued an official letter to the Underworld of [Country Y], hoping that they would show him leniency and use this merit and virtue to reduce his sentence.
我站在一旁，无法言语，阎王叹了口气，对罪灵说：“你果已形成，你向谁求情都无用，菩萨也不动因果，现在观世音菩萨慈悲你，念你在世弘法度人功德，虽然居心不良，有目的，特调你灵体，童子归阳世书写出来，好让心灵法门的修道人以此为戒，莫出菩萨身上血，不可以集资敛财，以此功德消你罪业，已是最大的慈悲。”随后，阎王命鬼差把罪灵押回她所在的国家地府，让那边的地府处置，因为她不属于马XXX。阎王会书写公文给XX国家地府希望他们网开一面，能够以这些功德减免一些罪罚刑期。
Soon after, the King of Hell ordered the enforcement officer to bring the other offender forward. Pointing at him, the King said: “When you were alive, you were ignorant that Buddhism and Taoism share the same root. Simply based on your subjective understanding, you misinterpreted the Buddhist teachings and had a distorted view of Buddhist practice centres, and committed verbal misdeeds by spreading untrue information about Guan Yin Citta. As you were on the executive committee of a Taoist temple, you performed many benevolent deeds and accumulated virtuous acts. You cared for your parents; you were diligent in your work, and you enjoyed helping others.
Even I admire your exemplary behaviour! But why must you bad-mouth your relative who was practising Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door, and why must you criticise Buddhism? The relationship between you and your relative was somewhat distant, and she had no intention of getting you to practise Guan Yin Citta. She only acted in accordance with her karmic conditions and followed Master Jun Hong Lu to practise Buddhism and observe the Buddhist precepts. She engaged in self-cultivation at home, sharing Buddhism with others and helping them to become spiritually awakened. Your enlightened Taoist Master in Heaven knew that you, as an ordinary person, didn’t understand the truth and essence of the Buddha-Dharma or the real conditions of sentient beings in the Dharma Realm. Nor did you understand the law of karma and the law of the Underworld. He gave you several warnings in your dreams about the karmic retribution of the verbal misdeeds you committed before you died. Unfortunately, as an ordinary human being, you were unable to recall a single thing he said in your dreams after you woke up. Did you know how helpless he felt?
“The teachings of every religious tradition or practice are founded on benevolence. But all of you mortals are really…,” the King of Hell sighed before continuing.
“Although I sympathise with you because you committed these offences out of ignorance, you must understand that one reaps what they have sown.
“Now, in my hand I have a scroll written by your enlightened Master in Heaven, pleading for you. It documents all your benevolent and meritorious deeds. These merits and virtues will be used to pardon you from the punishment in Hell - you are freed. Later, you will be taken to be reborn in accordance with your own karma. I sympathise with your wife, who is now a widow and must take care of your children alone. I will write an official letter asking the Heavenly officers who visit the Underworld each month to tell your enlightened Master to show compassion for your family in the Human Realm, and have someone provide aid to them. Anyway, you may leave now. There is no need to thank me; rather, you should thank your enlightened Taoist Master. It is also due to the positive karma you created for yourself.”
不久，阎王叫鬼差把另一个罪灵叫到面前，指了指罪灵说：“你在阳世不懂佛道本一家，以自己的见解曲解佛门道场，到处造心灵法门口业。你是道教庙宇理事，你在世行善积德，又孝顺父母，工作认真，勤恳，乐于助人，本王甚为欣赏，可你为什要讲你那修心灵法门的亲戚不好？讲佛法不好？你家亲戚和你关系甚远，又无度你入她法门之意，只是随她自身因缘跟着他师父卢军宏师父修习佛法，奉守佛门戒律，在家静修，弘法度众。你天上道场真人知你一介在世阳人不懂佛法真实义，不能眼见法界众生实态，也不懂地律因果，在你要出事前数次报梦提醒你口业之报，你凡人肉胎醒后不知，可知真人也无奈？各法门宗派都是以善为本，你们在世阳人实在是……唉，本王虽怜悯你无明造业，可果报还是自受，我现有你道场真人天上卷轴书写你在世功德善事代为求情，以你在世功德把受罚刑期赦免，你可以出狱了，待会随自身因缘去投胎。看你在世妻儿可怜，孤儿寡母，本王会书写公文让每月到地府的天宫告知你生前修习的道场真人慈悲你在世亲人，派人救度接济她们。罢了，罢了，下去吧，也别谢我，谢你道场法门真人吧。也是你自身所造之善。”
As the King of Hell finished speaking, the enforcement officers took the offender away while I was whisked off to the human world amid rays of golden light.
说完，鬼差把罪灵领走。弟子魂体被金光带回阳世。
Master Jun Hong Lu’s reply:
It’s pitiful. You only realise it when you’re down there. It’s authentic. A lot of people are pretentious in their cultivation, and that’s pitiful. They make all this effort to pretend that they’re diligent in practice, but it’s meaningless because it’s all witnessed by Heaven and the Underworld. We must cultivate sincerely. Taoists who talk badly about Buddhism will be dragged down to the Underworld. Let me remind you again that while you may cultivate in your own way, you mustn’t criticise and talk badly about others. In our Code of Conduct for Disciples, there is a rule that one should refrain from criticising other religions or practices. You should only focus on your own cultivation. That person had practised Taoism very well, yet he was still dragged down there and treated as an offender. He would’ve ascended to the Heavenly Realm but now he has been reborn as a human. We must not speak irresponsibly.
请师父确认开示。
答：真的很可怜，下去之后才知道。全部有名有姓的。很多人在人间假修，真的很可怜，装得很卖力，没用的，天上地下全看着。要真修。道家的人，讲我们不好，拉下去了。我再三和你们讲，你修你的，不要讲别人不好。弟子守则中让你们不要讲任何法门不好，自己好好修。他道家修得这么好，照样拉下去，成为罪灵。投人了，本来可以上天的。不要乱讲。
——卢台长开示解答来信疑惑（二百六十七）2018-11-23
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