Guan Yin Citta & Master Lu

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Happiness is when you are free of the pain
that comes from comparing yourself to others.
没有对比的痛苦，就是快乐！
Master Jun Hong Lu, Words of Wisdom Volume 4

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🪷 *Birthday of Medicine Buddha* 🪷

Dear Buddhist Friends,

Today 31 Oct 2024, 30th Day of the 9th Lunar Month, is also the day to commemorate *Medicine Buddha’s Birthday.* 

✨ On this special day, we should be diligent in our spiritual cultivation, practise vegetarianism, perform more virtuous deeds, do no evil and free captive lives. ✨

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*ABOUT MEDICINE BUDDHA*

When Medicine Buddha, was a Bodhisattva, He made 12 vows to relieve the sufferings of all beings, provide them with the spiritual faculties and lead them towards liberation (愿为众生解除疾苦，使具足诸根，趋入解脱).

It is with these vows that He attained Buddhahood, residing in the Eastern Pure Land of Crystal Radiance (东方净琉璃世界), a land as solemn and blissful as the Land of Ultimate Bliss. 

*The Medicine Buddha always fulfills the wishes of all beings, extricates all beings from suffering and heals their illnesses.*

And, hence, He is known as the *Medicine Buddha who dispels calamities and lengthens life* (消灾延寿药师佛).

_Source: Wenda20171117 37:35, Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program_

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As we are in this Age of Dharma Decline, Master Lu, out of compassion, advises that *Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door practitioners may add the _Medicine Buddha Dharani (Yao Shi Guan Ding Zhen Yan)_ to their daily recitations.*

_Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s Discourse, 24 Sept 2021_
 
*Read more about recitation of _Medicine Buddha Dharani:_* https://bit.ly/3DpbJSA

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https://orientalradio.com.sg/en-journey-...arma-door/

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*EVERY SINGLE THOUGHT IS GEARED* *TOWARDS SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION*

Master Jun Hong Lu: How do you practise diligence? It is the consistent mindfulness to practise. That is, every single thought is geared towards spiritual cultivation and to make sure every single thought is positive. It also means forcing yourself out of bed in the morning, even if you don’t want to!

You should be telling yourself, “I am going to bite the bullet, perform chanting and transform my own destiny.”

A person who has consistent mindfulness to practise will never degenerate. If any one of you is experiencing family break-up or squabbles, it’s because you are not diligent in your practice. You are too lazy!

“I can‘t get up in the morning, I just can’t wake up”. 

You can’t stop being lazy and in the end, you will enter into a state of degeneration.

Some couples hardly quarrelled when they first got married; both were eager to do their parts of the house chores. “You do the dishes; I do the laundry”. They worked hard and they were diligent. 

However, after some time, both of them become lazy. “So, you won’t do the dishes? Neither will I!” 

After some time, even their room starts to stink, and they can’t even find a fresh change of clothes! This is what degeneration means.

_Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s_ 
_Buddhism In Plain Terms_ 
_Volume 9 Chapter 42_
_(An Excerpt)_

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*WISDOM IS FOUND THROUGH CALMNESS*

Master Jun Hong Lu: When you are calm, wisdom arises. Only in calmness do you realise the movement of your mind and what is in your thoughts. Sometimes when you manage to calm down, you will wonder, “Why did I think this way? Why do I have such ridiculous thoughts? How can I think so badly of him?” And you will feel so ashamed of yourself. That’s because you have gained wisdom.

Hence, the validation of the Dharma requires the quietness and the stillness of your heart; only when a person is in quietude, can he feel the presence of the Buddha in his heart and the wisdom of his inherent nature.

Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s Buddhism In Plain Terms, Episode 100, 4 July 2020

Translated by Oriental Radio Practice Centre (Singapore).
Proofread by 2OR Secretariat