Since 2004, I have had frequent back pain. After an examination, the diagnosis showed it was lumbar muscle strain. I had consulted many doctors for treatment, but the effect of treatment was only temporary relief of pain.
In 2009, the lumbar muscle strain developed into a lumbar disc herniation (LDH), which made me suddenly unable to take care of myself, let alone my family. I will never forget that pain. When it was serious, if I turned over in the wrong position, I would be in so much pain that I was in a cold sweat. It was really a miserable time. Nearly 1.6 meters tall, I only weighed a bit more than 40 kilograms under the torture of illness. I used to do housework by myself, and my husband was busy earning money to support our family. Since I was so sick, my husband has been distracted to care for me and the housework.
Whenever the weather changed, I was most afraid of colds. Once I caught a cold, my lower back pain struck immediately. Except for serious attacks every 1-2 months, summer was relatively comfortable. I could take care of myself and do some housework in the summer. However, when winter approached, I was most worried, because winter was the peak season for my low back pain.
Whenever my low back pain attacked, my sleep was seriously affected. Often in the middle of the night, the pain caused me to sit up to sleep. When I got tired from sitting, I carefully changed a place to lie down. During the day, sometimes when I lay in bed and watched my family walk around, I wondered how happy I would be if I could get up and walk freely! At that time, thanks to my husband, who massaged me every day to relieve the pain. Really grateful to him!
At that moment, I kept boiling medicine and taking medicine every day. Lately, I vomited when I smelled herbal medicine. Since Chinese medicine didn’t work, I tried Western therapy. I received traction therapy for half a month. If it was not unbearable, no one would do traction. Only those who have experienced traction treatment can understand how horrible it is. During this half-month treatment, I took Western medicine as prescribed by the doctor, and the side effect was stomach pain. Even though I took stomach protective medicine, it still injured my stomach.
Before practicing Buddhism, I didn’t understand that all of these were caused by my own karma. At that moment, I couldn’t figure out why I got such a disease without doing anything bad in this life.
In 2016, I was fortunate enough to encounter a Buddhist practitioner on WeChat. He invited me to practice Buddhism in a WeChat group. I realized that the knowledge of Buddhism is so broad and profound. I was deeply shocked by Master Lu’s video programs interpreting totems for sentient beings. It let me, who had faith in Dharma from my childhood, have real reliance on Dharma. It also made me deeply realize that the Dharma is true! I started practicing three golden Buddhist practices – making vows, reciting Buddhist scriptures, and performing life liberation. I kept doing my homework, and reciting Little Houses every day.
My daily recitations are Great Compassion Mantra 21 times, Heart Sutra 21 times, Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance 3 times, etc. I can recite 1-3 Little Houses per day.
I propagated Buddhism whenever I met anyone with an affinity with Buddha. As I cultivated my mind and rectified my behavior, I dared not slack off.
In the past, many people said to me: “Lumbar spondylosis will accompany you for the rest of your life, and the doctor can’t do anything about it”. After practicing Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door, although I did not pray to Guan Yin Bodhisattva for treating my low back pain, it miraculously healed unconsciously. Additionally, my stomach illness also healed, my sleep became normal, and my body weight surprisingly increased by 10 kg.
Perhaps readers will be curious to know how many Little Houses I have recited to make such a change. Sorry, I didn’t record. Because low back pain had accompanied me for >10 years, I had become accustomed to it. I thought this disease would never be cured, so I had never specifically prayed to Bodhisattva to cure it. Usually, I paid my creditors with Little Houses according to Master Lu’s teachings. In addition, deep down in my heart, because I am merely a mortal I was afraid that I prayed too much to the Bodhisattva, so I didn’t dare to be greedy. Thus, I left everything to the Bodhisattva to arrange. I followed Master Lu’s teachings: “Remain steadfast in cultivating without expecting anything in return!” It was not until April 2020 that fellow practitioner Hao proposed recruiting several cases of LDH to publish simultaneously so that the Dharma treatment of LDH would be more convincing, did I suddenly wake up. My low back pain has not flared for a long time, and I have recovered! Now, I am exactly the same as a normal person, except that I can’t be too tired, and there is basically no discomfort in my waist. Not only did I resume my old housekeeping role at home, but I also resumed the job I used to do. Like the spring breeze and the drizzle, Guan Yin Bodhisattva nourishes things silently, which makes me more and more moved.
In addition, there are countless blissful cases after practicing Buddhism, but I will not list them all here!
Now, in the vast sea of people, I have found a guiding light. That is our Master Lu, who gave me a firm belief in the future of my life so that I can break through the darkness and move towards a bright tomorrow. Master Lu is our second parent!
With the deepening of my practice, I also realized more clearly that practicing Buddhism is not easy, but not practicing Buddhism is even more difficult. In order to practice Buddhism well, we must calm ourselves down, awaken while practicing, learn from Master Lu’s unimpeded great mercy and thoroughly great compassion, and not seek happiness for ourselves, but hope all sentient beings will be free from suffering and be happy! We must practice Buddhism earnestly, to save more sentient beings who have an affinity with Buddha!
My deepest gratitude to the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva!
My deepest gratitude to all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas from ten directions and three periods of time!
My deepest gratitude to the Dharma protectors!
My deepest gratitude to the selfless and altruistic Master Jun Hong Lu!
If there is anything that is not rational or in line with the truth in the presentation, I’d like to seek forgiveness from the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva, all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Dharma protectors, and Master Jun Hong Lu.
I’d also like to seek forgiveness from my fellow Buddhist practitioners.
I, not my fellow practitioners, will be responsible for my own karma!
Presenter: Dharma practitioner lmn, Gratitude and Namaste!
Published(CN): 2020-04-27
Translator: Frank
Posted(EN): 2022-03-22
Statement by Translator
1. The story was translated from Chinese into English by meaning, not word by word. If there is anything that is not rational or in line with the true meaning of the Chinese version, I’d like to seek forgiveness from the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva, all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Dharma protectors and Master Jun Hong Lu.
2. Author lmn was interviewed by Frank during the translation for the detailed information.
Please kindly forward this article to those whose relatives are under sufferance of back pain
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原文如下：
在佛力加持下，历时十余年的腰痛病悄然康复
顶礼南无大慈大悲救苦救难广大灵感观世音菩萨摩诃萨！顶礼十方三世一切诸佛菩萨及龙天护法金刚菩萨！顶礼弘法度众舍身忘我的恩师慈父卢军宏台长！
从2004年开始，我就经常腰酸背痛。经医生检查，诊断为腰肌劳损。我先后找过多位医生医治，但是，治疗效果都只是暂时缓解疼痛而已。
到了2009年，腰肌劳损发展成腰间盘突出，使我的生活一下子变得不能自理了，更别说照顾家庭了。那种疼痛我一辈子都不会忘记。严重的时候，一个翻身姿势不对，我都会疼得死去活来，直冒冷汗。那段时间真是苦不堪言。身高将近一米六的我、在病魔的折磨下体重只剩下80多斤。一直以来，家务活都是我一个人打理的。先生忙着赚钱养家。自从我这么一病，先生还得分心来照顾我和家里家务。
每逢天气变化，我最怕着凉。一旦着凉了，腰痛马上就会发作。夏季相对好一点，每一两个月会有一次比较严重的发作，其它时间生活还能自理， 还可以做点家务活。可是，每逢快到冬天的时候我就最担心腰痛，因为冬季是我腰痛病发作高峰期。
每次腰痛发作，我的睡眠便遭受严重影响，常常大半夜疼得我只能坐起来睡，坐累了再小心翼翼地挪地方躺下。白天，有时躺在床上看着家人走来走去，心里会想如果可以让我起来走走，不知道会有多幸福？！ 那时多亏先生每天帮我按摩缓解疼痛。真的太感恩他了！
当时，我每天不停地熬药吃药，吃到后来闻到草药味就会吐。中医行不通，我只能再试试西医，去医院做了半个月的牵引。若非难受得不行，没人会做牵引，个中滋味只有经历过的人才有切身体会。在这半个月的时间里，我按医嘱口服半个月的西药，副作用是伤胃。尽管我吃了护胃药，但还是把胃吃坏了。
学佛前，我根本不懂这些都是自己的业障现前造成的。当时，我还想不通，为什么今生没做过什么坏事会得这样的病呢？
直到2016年，在微信上有幸认识了一位师兄，把我拉到心灵法门共修群里学习，我这才知道佛法知识是那么博大精深。 师父给众生看图腾的视频深深地震撼了我，让从小就敬仰佛法的我有了依止，更让我深深地体会到心灵法门的真实不虚！我运用三大法宝――许愿，念经，放生。我每天做功课，念经文组合。我的功课是每天《大悲咒》21遍，《心经》21遍，《礼佛大忏悔文》3遍，还有挑选的几个十小咒。每天我能念1-3张小房子。
我碰到有缘人就度，每天都在精进努力修心修行，丝毫不懈怠。
以前，曾经有很多人跟我说：“腰椎病会跟随你一辈子的，医生都没办法”。修心灵法门后，虽然我并没有针对腰疼求过观世音菩萨，但神奇的是腰疼病不知不觉地就好了。而且，我的胃也好了，睡眠也正常了，体重竟然增加了20斤。
也许读者们会好奇，想知道我是念了多少经文组合后才有如此的改变。很抱歉，我没有做过记录。因为腰痛伴随了我十余年，我早已习以为常了，以为这个病真的永远不会好了，所以，从来没有为腰痛一事专门求过菩萨。平时，我就是按师父的开示给自己的要经者送小房子。另外，在我的内心深处，我担心自己凡人肉胎，所以不敢贪求太多， 就把一切交给菩萨安排。我听师父的话，只管耕耘，不问收获！直到今年四月份，好师兄提议征募几篇关于腰椎间盘突出的案例一起发布出来，让佛法治杂症更有说服力，我才猛然醒悟。我的腰痛病好久好久没有发作了，已经早日康复了！现在，我和正常人完全一样，除了不能太过劳累，腰部基本没有什么不适感。我不但恢复了往日照顾家务的角色，还恢复了我之前做的那份工作。观世音菩萨治病救人如春风化细雨，润物细无声，愈发让我感动。
除此之外，学佛念经之后殊胜的事例也数不胜数，在这里我就不一一列举了！
如今，在茫茫人海中我找到了一盏指路明灯，那就是我们的师父，让我在以后的人生中有着坚定的信念，让我能够冲破黑暗走向美好的明天。师父就是我们的再生父母！
随着修行的深入，我也更清醒地认识到，学佛不容易，但不学佛更不容易。为了更好地学佛，我们必须潜下心来，边学边悟，学习师父的大慈无碍，大悲究竟，不为自己求安乐，但愿众生离苦得乐的精神！我们一定要在修行的路上认真践行，去救度更多的有缘众生！
再次感恩南无大慈大悲救苦救难广大灵感观世音菩萨摩诃萨，感恩十方三世一切诸佛菩萨及龙天护法金刚菩萨！感恩弘法度众舍身忘我的恩师慈父卢军宏台长！
如果分享中有不如理不如法的地方，请大慈大悲观世音菩萨及诸佛菩萨、龙天护法、师父和师兄们慈悲原谅。我自己的业障自己背，不让师兄们背！
分享人：lmn同修 感恩合十
2020-04-27 发布
2022-03-22 英文版
By lmn感恩 2020年06月5日 周五 at 3:25 P19 (师父博客）
请将本文慈悲转发给腰椎间盘突出患者
北京市清华长庚医院副院长王劲介绍，据国家卫生部统计，中国腰椎病患者已突破2亿人。其中，腰椎间盘突出症患者占全国总人数的15.2%。腰椎间盘突出症发病率已经仅次于感冒，成为引起腰腿痛最常见的疾病。
请转发这篇文章给腰痛患者家属，您会积累无量功德。救人一命，胜造七级浮屠！！！
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