Hello everyone! I am Buddhist practitioner Xue Hai Wu Ya. It is with great gratitude that I share with you my experience of practising Buddhism.
If you ask me, what are the benefits of practising Buddhism? Well, I can tell you that after practising Buddhism and reciting the Buddhist scriptures, both of my body and mind have undergone tremendous changes! I have cured of many diseases that inflicting me for years without taking any medicine, and my health is getting better and better.
I was introduced to Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door (Citta Dharma) at the end of 2013, reciting homework and Little Houses in 2014, and became a vegetarian in 2015. Since I was a child, I have suffered from pain in the back of my head. I followed Master Lu’s instructions and recited the Great Compassion Mantra every morning while doing my homework and combing my head from front to back with a comb for five to ten minutes every day. Now my headache is basically healed. In the past five or six years, I seldom had headaches, and the occasional headache disappeared in a very short time.
Before encountering Citta Dharma, I have also suffered from high blood pressure for over twenty years and have been on medication for years. Even with medication, my blood pressures still hovered between 150-160/100-110. After practising Buddhism, although I have reduced the dose of my medication by half for two years, my blood pressures have remained stable at normal range levels of 130-140/82-88. In the future, I will gradually reduce the amount of medication until I stop taking it. This is a encouraging change. I am grateful for the compassionate blessing of the Great Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva!
Shortly after I started practising Buddhism, I went back to my hometown for the Qingming Festival (Chinese people traditionally visit ancestral tombs to sweep them，an annual event to remember and honor ancestors). On the following day, I had a sudden pain in my lower right abdomen and a bulging lump. I went to the local hospital for medical treatment. The doctor advised me to go back to the city immediately to seek medical service since hospital in large city has advanced care. After returning Wuhan city, the first thing I did is burning several Little Houses to pay my own karmic creditors. Then, I made a vow to Guan Yin Bodhisattva that I would continue to pay my karmic creditors with Little Houses and release several fish. On the following day morning, I went to the hospital. According to my condition, the doctor scheduled me for a surgery that afternoon. A few years ago, I had a general anesthesia surgery. It took two anesthesiologists nearly an hour to get the anesthetic in because of the possible spinal cord adhesion. I was worried that this might happen again, so I kept reciting the Great Compassion Mantra while I was on the operating table. There was no pain this time, and the anesthetic was administered in less than five minutes. The wound also healed quickly after the operation. I am grateful for the compassionate blessings and protection from the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva!
After practising Buddhism, the function of my gastrointestinal system is also much better than it was a few years ago, no loose stools nor constipation, and I feel my intestines have returned to the state when I was young. The seven black age spots on the back of my left hand have gradually disappeared in the past two years, and the irregular spots on the back of my right hand have also gone.
I have a skin condition called “amyloidosis” in both legs. Over the past ten years, I have seen both Chinese and Western doctors and used natural remedies to treat it, but it has not healed. After practising Buddhism, they have gradually returned to normal skin and the itchiness has disappeared. All these were achieved through making vows, reciting Buddhist scriptures, liberating fish, and repenting the sins of my years of fishing. I have not used any medication during this period.
Practicing Citta Dharma has not only made my physical health better and better, but also made my mind more and more sunny and peaceful, and my mood more and more comfortable and happy.
Master Lu enlightened us that to practise Buddhism and cultivate the mind, to live like a Bodhisattva on earth, one must remove “greed, hatred and delusion”! To practise Buddhism and cultivate our mind, the first thing is to overcome one’s greed.
In November 2019, two days before I went abroad to visit my family in Australia, I went to the Bai Sha Zhou market and bought 49 snappers to release. After paying the fishery owner with WeChat, he signed the receipt. After that, I never received any notification of payment deducted from my account by WeChat, indicating that the transaction might not be successful. I immediately contacted him by phone, and he said I could pay him the next time when I buy fish. I was afraid that visiting my relatives will take too long, so I delivered the money to the fisherman by taking a two-hour ride early next morning. He thanked me for making up his mistake in operation; and I thanked him for giving me a chance to eliminate my greed. Another time when I was riding a bus, someone reminded me that my sunglasses had fallen under the seat. Because it wasn’t mine I didn’t bother to pick it up. Even though I lost a pair of sunglasses a few months ago and needed them at the time, I can’t possess other people’s articles for myself. When I encountered such a situation, I took it as a test given to me by the Bodhisattva. For those who have not practised Buddhism, finding a pair of sunglasses and keeping them for himself or herself is a matter of “peace of mind”, isn’t it?
Because we know the harm of “greed and anger”, we will not be greedy; if we are not greedy, we will be satisfied; and if we are satisfied, we will be happy. Physical exercise and natural therapy do have a fitness effect, but they are not able to fill in the heart with “Dharma joy”. If we Buddhists are in a happy mood for a long time, our immunity will be improved, and our body will be more and more healthy.
I have two close friends who used to be influential figures. A few years ago, both had suffered strokes. The 70-year-old one is able to eat on his own but needs a wheelchair; the 77-year-old one is completely unable to take care of himself and has to be fed with help. Their lives today are worse than death, so do not mention the quality of life. I had asked them to practise Buddhism many times before they became ill, but they and their families have declined for various reasons. Looking at them now, it is really pathetic and sad!
For those who do not practise Buddhism, they tend to be content with the current status and never think about where they will go after death. In their eyes, practising Buddhism and reciting Buddhist scriptures are something optional. Please remember, everything in the world is impermanent. One is in good health today does not mean that one will always be in good health. Once a person becomes ill with a major disease, a rich man will become a beggar. Look at the epidemic in the past two years. Those who died of the virus infection are instantly separated from their families. Let’s look at our friends and relatives around us. There are many people who have sudden onset of disease and are diagnosed with advanced cancer after they went to the hospital. Among my relatives, there are more than ten of them who died of cancer in recent years. When one’s health is impaired and one’s body is full of tubes, even if one wants to practise Buddhism, he/she is not able to do it anymore. It breaks my heart to see my relatives who are stricken by the disease and are begging for living at the end of their lives!
In the face of a sudden natural disaster, when the disease hits us, the only way to keep us safe and sound is to practise Buddhism and rely on Guan Yin Bodhisattva to save us from suffering!
Practising Buddhism made me not afraid of life and death, and let me see new life goals. While I am alive I will keep healthy body and mind to propagate Buddhism, to benefit all sentient beings, to live a life of dignity and value. At the point of dying, I will die a natural death. I will be liberated from the cycle of rebirth afterlife, and climb the four holy states! Only by practising Buddhism can we make a qualitative and leap changes on our fate! This is the real change of fate! This is the true, visible, healthy, peaceful, happy, and auspicious path to our heaven home!
Now, my homework: Great Compassion Mantra, Heart Sutra, Medicine Buddha Dharani, Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra, Mantra to Untie Karmic Knots and Xiao Zai Ji Xiang Shen Zhou are all 49 times; Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance is 3 times.
I have made 6 vows.
1. Be a vegetarian for the rest of my life and not to kill (I am still eating eggs, but will start to abstain from eggs when I return home from visiting my family);
2. Share articles on the evil consequences of fishing and killing to 200 people (delivered far more than 200 people) and to print another 50 copies to deliver these flyer to lakes and rivers where people are fishing and to people who are still fishing;
3. Respect Master Lu and the Buddhist teachings he imparted;
4. Live an ascetic life;
5. Devote myself to one Buddhist practice, attain enlightenment in this lifetime;
6. Release 5000 fish after the release of quarantine after returning from visiting relatives.
My deepest gratitude to Namo Sakyamuni 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!
Shared by: Xue Hai Wu Ya
Translated by: Ms. Han
Edited by: Frank
2022-02-19 Received
2022-03-12 Published in Chinese
2022-04-07 Published in English
Statement by Translator and Editor
The story was translated and edited 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, we’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.
Please kindly forward this article to those whose relatives are under sufferance of illness
Forward this article to those whose relatives are under sufferance of illness, you will accumulate immeasurable merits and virtues. Saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda！
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原文如下
学佛念经，使我的身心越来越健康
感恩南无释迦牟尼佛!
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LJH台长！
大家好！我是学海无涯同修。我怀着无比感恩的心情来和大家分享。题目是：学佛念经，使我的身心越来越健康
您要是问我，学佛到底有什么好处？那我可以告诉您，我在学佛念经后，身心发生了巨大变化！通过学佛念经，我的身体越来越好，很多病都不药而愈了。
2013年底，我接触到心灵法门，2014年念功课念小房子，2015年开始吃素。从小我就患有后脑勺疼的毛病。在我学佛念经后，按照师父的开示，每天早晨做功课念诵《大悲咒》时，就一边念经，一边用梳子从前向后梳头，每天梳五到十分钟。现在我的头疼病已经基本痊愈，近五六年很少头疼，偶尔头疼，很短时间也就消失了。
我还患有二十多年的高血压，长年服药。即使服药，血压仍在150—160／100—110间徘徊。通过学佛念经，虽然连续两年药量减半，但是血压一直稳定在130—140／82—88之间的正常状态。以后，我还要逐步减少药量，直至停药。这是我学佛念经，吃素后带来的可喜变化。感恩大慈大悲观世音菩萨的慈悲加持！
在开始学佛念经不久，有一年的清明节，我回了一趟乡下。到家的第二天，右下腹部突然疼痛，并且鼓起一个包块。我去当地小镇上的医院就诊。医生建议我立刻回城治疗。返回武汉后，我先帮自己的要经者烧送了几张经文组合，并且向观世音菩萨许愿：会继续帮我的要经者烧送若干经文组合和放生若干条鱼。第二天上午，我才去医院就诊。医生根据病情，当天下午就给我安排手术治疗。在几年前，我曾经做过一次全麻手术。当时两位麻醉师用了近一个小时，就是打不进麻药，说可能是脊髓粘连。我担心这样的情况会再次发生，所以在手术台上，就不停地念诵《大悲咒》。这一次连疼痛感都没有，不到五分钟就打完了麻药。术后伤口也很快就愈合了。感恩大慈大悲观世音菩萨的慈悲加持和保佑！
学佛念经后，我的肠胃系统也比几年前好了很多，再无便稀、便秘的情况出现，感觉肠胃像是返回到年轻时的状态。我左手背上有七颗黑色老年斑，近两年也渐渐消失了；右手背无规则的斑点也消失不见了。
我双腿患有“淀粉样变”的皮肤病。过去十多年来，我看过中医、西医，用过自然疗法治疗，但久治未愈。学佛念经后，我通过念经、许愿、放生，忏悔自己多年钓鱼的杀业，双腿上的皮肤已经逐步恢复正常，奇痒消失。期间我没有用过任何药物。
修学心灵法门，不仅使我的身体越来越好，也让我的心态越来越阳光，越来越祥和，心情也越来越安适、愉悦。
师父教导我们：学佛修心，在人间要做一个像菩萨一样的人，就必须去除“贪瞋痴”！学佛修心，首先就是要克服自己的贪念。
2019年11月，我去国外探亲的前两天，到白沙洲市场买了49只甲鱼，准备去放生。用微信给渔老板付款后，渔老板也签收了。但是之后一直未收到微信付款通知，说明扣款可能不成功。我立即电话联系了渔老板，他说可以下次买鱼时再补。我怕探亲耽误时间太久，第二天一大早，就乘了两个多小时的车，把钱送到了渔老板的手里。渔老板感谢我弥补了他收款操作的失误；而我也感谢他给了我一次消除贪念的机会。还有一次在乘坐公共汽车时，有人提醒我，说我的太阳镜掉到座位下面去了。我知道不是我的，也就没有去捡它。尽管我在几个月前丢失了一副太阳镜，当时也很需要，但是他人的东西不能够据为己有。遇到这样的情况，我就把它当成菩萨给我考验。对于没有学佛的人来说，捡到了一副太阳镜，把它占为己有，不就是件”心安理得“的事吗？
因为懂得了“贪瞋痴”的危害，我们就不会去贪；不贪就知足，知足就快乐。体育锻炼、自然疗法的确有健身作用，但不能让心中“法喜充满”。我们学佛人，心情长期处于愉悦的状态下，免疫力也会提高，身体自然就会越来越健康。
我有两位要好的朋友，昔日都是呼风唤雨的人物。几年前，两人都中风了。年龄70岁的那位朋友能够自己吃饭，但需要坐轮椅；77岁的那位朋友完全不能自理，连吃饭都要人帮助喂食。如今的生活生不如死，根本谈不上任何生活质量。我曾多次度他们学佛念经，都被他们自己或家人以各种理由婉拒了。看着他们现在的样子，真的是可怜又可悲！
对于不学佛的人来说，往往安于现状，至于死后的去处，却从来没有想过。在他们眼里，学佛念经是可有可无的事。殊不知世事无常，今天身体健康，不代表身体永远会健康。而且人一旦生了重大疾病，富翁也会变乞丐。看看在近两年的疫情中，那些因感染病毒而去世的人们，瞬间与家人阴阳相隔。我们再看看身边的亲朋好友，有的人突发疾病，去医院一查，就被确诊为晚期癌症的大有人在。在我的亲戚中，近几年因患癌症去世的，就达十余人之多。等到身体不好了，浑身上下都插满管子的时候，即便想要学佛念经，也是力不从心了。看到自己的亲戚被疾病缠身，在弥留之际，那求生的眼神，让我心痛不已！
在突如其来的自然灾害面前，在病魔向我们袭来的时候，唯有学佛念经，依止救苦救难的观世音菩萨，方可保我们平安无恙！
学佛念经，让我无惧生死，更让我看到了崭新的人生新的目标——活着的时候，身心健康，弘法度人，利益众生，活出人生的尊严和价值；临命终时，能够无疾而终；往生之后，脱离六道轮回，攀上四圣道！唯有学佛念经，才能够使我们的命运产生质的变化和飞跃！这才是真正意义上的改变命运！也是实实在在的、看得到的、健康、平安、幸福、吉祥的回家之路！
现在，我的功课：《大悲咒》、《心经》、《药师灌顶真言》、《往生咒》、《解结咒》、《消灾吉祥神咒》等均为49遍；《礼佛大忏悔文》3遍功课，2遍自存。
我已许愿如下：
1、余生吃素不杀生（目前还在吃鸡蛋，待探亲回国后开始戒食鸡蛋）；
2、将钓鱼杀生带来的恶果分享文章发到200人（远超200人），另打印50份送到有人钓鱼的湖边、河边，发给还在钓鱼的人；
3、尊师重道；
4、清修；
5、一门精进，一世修成；
6、澳洲探亲完毕回国解除隔离后放生5000条鱼。
再次感恩南无释迦牟尼佛！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LJH台长！
分享过程中如有不如理不如法之处，请南无释迦牟尼佛慈悲原谅！请南无大慈大悲观世音菩萨慈悲原谅！请十方三世诸佛菩萨和龙天护法菩萨慈悲原谅！请师兄们批评指正！我自己的业障自己背，不让师兄们背！
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