Gratitude to Namo Sakyamuni Buddha!
Gratitude to the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva!
Gratitude to all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas from ten directions and three periods of time!
Gratitude to the selfless, altruistic, and benevolent Master Lu Jun Hong Hong Lu!
Today, to save all sentient beings, I will learn from the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva to spread Dharma. I will convince sentient beings to practice Buddhism using my experiences. I hope that my sharing can form positive connections with all beings as well as transform all sentient beings so that more sentient beings will believe in Buddhism, believe in Guan Yin Bodhisattva, and learn Buddhism and cultivate their minds as soon as possible.
Hello everyone, I am a fellow Buddhist practitioner named Ni. Today I propagate Buddhism using my experiences with great gratitude. My topic is: Buddhism liberated me from 23 years of suicidal thoughts
Because of my personal experiences and such, I suffered from severe depression in the past – I was resentful of people and things around me, and often moved into suicidal thoughts. I harbored suicidal thoughts from 6 to 26, although they came and left.
At the age of 27, when I wanted to die the most, I was introduced to the Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door. However, at the beginning, I didn’t practice it diligently.
Before my 29th birthday, I suddenly had a cough. I thought: I’ll be fine if I take some medicine, right? So, I bought medicine, but it did not improve. Later, I had an intravenous drip, and then took Chinese medicine …… before and after the toss for almost a month. I choked and coughed during the day and night, and it was very difficult!
Just when I was choking and coughing the hardest, I had a dream. In the dream, I was waiting in the hospital with the report card and my cousin was standing next to me.
She said, “Elder sister, look at the data on this report card of yours. It’s the same as the indicators of liver cancer. You’re going to have liver cancer.”
I said, “I am not afraid. I can recite Buddhist scriptures. I have the blessing of Guan Yin Bodhisattva.”
After saying this, I woke up. Looking at the time, it was past 3 in the morning. I suddenly realized: No wonder I couldn’t be cured because I was going to have liver cancer. So, I hurriedly checked the information about pre-liver cancer symptoms, and 8 out of 10 of them matched my symptoms. What should I do? Am I really going to die?
Even though I’ve wanted to kill myself since I was a kid, when death actually came, I didn’t want to die. I was only 29 years old!
After I practiced Buddhism, I’ve only recited a bit >100 Little Houses. I regret it: Why didn’t I recite more? Now that I’m dying and going down (to the underworld), what should I do?
During the day, I called Buddhist practitioner Wang to leave my will after death. I also asked her to burn and repay some Little Houses for my karmic creditors. She comforted me by saying, “What are you talking about? You hurry up make a vow and recite Buddhist scriptures! She also found cases of how other Buddhist practitioners had made vows to resolve their dreams of cancer for me to refer to. I made exactly the same four vows:
1. Recite 3 sets of 108 (or 324) Little Houses for my karmic creditor;
2, Liberating 5,000 fish;
3, Attend Master Lu’s Buddhist Conference once a year;
4. To convince sentient beings to practice Buddhism using my experiences when I am well.
After making the vow, I didn’t take any more medication (at that time, I had already taken a month of various medications, and I really didn’t want to take any more). In less than a week, I stopped coughing altogether. Grateful for the Bodhisattva’s compassionate blessings! Actually, I haven’t recited many Little Houses in the past few days.
When I finished the 324 Little Houses (plus the scattered number that I had vowed in response to various dreams during this period, totaling about 600), my depression healed. I don’t even want to kill myself anymore, I don’t even have suicidal thoughts. The powers of Buddha are unlimited. It’s amazing!
During this time, I have also studied Buddhism in Plain Terms, which I like very much. In the study, I took notes. It was a special Dharma joy!
A couple of years later, I once again had a severe cough like before and was not getting better with medication. I vowed to help my karmic creditors with 49 Little Houses and then added up to 108, and still no cure. I knew the number of Little Houses was not enough. However, I didn’t want to vow to recite so many sheets because I felt I couldn’t do it. An out-of-town Buddhist practitioner told me, “If you don’t vow enough sheets of Little Houses, you won’t get healed.” I thought that it was true, so I hardened my heart, knelt down and told the Bodhisattva: increase Little Houses to 324 sheets, liberate 1,200 fish and 49 turtles, and finish it before the end of the year (it was already done). By then it was already 11:00 p.m. and I didn’t offer incense to the Bodhisattva. However, the Bodhisattva is so compassionate, and I felt my throat got better after making the vow. Surprisingly, I only coughed 4 times that night. Previously, I choked and coughed so much that I couldn’t sleep at night! About a week after the vow, I was fine! I am really very grateful to the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva for Her compassionate blessings! The 324 Little Houses I vowed for this time were also completed relatively quickly.
Last year, in November 2022, I was tested COVID-19 positive and my throat felt like swallowing razor blades. It hurt so much! I took medicine and made a vow to recite 49 Little Houses for my karmic creditors. After I made the vow, I didn’t feel better right away, but I felt confident in my heart.
This year, I was “hit” by COVID-19 again. I again vowed to recite 49 Little Houses for my karmic creditors, and then I got well.
Now, I am having my third COVID-19 positive, just over a month after the 2nd one. I think it may be because I have a lot of karmic obstacles in my lungs. When shared karma flares up, my lungs are more likely to “fall”. However, I know that the Bodhisattva has already blessed me. Although I’ve been COVID-19 positive 3 times, my symptoms are less severe each time. I am grateful to Guan Yin Bodhisattva for Her compassion and blessings!
Practicing Buddhism does not mean we are safe and sound. Our physical body is the Sambhogakaya, the body that receives retribution. Sickness is indeed painful, but suffering is also a way of repaying a debt. The Bodhisattva does not alter sentient beings’ cause and effect. After we recite Buddhist scriptures and do merits and virtues, the Bodhisattva will use our merits and virtues to help us eliminate our karma and pay off our debts. As a result, our merits and virtues, as well as the compassion of the Bodhisattva, are indispensable! With the blessing of the Bodhisattva’s compassion, when the predestined calamity comes, it is entirely possible to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all!
Anger creates karmic obstacles. In the totem, it appears that karmic obstacles are black qi. Wherever there is a lot of black qi, problems are likely to arise. I grew up with deep resentment toward my parents because of their unharmonious relationship. I was often unable to think straight. All these negative emotions were retributed to me, causing my liver qi to be depressed. Over time, my liver became deteriorated. If I don’t practice Buddhism, I may really have liver cancer!
Sentient beings are often perplexed: they have not harmed anyone, so why are they suffering from this disease? You should know that a person with an evil heart will have an evil disease in his body. Even if you haven’t done anything unethical in this life, who can guarantee you didn’t do anything wrong in your last life? Cause and effect span three time periods: past, present, and future. Karmic retribution is inescapable! Remember: Heaven will not wrong an innocent person, nor spare an evil person.
Practicing Buddhism means removing evil thoughts from our minds, not being greedy, hateful, and being foolish. Keep positive thoughts for a long time. If our every thought and consideration is positive for others, always only good and not bad, then our minds are Buddha’s or Bodhisattva’s minds.
The ocean of Buddhism, only faith can enter! I wish to share encouragement with everyone. Let’s practice Buddhism together and cheer! True cultivation changes you! Strive for self-transforming and transforming others, self-awakening and awakening others, and self-benefiting and benefiting others.
Gratitude to Namo Sakyamuni Buddha!
Gratitude to the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva!
Gratitude to all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas from ten directions and three periods of time!
Gratitude to the selfless, altruistic, and benevolent Master Jun Hong Hong Lu!
If there is anything that is not rational or in line with the truth in the presentation, I pray for forgiveness from Namo Sakyamuni Buddha, the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva, all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and Dharma protectors. I would appreciate my fellow Buddhist practitioners’ critique and correction!
I, not my fellow Buddhist practitioners, will be responsible for my own karma!
Presenter: Buddhist practitioner Ni, Gratitude and Namaste!
Received: 2023-10-26
Posted: 2023-11-13
Translator: Frank
Published:
Statement by translator
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 pray for forgiveness from the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva, all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Dharma protectors and Master Jun Hong Lu.
Propagation
It would be greatly appreciated if you would forward this presentation to all sentient beings you know, sick or healthy. 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：
佛法救度我于生死苦海
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卢军宏台长！
今天我学习观世音菩萨的大慈大悲精神弘法利生，为度众生，所以现身说法，请观世音菩萨加持我，也感恩观世音菩萨慈悲保佑把我的分享转成功德。希望我的分享能广结善缘，广度有缘众生，让更多有缘众生相信佛法，相信观世音菩萨，早日学佛修心。
大家好，我是倪同修，今天我怀着无比感恩之心现身说法，分享题目是：佛法救度我于生死苦海
因为我个人的经历等原因，曾经的我患过重度忧郁症——对身边的人和事充满了怨恨，而且经常动不动就想自杀。可以说，我从6岁到26岁一直如此，只是自杀的念头时轻时重而已。
27岁那年，在我最想死的时候，结缘了心灵法门。但是，初闻佛法的我并没有精进地修学。
在我过29岁生日前，突然咳嗽不止。我想：吃吃药就没事了吧？于是，我去买了药，但是吃了药并没有好转的迹象。后来，我挂吊瓶，然后吃中药……前前后后折腾了快一个月。白天、夜里我都在呛咳，非常难受！
就在我呛咳得最难受的时候，做了一个梦。在梦里，我拿着报告单在医院候诊，表妹站在我旁边。
她说：“姐，你看看你这个报告单上的数据和肝癌的指标一样，你要生肝癌了。”
我说：“我不怕，我会念经。我有观世音菩萨保佑。”
说完，我就醒了。看看时间，凌晨三点多。我突然明白了：怪不得一直治不好，原来我要生肝癌了。于是，我赶紧查了查有关肝癌前期的症状资料，十条有八条与我的症状相符。我该怎么办？我真的要死了吗？
虽然我从小就想自杀，但是当死亡真正来临的时候，我又不想死了。我才29岁啊！
这几年，我总共才念了100多张经文组合。我有点后悔了：为啥不多念点？现在死了、要下（地府）去了，咋办呢？！
白天，我打电话给王师兄交代后事，请她帮忙代我烧送一些经文组合。王师兄安慰我说：瞎说什么呢？你赶快许愿念经啊！王師兄又找到了其他师兄梦到生癌症后，如何许愿化解的案例让我参考。我照着许了一模一样的四个愿力：
1、许愿3拨108张（也就是324张）经文组合给我的要经者；
2、放生5000条鱼；
3、每年助缘师父法会一次；
4、身体好了以后现身说法。
许完愿以后，我就没有再吃药了（此时，已经吃了一个月的各种药，我实在不想吃了)。之后，一个星期不到，我就完全不咳嗽了。感恩菩萨的慈悲保佑！其实，这几天我还没念多少张经文组合，因为我念不动。
后来，当我把许愿的324张经文组合念完后（加上这期间针对各种梦境又许愿的零散的数目，总共念了600张左右)，我的忧郁症也好了。我竟然不再想自杀了，完全没有这个自杀念头了。佛法无边啊，真是太神奇了！
期间，我也一直在学习《白话佛法》，我非常喜欢。我是一边念经一边学习《白话佛法》，查开示做笔记，特别法喜！
过了两年，我又一次出现了像之前一样严重咳嗽的症状，吃药也不见好。我许愿帮自己的要经者念诵49张经文组合，后来加到了108张，还是没有痊愈。我知道是组合的数量不够。可是，我不想许愿念那么多张，因为我感觉自己念不过来。一位外地师兄告诉我：“你不多许，你的病就好不了。”我想想也是，所以硬着头皮，跪着跟菩萨说：增加到324张，放生1200条鱼和49只甲鱼，年底之前完成（已经完成）。那时已经是晚上11点了，我也没上香。可是，菩萨就是那么慈悲，许完愿我就觉得嗓子好了一些。当天夜里，我竟然只咳嗽了4次。要知道之前我都是一直呛咳，夜里根本无法入睡！许愿之后，大约过了一个星期，我就好了！真的非常感恩大慈大悲的观世音菩萨，感恩菩萨慈悲保佑！这次我许愿的324张组合，完成得也比较快。
去年，也就是2022年11月，我“阳”了，嗓子就像在吞刀片，真疼！我吃药了，然后许愿帮自己的要经者念诵49张经文组合。许愿之后，我虽然没有马上好，但是感觉就像心里有了底气一样。
今年，我又一次“中招”了。我再一次许愿帮自己的要经者念诵49张经文组合，后来就好了。现在，我第三次“阳”了，距离上次才一个多月。我想：可能是因为我肺部的业障重，所以有共业来的时候，肺部就比较容易“沦陷”。不过，我知道菩萨已经保佑我了。虽然“阳”了三次了，但是症状一次比一次轻。感恩观世音菩萨慈悲保佑！
学佛并不代表从此就平安无事。我们的肉身是报身，就是受报的身体。生病的确痛苦，但是受苦也是一种还债的方式。菩萨不动因果，我们自己念经、做功德后，菩萨会用我们的功德来帮我们消业还债。所以说，我们的功德和菩萨的慈悲缺一不可！如果有了菩萨的慈悲保佑，当关劫来的时候，完全可以大事化小，小事化了！
瞋恨会产生业障。业障就是黑气，哪里的黑气多，哪里就容易出问题。我从小因为父母关系的问题，对他们产生了深深的怨恨。我经常想不通。这些负面情绪通通报应在了我的身上，导致我肝气郁结。时间长了，我的肝就不好了。如果不学佛，我可能真的会生肝癌！
人往往迷惑不解：自己明明没有害过人，为啥会摊上这个病？要知道：心恶的人，身体就会生恶病。即使这辈子没做过坏事，谁又能保证上辈子没做过坏事呢？因果通三世，因果报应丝毫不爽啊！请记住：上天不会错怪一个好人，也不会放过一个坏人。
学佛就是让我们去除心中的恶念，不贪、不恨、不愚痴，正念长存。如果我们的每一思、每一念都是对别人好的，永远只有好的而没有坏的，那就是佛心、菩萨心了。
佛法大海，唯信能入！愿与大家共勉，一起努力，加油！真修实修，改变自己！争取自度度他，自觉觉他，自利利他。
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卢军宏台长！
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！
分享人：倪同修 感恩合十
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