How to treat paranormal phenomena?

Buddhist masters talk about supernatural phenomena

The first article, the customs clearance of the old wizard

42. Ghosts and gods really exist

We decided not to look down on a sentient being, and we had a grudge against a sentient being, and the troubles behind us were endless. Du Jushi said that his brother despised ghosts and gods, and as a result, he was injured by ghosts and gods and sent to hospital. I realized from this place, why is the disaster in the world so serious today? We despise ghosts and gods. Everyone keeps saying that this is superstition, but it really exists. When we were in high spirits, he dared not make trouble; He came when we were unlucky. Therefore, when people are lucky, ghosts and gods also make you three points and avoid you; He will come to you when you are in trouble.

When I first studied Buddhism, an old Buddhist Zhu Jingzhou told me a story. I was twenty-six years old at that time, and the old Buddhist was almost seventy years old. He is from Wenzhou, Zhejiang, and lives in the countryside. At the end of Xuan Tong, there is a juren in a village not far from his home. He is very filial to his parents. Although Zhong Ju is not an official, his family life is passable. This juren had a dream during a nap one day. He dreamed that a man was holding a horse (at that time, horses were the best means of transportation) and sent an invitation with his name on it to knock on his door. He opened the door and saw someone bring him an invitation. He said, "Who invited me?" The man said, "Our general invites you." His friends, who had never been in contact with folk military commanders, said, "Are you wrong?" The man said, "Is that your name?" He said, "My name is right, maybe the same name." The man added, "Since you live up to your reputation, please get on the horse." After getting on the horse, he felt that the horse was not walking on the ground, but seemed to fly in the air.

It didn't take long to get to the magnificent palace, where many people were talking and talking. He asked who the general was, and he was told that he was Yue Fei. He thought, "Yue Fei was from the Song Dynasty, and Yue Fei came to me, so I didn't die, no! I have parents in the world and a wife and children in the world. How can I! " After a while, Yue Fei called a meeting and asked this juren to be a secretary to discuss the Northern Expedition. As soon as he saw Yue Fei, he thought that people would die sooner or later, and it was glorious to work for Yue Fei after death, so he made up his mind to follow this national hero. He told Yue Fei that I still have parents, wife and children at home, and I always have to tell them. Yue Fei agreed. He said, "I'll take you back. I'll send someone to invite you when we leave. It will take you about four months to go home and deal with the aftermath. " This brought him back.

After sending it back, he woke up and felt that this realm was too clear. It's not like dreaming, so he told his parents. His parents said it was a dream. Where can I take it seriously? But he didn't think it was a dream himself, so he began to prepare for the funeral. On the appointed day, he informed his relatives and friends that Zhu Jingzhou, an old layman, was a teenager at that time and also went sightseeing to see that a person was alive and well and was not sick. How could he die? He called his relatives and friends, said goodbye to everyone, and went back to his room to lie in bed. His parents are very sad at the bedside. After a while, he said that the person who picked me up was at the door. His father cursed, I only have an only son, and I don't want him to serve me! Finally, he persuaded his parents that it was a great honor to follow Yue Fei. His father said bitterly, "All right, you go!" " He'll be dead soon. This was witnessed by everyone at that time. Half a year later, on 10/0, the Wuchang Uprising Revolution of 1911 was successful. Therefore, the old layman said that before the dead began to stir, the ghosts of the underworld had already started fighting. This story is certainly not made up by the old laity, but it is true.

Let's think about it. Yue Fei's grievances have not disappeared for more than 1000 years. He is also the ghost king in the hungry ghost road. After listening to this, we Buddhists know that Yue Fei's idea is wrong. If his resentment disappears, he will decide to be born with the merits of patriotism and loyalty to the country, so that he will not embark on the road of ghosts and gods. He just didn't let go of the idea.

(Excerpted from Episode 124 of Tai Shang Induction)

45. Trees and flowers are spiritual.

Chen Lai Singaporean, an amateur from Beijing, gave us a report. She felt incredible. She said that when she was sleeping at night, she suddenly felt a ghost in this room, so her hair stood on end. She said, if you really want me to do something for you, you can give me a signal, you can make the light shine, and we have a tacit understanding. So her husband and wife looked at the light for about five minutes. Sure enough, the light flashed. She said she was scared to death. Is this true or not? How to communicate? She said you could have a dream for me at night, and she went to bed. Sure enough, the spirit came to the dream and said to her several times, not once, "We are the vegetation of your family, we need water, and we are dying." This impression is very deep. She seems to feel the cries of many children, really like crying when she is hungry, not one, but many children. When she woke up the next morning, she went to the yard. Sure enough, the young trees and grass were not watered, so she tried to water them. When her father saw it, he said, "Don't water the trees and grass, just water the flowers." She didn't talk, so she watered it desperately, because her father must have called her "superstitious".

This is that vegetation is spiritual, and all living things are spiritual. Australian aborigines tell us that trees and flowers like singing. They sang day and night to support us, but we turned a deaf ear. What is the reason? The channel is different. Its channel is broadcast. There is something wrong with our ears and we can't receive its channel. Australian natives will appreciate it, which means that their ears are stronger than ours, and he can hear channels that we can't. He said that we should give them feedback and often sing to them. So, know how to feed it. We can hear it when we sing, but we can feel it from the tone. Trees grow luxuriantly and flowers are beautiful, which makes us feel very happy when we touch them. The fact that these plants like listening to music was discovered long ago, which has scientific basis. So some people plant flowers and put music in the garden, and the flowers bloom beautifully and grow well, which really has this effect.

We have been to Li Jushi's villa in Kuching, where he planted vegetables and played music for those vegetables in the garden, which is very meaningful. After I went to see it, I suggested that he play the Buddha's name. How should we treat these plants and flowers? We know how to support music, love and respect, not to mention all animals and people. These are all things we should do, of course. But we didn't understand this truth and the truth of the past, and we ignored it, which is our fault; Once you know it, you should do it seriously. We also hope that this flower god can smell the Buddha's name, listen to Buddhism and make a vow to live in the pure land. Why? He has spirit. Australian aborigines say that the spirit is a short visit to this world, so the spirit must be pinned on this body, which is the most important medium of the spirit. If this body is lost, the soul will go to another body. All animals born in this world are also spiritual sustenance, and all flowers and trees are still spiritual. Otherwise, what do tree gods, flower gods and plant gods say? Plants are really great.

(Excerpted from Hua Yan Jing, Volume 4 13)

49. Good results come from good behavior.

Buddhists often say that "if you plant good causes, there will be good results"; If you create good karma, there will be good karma, and if you create bad karma, there will be bad karma. The story of Wei in Song Dynasty is well known all over the world. Now people in the world think this is nonsense, this is superstition, and I don't know if it is true. Wei was caught in his thirties. Yan Luowang ordered the judge to check the good and evil he had done in his life. His guilt book filled the hall of Yan Luowang, only a piece of paper for doing good deeds, rolled into a roll. When Wei saw this situation, he was confused and asked, "I am very young. Even if I committed a crime, where did I get so many? " Yan Luowang told him, "You don't have to do bad things. When you think of ghosts and gods, it will be recorded. If you want evil thoughts, I will write you a pen, so there are many evil books. " He asked, "I have few good deeds. Which one is it? " Yan Luowang told him, "The emperor wants to build a project, which wastes people and money. You sincerely advised the emperor not to do this project. This is your commemorative manuscript. " He said, "Although I advised the emperor, the project was still done." Yan Luowang said, "If the Emperor listens, your contribution will be even greater. Although you didn't listen, you really serve the people. This sincere goodwill is very valuable. " So, Yan Luowang told the judge to weigh his two incriminating evidences with scales. As a result, he is kind and evil.

It can be seen that it is true and good to proceed from sincerity and for all beings, absolutely without selfishness and absolutely not for yourself; Although for others, the real purpose is for themselves, it is evil, not good. The ultimate goal of doing a lot of good things is for yourself, but you are always unknown and the root cause is always selfish. So we calmly reflect and express ourselves. What did I do today? If there are more karma than karma, my day will be empty. If there are more karma than karma, my day will not be wasted. If the purpose of life is really like the reward that Buddha said, it would be too sad. The Buddha said that "the report of life" is a general term, which explains why the six sentient beings gave their lives. This sentence is correct. The purpose and meaning of life should be established by ourselves. We also need to think calmly. What did I come to this world for in my life? In the past, I did good deeds all my life and enjoyed happiness all my life; If you were born with a bad career in the past, you will suffer in this life. This is what the Buddha said. This is not the purpose of life. It will be very sad to take this as the purpose of life, so I decided to fall down.

(Excerpted from episode 4 19 of Huayan Jing, "There is no chaos in the eyes of the Lord, which shows that all living beings are free and independent." )

May 4th, fortune telling

Two young initiates from Singapore who came to Taiwan Province Province to do business called me and told me that they had recently approached a batch of business. But occasionally I saw someone divining on the road, so I divined one and said that he didn't make money in this business. I was very confused and asked me what to do. If you don't make money, a trip from Singapore to Taiwan Province Province will be empty. I asked him where he was divining. He said that a blind man was divining for him on the road. He said he was very upset after divination. I told him that since you studied Buddhism, you should be pure-hearted and aboveboard; Since you have this business opportunity, don't listen to those. Although life exists, it can be changed, and only fools will be bound by fate. What can a man of practice do if he is still bound by fate? People who study Buddhism want to transform their destiny and create it. Therefore, I taught him to have a big heart, to be kind, to be a man, and to act according to books. After earning money, he should spare some money to do more good deeds, help those who are suffering and poor, and become a Bodhisattva businessman mentioned in the scripture. As for the fortune teller, you don't have to pay attention to it, and you will never be disturbed by it. After listening to my words, he became confident. Therefore, Buddhism is the practice of the heart, only the heart can quit, only the heart can make a career. Do we achieve our career with our heart, or do we jump ship with our heart? Completely in your own consciousness.

(Excerpted from "The Romance of Amitabha's Banknotes" preached by 1978, "Centrifuge is not self-seeking. It's picking leaves and looking for branches, not at all. Just next door to him is not self-help. " )

58.feng shui

The building of Phoenix TV Station in Hong Kong is probably for the convenience of internal traffic. There are stairs inside the building, which is called the middle building. I heard that a feng shui gentleman said that the feng shui here is not good, and living here will lead to the loss of wealth, so I invited a tantric Buddha statue to put on the stairs, saying that feng shui would turn around to gather wealth and keep people. Anyone who is really wise knows that this architectural structure has little to do with the hearts and behaviors of people living in it. If his heart is right and his actions are right, naturally all the Buddhas care for him and the Dragon Tianshan Mountain provides for him. If his mind is not right and his words and deeds are different, there will be demons to protect him, which belongs to the realm of demons. Magic and Buddha are not outside, but in our own minds. This truth must be understood.

The purpose of offering these Buddha statues to Buddhists is to show Buddhism and teach us to be mindful without being fascinated, to be mindful without being fascinated at all times, and to be mindful without being fascinated in everything, regardless of prosperity, adversity, good karma and bad karma, and to enter the realm of Buddhism. When you are obsessed with it, you fall into a magical realm. Does the outside world matter? It doesn't matter, because the situation changes with your heart.

But many fellow initiates came to ask me, "Master, do people have fate? Is there feng shui? " My answer: "Yes." Why is there? Because you insist on it, you believe it, and it really exists. If you don't have these delusions, separation and persistence, you ask me, "Do you?" I told you "no", whether you have it or not depends entirely on whether you have this delusion, separation and persistence. My answer is to look at your mentality.

This is useful in the field of ordinary people. Although "everything is illusory", it is not the realm of ordinary people. Ordinary people always think that the dreamland is real, and that's the mistake. If you really enter "everything is illusory", you will enter the realm of Buddhism, which is a barrier-free realm. In Hua Yan Jing, Master Liang Qing explained to us that "ignorance, understanding, guiding and everything is bright", which is the realm of Buddhism. In the barrier-free state, fate and wind are gone. If there is this thing, it is an obstacle. Mind creates dharma realm, mind changes dharma realm, and mind can change dharma realm. This is an excellent course and a true truth.