How should Buddhist disciples treat eight characters and geomantic omen?

Question 1: Will Feng Shui affect your life?

Netizen: Master, I have a very tangled question. There is a small corner missing from the southwest corner of the new house, and everyone says it is not good, which will leak money and ruin luck. Does feng shui really affect life?

Master Xuecheng: As long as you know how to make good deeds and accumulate blessings, you don't have to worry about Feng Shui. On the other hand, no matter how good Feng Shui is, it is also inseparable from happiness and virtue.

Netizen: Master, what do you think of Feng Shui?

Master Xuecheng: Feng Shui explores the external environment, while Buddhism explores people's state of mind. Buddhism says that "according to righteousness is not only the Tao", according to the newspaper (the environment) changes with the positive newspaper (the state of mind), the land is blessed and the people live. Where a person lives is determined by his own blessings, not by Feng Shui. Therefore, diligence and good deeds are fundamental.

Netizen: Hello, Master Xuecheng! Is it divination to learn the geomantic fortune-telling of Yin and Yang family? What god do I need to worship? thank you

Master Xuecheng: Divination is not Buddhism, nor is offering sacrifices to gods. Why don't you ask yourself if you are asking for divination? Instead of praying to the gods, pray to yourself.

Question 2: How to treat the eight-character numerology?

Netizen: Master, knowing that your horoscope is very poor, how can you let it go?

Master Xuecheng: Buddhism doesn't talk about eight characters, but about "self-reliance and self-improvement, self-seeking happiness". You can look at the story of "Four Disciplines of Fanfan".

Netizen: Master, is there a big relationship between the eight characters and the name?

Master Xuecheng: Eight characters and numerology are folk sayings, but Buddhism doesn't talk about them. Buddhism believes that "life is self-sustaining". Man's fate is determined by body, language, will and behavior, not by external factors, not to mention the name is just a symbol.

Netizen: Master Li Ding! I feel that life is grass under the wind of industry. What support can I have to resist karma and debt? It seems that everything is predicted by numerology. When you can hold one kilogram, fate will give you 1500 kilograms, and the power of fate is often greater than its own control. What a pity!

Master Xuecheng: We can't change the existing fruits, but we can change the future destiny through our present will and actions.

Question 3: What should Buddhist disciples think of fortune telling?

Netizen: Amitabha! Hou Xue converted to Buddhism at home. Besides studying Buddhism everyday, he is also interested in the geomantic numerology of metaphysics. I wonder if this looks like the law? Or as a Buddhist disciple, how do you view this interest? Please enlighten me.

Master Xuecheng: karma is the most important thing, and everything else is just the end of the branch.

Netizen: Master Li Ding! Disciples are ashamed. Although he didn't take the initiative to divine, his family was told by the fortune teller that there would be a life-threatening disaster within six months. He drew a symbol and put me under the pillow. Disciples all know that as Buddhist disciples, they can't convert to evil spirits, so they don't want to do it. I have no choice but to worry and fear death. Is it true that you read Buddha with this heart and let him rest in peace? I implore master to be merciful.

Master Xuecheng: The feeling of converting to the Three Treasures is like a person who is in great trouble and who can save his life and is eager for success. Praying for the Three Treasures when encountering difficulties is the most sincere conversion.

Netizen: Master, there is an act called fortune telling. Why fortune telling? Can life really be counted clearly? Do people really have a fixed fate when they are born? What does possessed fortune-telling mean? Why is it extremely accurate? Thank you very much

Master Xuecheng: Since life is determined by karma, we can change our destiny by changing karma. As long as we understand the law of karma and follow it, we can change our future destiny. You can study the story of "Four Disciplines". Possession is generally a ghost, and some supernatural forces can see people's fate to some extent. But no matter what kind of avatar, it is no match for karma, so there is no need to cling to avatar.

Fourth, how to treat bad hexagrams?

Netizen: Master Xuecheng, I will be too old next year. After reading the online introduction, it is very bad to be anxious to support the elderly. Emotion, career, health, wealth, etc. There will be inevitable disasters. I also saw many solutions, such as finding a feng shui master to arrange something in a certain direction at home. I'm confused and worried. I want to ask everyone if there is any way to solve it. For example, can you recite the Buddha's name and Bodhisattva's name at home to help you overcome your traditional life?

Master Xuecheng: Buddhism tells us that "karma determines everything", but most people often believe in fortune telling and refuse to believe in the three treasures, which is the most sad.

Netizen: Hello, Master! Disciples have a feeling after personal experience: when people are confused, they try to find answers through divination and fortune telling. But these things not only can't help people solve problems, but also increase persistence. How should people save themselves when they are helpless, and how should they face it correctly in case of "bad life" and "bad prognosis"?

Master Xuecheng: All beings fear fruit, while Bodhisattva fears cause; All living beings seek fruit, while bodhisattvas nurture cause.

Netizen: Hello, Master! In a shop selling mascots, the clerk said according to my birthday, I have a wounded official in my life, and my husband is prone to infidelity after marriage. Is this statement credible?

Master Xuecheng: Belief and unbelief are people's psychological functions, and then, this mentality will determine people's state. Fate is not determined by the date of birth, but by people's intentions, body, language and behavior. If you want to seek good fortune and avoid evil, you must proceed from your heart and do good and break evil.

Netizen: Master, my life has not been very smooth recently. I went to tell my fortune today. The fortune teller said that my life was bad, and now I feel very uncomfortable. What should I do? Please enlighten me!

Master Xuecheng: Fate doesn't matter who said it. The only real owner is yourself. "Life is self-reliant and happiness is self-seeking." Doing good deeds can change fate, which can be inspired by the story of Lost Four Chapters.

Question 5: Will fortune telling be discounted?

Netizen: Master Li Ding! I usually help myself and my family to tell fortune online. Now I'm afraid of hurting myself and my family when I hear that fortune telling is discounted. What should I do? Is there any way to remedy it?

Master Xuecheng: There is no such thing, but you don't have to indulge in fortune telling. Honoring parents, diligently practicing good deeds and helping others can accumulate blessings and improve fate.