【離苦得樂的大法緣】(English writing below)

有些父母，還沒來得及見到自己的孩子，就得爲幼小的嬰靈「出殯」。

昨天早上，有一位我從未見過的女讀者，私訊告訴我她六週大的胚胎已離她而去。她看過我講關於墮胎和流產的臉書直播，於是問如何爲她的水子靈報名超度。

在此，提醒大家，居家內勿擺放太多水晶或風水吉祥物。這些都會影響母親受孕及懷胎，也會破壞親子關係等等。

有些東西催得了財，卻會堵住子嗣運，讓你無法添丁。擺錯了，更會讓你「丁財兩空」。

也有些案列，當夫妻事業越來越好時，會猛然發現孩子的問題卻特別多，不聽話、學業不佳、健康頻頻出狀況、迷戀不健康的東西等等。

風水這門事，需要把一個家庭所有人的八字放在一起，再配合這個居家的風水一起看，來達到最有效的方案。不是隨便買個東西，放在所謂的吉祥方位，就能發的不清不楚。千萬也別隨便推薦人家亂買。

你的八字如果承受不起，又或者那位指點你的人福德不足，那就必需從你命中的另外一環去扣。這樣才符合因果律。

所以厲害的風水師，一定會自己修得好，再盡她他全力保你闔家平安，財源滾滾。這是我們的職業道德，不能像一般人一樣「見錢眼開」，不管客人家運的安危。

清明節要到了，大家都會去拜祖先，有的會祈求祖先保佑。但祖先如果活著的時候，沒什麼修善功，死前還病苦連連，你認為她他死後化為鬼，就會有更大的能力來保佑你們龐大的家族嗎？

我看到的事實是，很多祖先自身難保，後代沒持續爲他們超度，消業增福，結果祖先後代通通都不順。

我個人不主張吃拜過祖先的食物，尤其是孕婦，因爲一般祖先屬陰，我們屬陽。把他們吃過的食物，吃進來，我們身上的陰氣鬼氣會加重。

無論是墮胎還是流產的婦女，都應該坐小月子，把身體調好，除了報名超度，也得安水子靈牌位，及修懺悔法。

如果你想：

❤️ 盡孝道幫助自己祖先往投更好的境界，
🤒 爲病重的家人祈福超度他們的纏身靈，
👶🏻 爲墮胎或流產的孩子報名超度，
❤️ 爲自己的纏身靈冤親債主報名超度解怨

我大力推薦你可以報名我根本上師聖尊蓮生活佛這個星期六，2019年3月30日，主壇的《淨土三尊清明超度護摩大法會》。

淨土三尊，即是西方三聖，教主爲「南無阿彌陀佛」，左脅侍持淨瓶的「南無觀音菩薩」和右脅侍持蓮花「南無大勢至菩薩」。

能夠「一心不亂」的唸佛，臨終時，便會有西方三聖持著蓮台來接引你，往生西方極樂世界。

做不到，臨終時，會見到鬼祖先來個welcome party, 牛頭馬面和大二爺伯。這時，就得仰賴有大法力的成就者來爲亡者超度。

我爲何相信蓮生活佛能夠幫助你？因爲我親身體驗過，我和我家人祖先的故事就寫了在這臉書文章：goo.gl/KbCcXW

欲想報名這個星期六下午三點的《淨土三尊清明超度護摩大法會》，請在今天下午五點前到台灣雷藏寺網站，註冊爲會員，使用網路報名系統報名護摩法會：

💻 台灣雷藏寺網址： ➡️ https://tbsec.org/
📩 線上報名法會➡️ https://goo.gl/TnVyyW
📩 線上報名系統說明 ➡️ https://bit.ly/2O0DlSH

如果過了截至時間，你可以下載報名超度法會表格和匯款資料，再發電郵給雷藏寺。

報名祖先可寫：
祖先姓名或例如，李（你的姓）氏歷代祖先。

報名水子靈：
XXX （母親姓名）之水子靈，地址是牌位地址或母親居住地址。

報名超度，供養隨意，但我覺得如果後代太吝嗇，祖先可能會托夢來「打屁股」吧。😄

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There are some parents who never get to see their child, and already had to make "funeral arrangement" for the young infant spirit.

Two days ago, I received a PM in the morning from a lady reader whom I had never met. She told me how her 6-week-old embryo had left her. She watched my old FB Live on abortion and miscarriage, and wanted to know how she could register for deliverance for her baby spirit.

My gentle reminder to everyone: Do not place excessive crystals and auspicious Feng Shui ornaments in your home. These can affect the chances of a healthy pregnancy, and also spoil the relations between the parents and their children.

While such objects may be able to bring in wealth, they will also obstruct the luck of having descendants. When placed in the wrong sector at home, you end up losing both money and your children.

I have also seen such cases: as the careers and wealth of the couple improve, their children woes also escalate e.g. disobedient behaviour, poor academic results, deteriorating health, unhealthy addictions etc.

A good quality Feng Shui audit requires putting together the Bazi of all the family members, with the home Feng Shui, so as to reach the most effective and efficient solutions, that do not compromise on anyone in the household.

Buying something randomly and placing it in the so-called auspicious location is not going to help you prosper like mad. Hence, do not ever recklessly recommend such objects to others.

If your Bazi is not up to it, or the person who advises you does not have sufficient merits and virtues to "transfer" to you, then the "wealth" that you gain has to be compensated by something else in your Destiny, so as to fulfil the Law of Karma.

This is why a competent Feng Shui practitioner is definitely one who cultivates him/herself well, and put in his/her best effort to ensure the safety, peace and continuous inflow of wealth for your family. Such is our professional ethic to uphold, and not to drool at the sight of money, disregarding the safety of our clients' family luck.

Qing Ming Festival is just round the corner. Many of us would be praying to our ancestors. Some will seek the blessings of our ancestors. But think about it, if your ancestor did not accumulate much virtuous deeds while alive, and suffered immensely due to sickness before his/her death, how likely is he/her be able to have greater powers to bless the entire family clan, just because he/she became a ghost?

The reality that I see is that many ancestors are having a hard time themselves in the netherworld. When their descendants do not continuously register for bardo deliverance for them, to eradicate their negative karma and increase their good fortune, both the descendants and ancestors have a hard time in their respective worlds.

By the way, I do not advocate consuming foods and drinks that have been offered to the ancestors. This goes out to ESPECIALLY pregnant ladies. Because ancestors belong to the Yin realm, while we living beings are in the Yang realm. Consuming their food will introduce excessive Yin ghostly qi in our bodies, destroying our Yang energy.

Whether the baby is lost through abortion or miscarriage, the mother should still do a short confinement to nurse her body back to better health. Apart from registering for bardo deliverance, the parents should also enshrine a tablet for the baby spirit at the temple, and cultivate repentance practice.

If you wish to:

❤️ demonstrate filial piety and help your ancestors be reborn in a better realm,
🤒 help your sickly family member to seek blessings and deliver his/her karmic creditors,
👶🏻 register for bardo deliverance for your aborted/miscarriaged child,
❤️ resolve the debt of enmity between you and your karmic creditors and sign them up for bardo deliverance,

I strongly recommend that you can register for this Saturday's, 30 March 2019, Qing Ming Bardo Deliverance Pure Land Trinity Homa Ceremony, presided by my Root Guru, His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng.

The Pure Land Trinity, otherwise known as the The Three Saints of the West, comprised of the leader Amitabha Buddha, Avalokitesvara (Guan Shi Yin) Bodhisattva on His left who holds a purification vase and willow leaves, and Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva on His right who holds lotus bud.

When you can recite the name of Amitabha Buddha single-mindedly, as you pass on, you will see The Three Saints of the West and the entourage of sages appearing to welcome you with your lotus throne. You will then be reborn in the Western Pure Land of Paradise.

If you cannot do it, as you die, you will see your ghostly ancestors throwing a welcome party for you, as well the Ox-Head and Horse-Face Hell Guards, and the Black and White Impermanence deities coming for you. At this time, you can only rely on the supreme transcendental powers of an accomplished cultivator to deliver the dead.

Why do I have faith that Living Buddha Lian-Sheng can help you? Because I have personally experienced it myself. The story of my family, my ancestors and myself is written in this FB article: goo.gl/KbCcXW

To register for this Saturday 3pm, Qing Ming Bardo Deliverance The Three Saints of the West Homa Ceremony, please register an account online at the website of Taiwan Lei Tsang Temple, and use the online registration system to sign up for the Homa Ceremony：

💻 Taiwan Lei Tsang Temple website： ➡️ https://tbsec.org/
📩 Online Homa Registration URL ➡️ https://goo.gl/TnVyyW
📩 Guide to Online Registration ➡️ https://bit.ly/2O0DlSH

(The deadline for online application for every Saturday's Homa Ceremony is till Friday 5pm. After which, you will have to email the temple with the downloaded forms.)

Registration for ancestors:
Name of the deceased or 李（your surname）氏歷代祖先。

Registration for fetal spirits:
XXX （name of Mother）之水子靈，
Address would be either the tablet temple address or the mother's residential address.

The donation amount for Homa Ceremony registration is entirely your choice. But in my humble opinion, if you are too stingy to your ancestors, they may very well appear in your dreams to give you a good spanking. 😄

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今天的她：Asma 今年成功得到特區護照
我是 Asma。從小到現在都是就讀本地學校，因為我是土生土長，我亦覺得在香港生活就應該要適應香港的環境，所以一直都是就讀本地學校，就是為了可以跟不同的華語學生一起，希望可以從他們當中了解到更多本地文化。雖然我覺得香港是我的家，但香港是否覺得我們非華語人士是他們的一份子呢？現在我是在本地學校就讀中六，但在我中四的那一年，有一個轉捩點，因為我獲得一個利希慎獎學金，可以在新加坡讀三年書，一般華語學生能獲得獎學金也會很高興，更何况我是南亞裔學生。
在開學之前，我獲新加坡領使館簽發一個短期簽證，因此前往當地居住了一星期，嘗試適應當地環境，但因為我是持有巴基斯坦護照，所以不獲批學生簽證，但並沒有說明原因。突然獲悉不能去當地讀書，我完全不知如何是好，不過我並沒有一下子便放棄，所以我前往獎學金的基金會和學校求助，他們跟我說，我是可以提出上訴的，我上訴了三次，但三次都失敗了。
在上訴期間我沒有在原校出席補課，因為他們都知道我會出國，但可惜我去不成，要返回原校就讀，使到我不知如何面對同學，當時我就把事情交給上帝，看它如何安排，所以我便留在香港繼續讀中五。
基金會提議我申請特區護照，因為我爸爸要保留巴基斯坦國籍，因此我們一家人從來沒有申請特區護照，因為今次我需要特區護照才有機會出國，所以今次爸爸便和我一起去申請特區護照。我們跟華語人不同，申請護照需要經過很多手續，但等了十個月之後，在本年十月接獲通知，申請被拒絕，那天剛好是我十七歲生日前的一天。我想知道原因，但得到的答案是他們有權不透露原因，當時我有一種受到不公平對待的感覺，因為我是土生土長也不能得到一個國籍。
我希望自己能適應這個環境，所以入讀本地學校，因為我把香港當成自己的家，亦沒想過巴基斯坦，為甚香港不發給我護照呢？香港又是否有把我們當成香港的一份子呢？
我很想分享這次經歷，讓多些人能夠知道我們南亞裔人士很需要別人幫助。
所以自己身為一個南亞裔人士，希望將來能夠成為註冊社工，幫助一些南亞裔人士解決問題。
- Asma, 29/10/2015@香港故事Hong Kong Stories

【玳瑚師父隨筆錄】 《從一則短訊說起》
The Story Begins From a Text Message (English version below)

前些日子，吾的手機收到一則特別的短訊。為何謂之於特別呢？是這樣的，這些年來吾甚少收到「介紹」佛法的短訊，以及「介紹」佛法中的密寶。因此，吾謂之特別短訊。短訊中，對方有表明其身份，原來是同門師姐。這可愛的師姐認為吾乃大福之人，吾想也因為她認為吾乃大福之人，所以殷勤向吾「介紹」之。

這位可愛的師姐雖是同門，但我們素昧平生。不過吾還是要感謝她「勇敢」地撥電找吾及發出好幾則短訊，「勇往直前」地介紹吾，佛法中的密寶，有點受寵若驚哦！至於短訊中的大福之人，吾倒是認同的。何以認同？很簡單呀！每一個人都可以成為大福之人的，稍後吾再教導大家，如何在短時間內，增長福份直至成為大福之人，命好運也好。

很多人還是搞不清楚皈依這兩個字。佛門的皈依，道家的過功德，天主教、基督教的洗禮，其中共同的一點，就有如孩子們要報讀某一間學府，必需得先註冊，才允許進到課室裡，正式求取知識，未來也才有相關的文憑，要不然妳你所聽的，妳你所學的，皆屬盜法，是有過失的。

想在短時間內，積累更深厚的福報，爲人一定忠、孝、禮、義、誠、勤、寬、信。若妳你真實修持這八德，卻不見命運有所改善，歡迎妳你來拜訪吾。在妳你修持這八德的間中，對於一切大小善事，皆得歡喜且無分別地去行。

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A few days ago, I received an unusual text message. Why was it unusual? In these recent years, I rarely received text messages "introducing" Buddhism and precious Buddhist treasures, hence, I viewed this incident as unusual. In this text message, the sender identified herself as a fellow Dharma sister. Se viewed me as a man of great fortune, and I guessed that prompted her eager "recommendations".

Even though we are disciples of the same Guru master, this adorable Dharma sister is a stranger to me. We have never met before. Nonetheless, I must still thank her for having the courage to call me and send me quite a few text messages to recommend such precious Buddhist treasures. I was slightly surprised by her flattery although I do agree when she said in her SMS that I am a person of great fortune. Why so? Simply because everyone can be a person of great fortune. Allow me to share in a while how everyone can grow their merits in a short span of time and change their lives for the better.

Many people are still confused about what it means to take refuge. Taking refuge in Buddhism and Taoism and undergoing baptism in Christianity and Catholicism share a common thread. Officially adopting your chosen religion with a ceremony is akin to enrolling a child in a school. The registered child can now enter the school's classroom, properly receive formal education, and graduate with legitimate certifications at the end of it. Or else, what you learn or hear would not be licit, akin to stealing the Dharma, which is a sin.

To accumulate more merits and fortune within the shortest period of time, you must be a person with loyalty, filial piety, proper rites, integrity, sincerity, diligence, tolerance, and trust. If you truly uphold these eight values, but yet do not see your life improving, please pay me a visit. While cultivating and upholding these values, adopt a joyful and non-discriminatory mindset towards all virtuous deeds and perform the deeds with all your heart, regardless of the amount of merits it can bring you.