When Spring Comes to a Swimming Pool (四)
■Book 148 - The Power of Mantra
■Written by master Sheng-yen Lu
This Bardo Deliverance would have delivered only one person. Yet in an instance, this had become a Bardo Deliverance for a thousand people. Xiao Chui's negative karma only involved no more than a hundred Souls!
Then came a flash and roar of a single thunderclap! I pointed a hand mudra towards the heaven! A hundred Souls ascended to heaven.
This ascent to heaven illustrates:
Liberating all equally with one mantra one heart,
One makes no distinction whether a person is eminent or lowly, able or foolish.
If one's bad karma should be uprooted completely,
Apply the great Dharma and all shall be well.
I saw Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva leading Xiao Chui to my shrine. Xiao Chui's Soul was entangled with stripes of dark strain-like energy.
I shouted, 'The one hundred victims that you killed have been delivered and ascended to the heavens. Why aren't you ascending towards the heavenly realm?'
Xiao Chui said, 'Those being liberated are indeed the one hundred victims. Yet I remained tied up.'
Upon hearing this, I said no further. From the top of my head arose a red Sanskrit syllable 'Ram' which turned into a red fiery triangular chakra. This triangular chakra sprouted a gigantic flame towards Xiao Chui, scotching her into a heap of ashes.
(Even if Xiao Chui had the five deadly sins, this syllable would have burned and eliminated her body of all such karma.)
That Xiao Chui was burned into ashes meant that all her negative karma had been destroyed. I saw a ray of bright light which was as crystal clear as the Mani Pearl itself, through which rays of pure light flow and illuminate all Dharma Realms. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was holding this Mani Pearl as he ascended towards the heaven.
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said, 'Lian-sheng, you're really something. Your use of mantra is excellent!'
I closed my palms in respect and said, 'Thank you Bodhisattva for your presence.'
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In the chapter, I have taught everybody a Tantric Sadhana. This major technique is among the most secret.
The cultivator sits upright in meditation posture and calm his mind, allowing the body and mind to be free from all thoughts of the past, the present and the future.
This is the Samadhi of the Dharma Realm.
Visualize on top of your head, a Sanskrit word 'Ram'(see diagram). It illuminates bright light, shining like a full moon. Then, visualize it being transformed into a triangle, which sprouts fire around it. This triangular flame engulfs your body and mind.
Recite the mantra 'Ram' for 21 times. This practice can burn away all negative karma of the cultivator!
In addition:
The cultivator first holds the mala or prayer beads on the right hand. Rolls it around the left hand. And then transfer the mala back to the right hand. Form the Lotus Mudra with the praying beads and position the hand to the front of one's head.
Recite:
'Om Ram Svaha(All is purified).'
'Om Vairocana Mala Svaha (The mala is cleansed).'
'Om Vajra Guherya Gapa Samaya Hum (7X) (The Thousand Turn Mantra).'
One single recitation is equivalent to a thousand recitation. This is a secret Dharma. This is also the Thousand Wheel Turning Technique, the Thousand Turn Shrine Method.
According to Cheng-huang Bodhisattva, as a consequence of saving and delivering Xiao Chui, I need to answer this karmic link and return to the human world one more time.
Cheng-huang Bodhisattva tissed me for being nosy. To intervene too often is to incarnate too often. But I did not bother, as my main concern remains saving lives.
I have made a great vow to deliver and liberate sentient beings life after life. There is nothing of concern except this. I teach people to recite the Buddha's name, chant the mantra and practise the Dharma so that they may be liberated from their suffering. Sentient beings are drowning in the sea of sorrow and are unaware of it. I shall work till my last breath to help all beings!
