A Poem Descended By Living Buddha Ji Gong（1）
■Book 104 - A Plethora Of Scenic Splendours
■Written by GrandMaster Sheng-yen Lu
I flew from Api to Tawau on January 5th,1993. Tawau is a remote small town in Malaysia. The population is small and the streets are narrow.
But to my surprise, Tawau boasts one of the most beautiful and solemn Lei Tsang Temple. I named it Lian Hu (Lotus Pond) Lei Tsang Temple.
Buddhism thrives in Tawau. There are Malaysia Tawau Buddhist Association, Lian Hai Fuo Xue Hui, Fuo Guang Si, Puo Zhao Si and the new addition, Lian Hu Lei Tsang Tze.
The population of the town though small is very complicated. There are Chinese, Malays, Aborigines, Filipinos, and Indonesians. Many Filipinos came to Tawau illegally, as a result the usually calm and tranquil Tawau now faces quite a bit of security problem (Smuggling of liquor and tobacco). The demarcating lines of residential areas for different races are very distinctive.
Although the streets are not very clean, there are many eating stalls. It is very busy at night. There are China Town and Malay Town in the city. From the town centre, one can go to any place within five minutes' drive. Few tourists are found in town.
I spotted a mosque in town centre. The religions and customs are quite different. The buildings concentrate on the three main streets. In my view, the Macro Polo Hotel that I stayed is the biggest building.
Although there are many shops, row upon row on the not so elegant street, the buildings are old and dilapidated. Moreover the weather is hot and there is nothing that interest me.
There are few houses in the sub-urban, the roads are wide and the air more refreshing.
I do not understand why it is called Tawau (Small lake). Small may seem right, but there is no lake at all. I only saw a sea.
They pointed at one side of the sea and told me that is Indonesia; then another direction and said Philippines is over there. May be other races become greedy because of its proximity.
Sunlight reflected in the mighty waves. It is difficult to detect where the sea ends and the sky begins. The sky and the water are of the same colour.
Facing the sea and leaning against a hill, Tawau is quite flat. Its sub-urban is rich in greenery. The hill that I went up, had a picturesque scenery. On seeing this, a visitor will feel peaceful and forget about his worries.
Before my arrival in Tawau, a commotion was already created. The local newspaper, Morning News reported:
Vajra Guru Lu Sheng Yen arrives today,
He makes fairy tales and miracles.
Even Living Buddha Ji Gong joined in to advise his believers to treasure the opportunity.
Living Buddha Lian Shen, Vajra Guru Lu Sheng Yen, the highest achiever in Tantra cultivation showed many miracles and created fairy tales.
The man of the moment in Buddhism fraternity who is well known for his mystic powers will fly in from Api to Tawau this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. Before his arrival, he already showed another miracle. The grand master of Purple Hour Pavilion, De Jiao Hui, Tawau, i.e. Living Buddha Ji Gong descended a written decree through a medium on 24th and 31st last month on the subject of the imminent propagation tour of Living Buddha Lian Shen to Tawau. The poem is as follows:
Lian Shen the saint travels the four seas,
painstakingly he entices people to cultivate,
his child-like speech is innocent and attracts attention,
be respectful to your relatives and pray to Buddha,
we must establish causality when it is due,
if our unwholesome karma is too many,
we shall miss the opportunity,
It will be difficult for us to meet him again this life.
Don't listen to rumour and distance him.
17th is an auspicious date for merit accumulation,
A ritual will be conducted by a renown saint in this world,
all of you must have a relation with him.
The souls deliverance will lead to calamity eradication.
In his written decree, Living Buddha Ji Gong instructed in advance that all his believers must treasure this once a life time magnificent opportunity, to listen to Living Buddha's sermon, to learn dharma from him, to take refuge in him, to receive empowerment from him, and to attend his ritual for merit accumulation, calamity eradication and souls deliverance.
It is evident that all the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and devas are happy with the arrival of Living Buddha Lian Shen. And they are protecting and supporting True Buddha School of Buddhism.
We are given the understanding that when Living Buddha Lian Shen last came in 1985, many of those who listened to his sermon, and received his empowerment had earlier on dreamed that Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva told them a Vajra Guru will come to teach the True dharma. As True Buddha Tantra is hard to come by, everybody should go and listen to his sermon and receive empowerment from him.
Living Buddha Lian Shen is reputed to be one of the few practitioners who can really invoke Buddha, Bodhisattva, and Dharma Protector to descend and help people.
The following gurus will be accompanying him to Tawau on this tour :
Lian Xiang, Lian Man,Chang Zhi , Chang Ren (all from USA)
Lian Zhi (Canada), Lian Shi , Lian Ting (Taiwan) and Lian Xuan (Singapore).
Living Buddha will conduct a Padmakumara Merit accumulation, calamity eradication and souls deliverance ritual on 9th evening at the Ba Zhong Qiu Fu Memorial Hall. He will use his mystic powers to display “soul deliverance” and “merit accumulation” Mudra to invoke the descendance of cosmic energy so that:
The participants will avoid calamity, recover from sickness, accumulate merit, prolong their lives, and have good fortune.
