(Continued from issue 496)

I had almost given up

Then I thought, perhaps it is “cause and effect.” And if this turned out to be the case, then it would become much more complicated. After investigating this for a while, I learned that in his previous life, he had been a monk who had committed three serious transgressions:

1. He lost respect for his master.

2. He lost his bodhi heart.

3. He lost his precepts.

As for the previous lives of the couple, surprisingly, they were the previous biological parents of the monk. (The tangle of “cause and effect” can go on for many lives.)

When I saw such a “cause and effect,” I was overwhelmed with amazement.

At this point, I almost thought about giving up again. But I was still unwilling to do so. I entered the couple’s dream and persuaded them to chant the “High King Guan Shi Yin True Sutra” one thousand times. The couple, just as I expected, vowed to chant the “High King Sutra” forever and ever—more than one thousand times, more than ten thousand times, even more than one could possibly count, to repent for all of their transgressions and to make a wish for their son. (Chanting the “High King Sutra” a thousand times will eliminate all serious karma.)

This I know:

The son received a response. One day, he stumbled and fell into a river. After he was rescued, he threw up lots of water. Then the most surprising and amazing thing happened—the son began to speak, his voice sounding forth. A mute since birth, after being rescued from the water, could now actually speak.

The couple was very grateful.

This is a great response from chanting the “High King Sutra”!

(The End)

(選錄自真佛報第490期第16版文章「天生的啞巴」)