(From Book #173, “One Dream, One World”)

At a Department of Oncology at a large hospital, two cancer patients had just finished a chemotherapy session and were talking to each other:

“Today, you and me, our lives are at a critical instant. Is there anything that can save us?

The other replied with a bitter smile, “A miracle!”

The first said resignedly, “There are no miracles in this world, are there?”

The man with the bitter smile said, “Some people focus on chanting ‘Amitabha Buddha,’ some others focus on chanting “Guan Yin Bodhisattva,’ and others focus on chanting sutra. They all expect miracles, either Buddhadharma responses or ‘God save us...’”

“Does it work?”

“Some work, some don’t.”

“Why?”

“It all depends on the affinity.”

The one with the bitter smile said, “Some caught cancer and after chemotherapy they were really cured. But others were not cured and they died. It is a kind of affinity, isn’t it?”

“You’re right.”

The bitter smile man said, “Someone gave me a sutra. It’s called ‘True Buddha Sutra.’ Since we’re talking about affinity, I would like to give it to you. Recite it. Perhaps you have the affinity. But you must have confidence. The confidence is very important.”

(To be continued)

《本文出自師尊第173冊文集「一夢一世界」文章「癌瘤真的消失了」》