(From Book 181 : Point Towards A Sunny Path)

(Continued from issue 553)

He believed in what the High King Sutra described:

That it was able to remove the sufferings of life and death.

That it could eliminate every kind of poison.

That for every one thousand times chanted, any serious crime could be removed.

Lotus Jie-Ru chanted the High King Sutra a full one thousand times. On his tally sheet were a hundred circles with red dots in them. But he did not know what to do with the page of circles and dots. He didn’t even know how to make his dedication, how to ask for his wish.

That night, at this time of Lotus Jie-Ru’s uncertainty, Living Buddha Lian Sheng, Sheng-Yen Lu, entered his dreams.

Guru asked, “Any questions?”

“I’ve chanted the High King Sutra one thousand times, but I don’t know how to use the circle-and-dots tally sheet.”

“What is your wish?”

“That all my nightmares are gone; that all of my nighttime dreams are peaceful and sweet.”

In the dream, I instructed Lotus Jie-Ru:

“Fold the circle-and-dots tally sheet into an octagon shape, with a hole in the centre, folding from one end, corner over corner, in the shape of a circle, until there are eight sides and a space in the middle. If you don’t know how to do that, you can also simply fold the tally sheet into a square shape. Then place it in your pillow [case].”

“The pillow is very dirty.”

“You can buy a new pillow, or wash the one you have.”

When he awoke, Lotus Jie-Ru followed my instructions, buying a new pillow and placing the folded circle-and-dots tally sheet in the new pillow.

Since then, the nightmares never occurred again, and his nighttime dreams were peaceful and sweet. The quality of his sleep improved. He was never sleepless again.

If he had a dream, he dreamed of Guan Yin or he dreamed of Pure Lands. He dreamed of himself solemn and magnificent. He dreamed of himself flying, riding on clouds. He dreamed of himself living in pavilions of gold and silver. He dreamed of himself chanting the Buddha’s name and chanting mantras.

Before, when he slept, he felt very scared.

Now, he is very happy.

To chant the High King Sutra a thousand times really has great effect.

(The end)

《本文出自師尊第181冊文集「指引一條明路」文章「圈圈點點的秘密」》