(continued from previous issue)

"Huang" voluntarily came to tell me what he saw and encountered during his dream after this incident. Originally, he was going to be castrated. Fortunately, he encountered Grand Master in the nick of time and truly repented for his mistakes, so he was rescued.

Huang asked, "If someone was castrated in his dream, what would happen?"

I replied, "The person would be unable to have an erection, or would have a weak erection, or would not be able to maintain an erection for very long."

Huang commented, "So, it would be useless."

"Correct," I said.

Huang inquired further, "Today, there are many men with impressive physiques. But they actually suffer from premature ejaculation, impotence, frequent urination with murky urine, weak erections or erections that don't last very long. Were all of these men castrated by netherworld deputies?"

I answered, "I don't know if all of them have been to the Castration Hell and were punished. But, the visit you had to Castration Hell in your dream was genuine. Regardless of whether or not they have been to Castration Hell, some people do suffer from premature ejaculation, impotence, frequent urination with murky urine, weak erections or erections that don't last very long."

After some reflection, Huang said, "Actually, these problems are also a form of cause-and-effect. Those who indulge excessively without restraint naturally castrate themselves."

I said to him, "Netherworld officers don't oversee the affairs of only the netherworld. There are many people who have already received their retributions while still living, for committing negative karma."

*　*　*

I have a question for everyone to think about:

"The form body that we use to cultivate is bound by birth and cessation. How do you attain non-birth and non-cessation given these constraints and what is the principle behind this? Try to resolve this question."

(The end)

(From Book #187 "Manifestations of the Netherworld")

(本文選自蓮生活佛第187冊著作「地獄變現記」文章「割鳥」)