496. Points to note regarding heredity
Ancestors' experiences are incorporated into their DNA and passed down to their offspring. The woman's ancestors four generations back were raped, and four generations back still, there were loud noises (war, thunder, landslides). Her genes are coded with a fear of loud noises. This genetic predisposition can only be resolved through prayer—specifically, by indicating which generation of ancestors let go of their attachments. If this isn't resolved, the child will also have these problems in the future. The other man's problem is that he has many inherited mental and emotional attachments and cannot relax—prayer is necessary, but it's not easy, and medication is required. A three-piece set, prayer, and candles are quite effective.
497. Five Poisonous Beasts
A five-poison beast with the name of a well-known great Bodhisattva was thrown into the sect—specifically designed to absorb greed, anger, ignorance, pride, and doubt. It can be promoted in the future; try it for free first. Miaoyin Technology is always taking advantage of Buddha's generosity; try it for free first, and buy it at a super low price if it works.
498. Divine Physician
A miracle doctor has joined Senlingyuan Company—for illnesses that hospitals haven't been able to treat for 3-5 years, you can register for treatment. A compatibility check is required. Currently only in Beijing, gradually opening in April. For ailments of a degenerate nature, using the "Great Health" and "Wonderful Sound" methods for about a month will basically cure them; for ailments of a real nature, the miracle doctor is needed. He can tell you what you ate yesterday, your exercise level, and what time you went to bed by taking your pulse. Bone injuries show immediate improvement; acupuncture takes several days and cycles to heal. He is at the level of a reincarnated medical saint. One treatment costs 10,000-20,000 RMB. In April, treatment will be available in Beijing, followed by Guangzhou, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Chongqing, Chengdu, and Hong Kong, with each city open for ten days to half a month. A compatibility check is required to schedule an appointment.
499. The Relationship Between Buddha, Taoism, and Immortals
Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are a head higher than Taoist immortals—in setting up a shrine, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are half a head higher than gods, and Bodhisattvas are half a head higher than gods. Among the Twelve Golden Immortals of Taoism, Guanyin, Samantabhadra, and Manjushri are manifestations—they rotate among themselves, their manifestations reaching the Taoist and divine realms to achieve perfection. It's not that Guanyin Bodhisattva entered Taoism. Buddhism and Taoism mutually influence each other. In this human realm, the rules do not allow the direct manifestation of supernatural powers—anyone who manifests supernatural powers does not live long. It will let you know that the above-mentioned things exist, but it cannot be proven.
500. problems that the sect needs to help solve.
1. Good product. 2. Courage. 3. Understanding customer needs. 4. Creating demand. 5. Creating opportunities. 6. Effectively conveying information. 7. What are you worried about (not making money, failure, difficulties, ridicule). 8. Strive, identify problems, solve problems, and adjust. 9. Build trust. 10. Collect payments. 11. Service. 12. Further expansion. Experience tolerance, humility, perseverance, persistence, emotional stability, strategic thinking, knowing when to retreat, abandoning attachments, and preventing greed. First, improve your family's situation.
501. Why does helping many people in a dream not generate merit?
The dream is one's own world—a small world opens up from the painting. Saving everyone in that world doesn't generate merit because it's not part of the assessment system. Only answers in the exam room are useful. But one's moral compass is fine. Killing many people in the dream is not a transgression, but one hasn't passed the moral test—the dream is being tested.
502. What is a phase?
Everything in the world you can perceive—sound, smell, taste, touch, and mental objects; sight, hearing, smell, taste, body, and mind. Lower forms are those that can be touched, seen, smelled, and perceived. The Buddhist scriptures say that everything you perceive is illusory. Reality is what cannot be perceived in the human realm but is truly effective—ghosts are real, the Dharma realm is real. Higher-dimensional worlds—the Desire Realm and the Form Realm—are real; the Formless Realm is real, the Form Realm is illusory; the Buddha Realm is real, everything in samsara is illusory. Everything you perceive, everything you can touch, see, and perceive in the human realm, is illusory; everything you cannot touch or perceive is real.
503. What is disfigurement?
To experience something real but be able to see it as illusory—this is called breaking free from illusion. Being hit by a hammer hurts, but you can perceive it as fake; you can see the causal and spiritual projections above the hammer. Only after breaking free from illusion, ceasing attachment, and no longer believing in the reality of this world, can one develop renunciation.
504. Four Explanations of Emptiness
1. Same-layer form and emptiness – existence is existence, non-existence is non-existence. 2. Different-layer form and emptiness – same-layer is true, different-layer is false. We can perceive warmth and cold because of the laws of fire and temperature; higher spaces lack temperature laws, so there's no burning or scalding. Everything you can perceive is false – it's all rules, and rules can be broken and destroyed. 3. Nameless form and emptiness – the higher you go, the fewer constraints – in the Buddhist realm, there's no need for marriage, finding boyfriends or girlfriends, no need for sleep, day and night are irrelevant, houses are irrelevant, food is irrelevant, and no one harms you. 4. Form and emptiness of the same origin – form is emptiness, emptiness is form. Sunlight at its fullest state has no color – extremes meet. The Buddha's teachings in the human world reaching their fullest state have no Dharma.
505. True and False Life (The Meaning of Life)
This world is an illusion; what is the meaning of life? Did Heaven create such a vast space for you to have no meaning? Life has meaning—everything tests us. We view the world based on the physical body, but things beyond the physical body have meaning—the soul has meaning, memories have meaning, feelings have meaning, cause and effect have meaning, good and evil have meaning, and the good karma of all beings has meaning. After death, we change bodies, but the experiences we have have meaning. A boy feels closer to his mother from a past life than to his mother in this life—he has no memory of her, but his celestial soul remembers. Did the bad experiences of your ancestors being raped in your previous four lives have no impact on you? The reality lies in the level of the soul, consciousness, and memory; the physical world is an illusion.
506. Why should we cultivate virtuous practices with a mind free from self, others, sentient beings, and life span?
The Law of Contamination—Cultivating virtuous deeds is the highest rule, above the sun, moon, and stars, above light and darkness, there exists a space of virtuous laws. There is an "I," there are sentient beings, and you are helping sentient beings. But if you have thoughts of "I" and the idea of "I help sentient beings," you are contaminated. Having actions related to life and death but not caring about life and death—if you don't even have the thought of life and death, then there's nothing that can be done about you. Acknowledging or refusing both represent acceptance of this law, and you're hooked and can't escape. Benefiting sentient beings without thinking about anything—love life or death. Having the thought of cultivating Buddhism but not becoming a Buddha—not caring. The Law of Contamination is the most damning—whether you acknowledge it or not, it doesn't matter; the most important thing is to forget and not care.
The Diamond Sutra says, "The adornment of a Buddha-land is not true adornment, therefore it is called adornment"—it certainly adorns a Buddha-land, but as long as there is this thought, it cannot be an adornment of a Buddha-land. Throughout the entire cycle of rebirth, do not think about anything, do not say anything, and just do this—the principle of freebies counters the principle of pollution.
507. Correctly understanding the dreamlike illusions in the Diamond Sutra
"All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, shadows, dew, and lightning; thus should you contemplate them." This means to view worldly phenomena as dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows, not that worldly phenomena are inherently dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows. Having a wife doesn't mean you should treat her as a wife; having spiritual practice doesn't mean you should treat it as spiritual practice. View them as dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows.
508. empty color
When observing sentient beings in the human realm, everything is true—without sentient beings, what would Buddhas and Bodhisattvas be talking about? The truth is that form and emptiness are not two, emptiness and form are one. To realize the truth, people in the human realm need to first detach themselves from appearances—break through appearances. Cultivating to perfection leads to emptiness—perfecting to the extreme is nothingness. Seeking perfection leads to emptiness—reaching the ultimate, but never trying again. All my purposes in cultivating human laws are that one day the world will no longer need human laws.
509. All sentient beings have attributes in the cycle of rebirth.
Getting a perfect score on a certain attribute is very difficult. In a fight, a human wife weighing less than half her weight could be slapped away with a single blow, and she's always outmatched in the magical realm. Physical strength differs, but in the magical realm, magical power is more important—the weak little girl god used to destroy the world. That's talent; everyone has their own talent.
510. Abstaining from sexual misconduct is different from abstaining from lust.
Sexual misconduct should be avoided, but normal romantic relationships cannot be prevented—pursuing a partner with the intention of marriage, living together, and raising a family is fine; the law applies to these relationships. Note that abstaining from sexual misconduct—normal marriage and childbirth are not affected. However, it is strictly controlled for some people—even one instance of sexual misconduct will deplete all blessings, take away supernatural powers, and reduce them to ordinary people. Ordinary people don't really see sexual misconduct as a problem—the rate of infidelity among married people in large cities is 60-70%. Teaching people to abstain from sexual misconduct is fine, but it cannot include normal physiological reactions.
Masturbation—Adolescent males produce more sperm daily, resulting in nocturnal emissions. Hurry up and find a girlfriend, don't hold back; once a month isn't a big problem. Human hormones are sending physiological signals urging you to mate. You can control yourself in the celestial realm, but the physiological reactions will still occur beforehand. Having sex with the intention of marriage is perfectly fine. Don't give up your wife or girlfriend. Overcoming lust in the human world is the final hurdle—you need to be indifferent to beautiful women. Practice contemplation of impurity and skeletons to frighten and disgust yourself, ultimately aiming for indifference. In the entertainment industry, chasing girls, men, and even gay men eventually leads to a state of emptiness where no one feels anything—but punishment is inevitable.