Catholic Daughter saw Mom Sitting on an Ascending Red Lotus 天主教女兒看見媽媽坐在上昇紅蓮花上

(English subtitles) This is a rebirth example in the Land of Bliss (Sukhavati) from Taiwan. Lectured by The Return Thinker 思歸子。
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Let's look at this Laywoman, Mrs. Lian, who is the mother of the deputy director, Lian Zhidao, of our Ci Guang Child Care. She was mindful of the Buddha tirelessly. You see her majestic appearance, as a 90-year-old elder, she looks vigorous, then you realize her competency of chanting Buddha. I remember the first time I visited Mrs. Lian, she looked like the statue of Bodhisattva, very majestic. She lived north of Taipei and practiced chanting Buddha diligently. Occasionally, she came to Taichung. Occasionally, Teacher Lian, her daughter, also occasionally returned to the north to stay with her mother.
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One day, Mrs. Lian fell down in her 89, and it was not serious. After Teacher Lian heard that, she hurried to come back and look after her mother. Coincidentally, Mrs. Lian was reborn during her daughter's visit. They continuously helped with chanting, and then dressed her.
Because Mrs. Lian had formed very good bonds, many people came to help with chanting on hearing it. After dressing, she was covered with dharani blanket, and everybody kept chanting Buddha.
At that moment, Mrs. Lian's another daughter came back, who was married. When she came in, everybody was chanting. She was a Catholic and knew nothing about Buddhism. She just sat still. Soon after,
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she saw with her own eyes the appearance of the Three Saints of the West whom her mother worshiped. The elder sat on a red lotus ascending slowly with the Buddhas. On seeing that, she yelled mom and cried. The elder told her, “Good daughter,
chant Amitabha quickly. Don't cry.”
That is inconceivable. Then the daughter said, “I just saw the Buddha whom mother worshiped received mom, and she sat on a red lotus.” She described the phenomenon just saw. “When I was crying, Mom told me not to cry and asked me to chant Amitabha. I'm a Catholic, I'm gonna chant Amitabha, who just received my mom.”
Mrs. Lian actually showed an auspicious appearance for her daughter,
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who was a Catholic and not believing in Buddhism, to move her to chant Buddha. You see how inconceivable the power of Buddha is. Think about it. If we Buddhists see this auspicious appearance and tell those don't believe Buddhism, who will not be convinced and say, You dream about your thoughts during the day.
On the contrary, the Buddha is so compassionate and lets the outsiders of different beliefs see it. It is more convincing that they report it to us.
That's great. All the parents over the world care about their children. Mrs. Liang was gonna be reborn in the Bliss World.
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She felt that someone among her children hadn't chanted Buddha yet. If you don’t plant the seeds of rebirth, how can you reap the fruits of rebirth? How can you gather with virtuous people? Therefore, through this auspicious sign, she inspired the daughter who didn't believed in Buddhism and engaged her in chanting the Buddha. Moreover, let her tell the auspicious signs of the rebirth, which strengthened the confidence of those who recite the Buddha, and reminded outsiders that Buddhism is not just an empty talk, but also has a basis. Furthermore, Teacher Lian, as a laywoman at home, vowed to conduct a retreat and practice Pratyutpanna Samādhi.
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Pratyutpanna Samādhi is to be mindful of Buddha day and night without sitting, lying down, or sleeping for 90 days. When she was very tired, just leaned on the rope on the wall for a while. She has practiced successfully in 90 days, and is readying sutra now. As far as I know, very rare laywomen practice like this. It's said in the sutra, if there are people practicing such an asceticism, Buddhism won't be eliminated. It's said in the sutra, if Buddhism is to be eliminated, Shurangama Sutra and Pratyutpanna Samādhi Sutra will be eliminated first. The Shurangama Sutra is a demon-spotting mirror for learning Buddhism, especially in the dharma-ending age. 6:00
On the surface, this is Buddhism. In fact, it may not act according to the Dharma. On the contrary, they are ruining Buddhism. The Buddha has said that clearly in Shurangama Sutra.
So we feel so lucky that Teacher Lian can practice Pratyutpanna Samādhi successfully. In addition, the early disciple of Teacher Li, Master Guoqing, practiced Pratyutpanna Samādhi successfully. Besides, he practiced eating only lunch, eating one meal per day, no eating after noon, and no breakfast either. Furthermore, he hold the precept of not taking money with hands. In the dharma-ending age, there is such a monk acting in accordance with the dharma. It's so extraordinary. Thus, he was invited to be an abbot of a temple. There are many monks and staff in the temple,
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and the cost of a day is also high. As an abbot, he still adheres to keep the precept not to take money. As the saying goes, No fear not having a temple, but worry not having a way.