Do Good Deeds Due to Bad Karma of past life 因前世惡業而行善

(English subtitles) Lectured by Daoist teacher Rui-Lie Lee (李瑞烈, 1921-2015)
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Yes, there is doing good due to bad karma. I usually mentioned names before. But there was no video recorder back then. I would say their names. It doesn't matter, you live in different place and don't know them. Now, when the video broadcasts throughout the whole province. What if they themselves hear it. Although he may not be angry. He feels offended by the mention of himself.
What I am going to say happened in Keelung (north of Taipei). That's ok, I only mention place without name, who is my relative. Once he asked me, Old Brother. He is younger than me, said, “Bro, I am upset. I got screwed by my wife.”
Why?
“You don't know that I can't make enough money for her expenses.”
What's up? Does she like to gamble?
“No, how could she like to gamble? She is very kind.”
She is very kind but you can't make enough money for her expense?
“Yeah.” He opens a vegetarian material store, selling all kinds of veggie food. He does wholesales and also runs a grocery store. But mostly are wholesale. His wife is in charge of the grocery, and he managers the factory by himself.
2:00
Strangely enough, he earns a lot of money from the factory but lose money from the grocery. Summing up, he still loses money. The boss thinks. He has a large shop. Perhaps, some of the clerks are corrupt.
Once, the factory was off, he came to the grocery store and kept starring at the clerks. Those employees were scared. Why did the boss look at us with such eyes? One of them kind of knew the reason why the boss kept looking toward him. “Boss, don't keep glaring at us, we are scared,” he said. You didn't make a fortune in your store and think we clerks steal money? Is that right?”
It's find that you know, thought the boss.
“Boss, can you come out for a minute, I tell you,” daring not talk in front of the boss's wife, and pulled him outside. “Our loss at the grocery store is due to your wife. We clerks have nothing to do with it.
Talk nonsense. My wife has lots of money as she wants, no need to steal money.
“Boss, something you don't know. Neglect the minors, talk the major serious case.
4:00
There is a nun of a certain Buddhist temple, who came to buy lots of things all packed in bag. All the dry materials can be packed in bags. For the wet materials, need to be packed in plastic bags. She loaded lots of stuff in a car and carried them back.
Not only that, before she left, the Boss's wife offered her a few thousand bucks at least. Sometimes, she even offered tens of thousands if sales were better. Saying, 'Master, these offering are for you.' Take food also money. Boss, you are doomed to lose money. You won't earn enough for your wife's expense.”
Is it true? Said the boss.
“Or, you take a look by yourself. Truth or fiction is not arguable.”
Sure, said the boss. He then ordered the worker running the factory themselves and hid behind the door of the store. The nun had a fixed schedule, like 9 or 10 am, coming to the store. He was there watching carefully. Indeed, she kept packing stuff in the bags, several pounds a big, and loaded the bags, one by one, into the car. When the nun was departing, he saw his wife took a wad of uncertain amount of money from the counter, saying, “Master, this is my offering to you.”
The boss thought: That's enough. I can't make enough money for your expense. Later , he told his wife: How about we switch position? I am tired of working in the factory. Let me switch to the grocery store one week and take a rest. I will receive money in the store, and you take care of the factory a few days.
6:00
The boss sate at the counter the next day. Then the nun came in and kept looking for something in the store. “Master, do you buy something?” said the boss, “Where is the boss's wife?”
The boss's wife went out and hasn't come back yet.
“Or, I will be back later,” then she went out. She came back one hour later. “Where is the boss's wife?”
She was not back yet.
“Why takes so long?”
If you need anything, I can get that for you too.
I am boss, the same with my wife. You may take as many as you want.
“Or, I will come back later.” She came back and forth 3 times, and saw the boss's wife was not there and said: “Otherwise, I will come tomorrow.” She drove the car away without buying anything. The boss shook his head and said, too greedy. She didn't purchase when the boss's wife is absent. She thought if the boss's wife was in, she could buy for free and also fill the pocket with money. All you can eat and take for free.
Thus, the boss wouldn't let his wife manage the grocery store. If you manage the grocery store, I will go bankrupt soon. “Just let you manage the factory,” he said. “I've been watching the store a few days, and it goes smoothly. Let's just keep running this way.”
Nonetheless, there was trouble too. She claimed sick every several days., moaning, not eating, nor sleeping in bed. “What to do?” said the boss.