Layman Chen, who has Seen Amitabha, Tell Stories 2/3 陳有宏居士說佛

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Đại Nguyện Nguyện 18 trong 48 Đại Nguyện của Phật A Di Đà : Nếu con được thành Phật, mà chúng sanh trong mười phương dốc lòng tin tưởng, muốn sanh về cõi nước con chỉ trong mười niệm, nếu không được toại nguyện, thì con chẳng trụ ở Ngôi Chánh Giác, trừ kẻ phạm năm tội nghịch và gièm chê Chánh Pháp. Nam Mô Pháp Giới Tạng Thân A Di Đà Phật Lời Khuyên Tịnh Độ (Ấn Quang Đại Sư) “ Ấn Quang từ Tây qua Ðông, từ Bắc xuống Nam, qua lại hơn vạn dặm, gặp gỡ nhiều người. Trong số đó, lắm kẻ bình nhật tự vỗ ngực là bậc thông Tông, thông Giáo, coi Tịnh Ðộ như uế vật, chỉ sợ nó làm bẩn lây đến mình. Lúc lâm chung, đa số chân loạn tay cuống, kêu cha gào mẹ. Trong số ấy, có những người trì giới niệm Phật già giặn, chắc thật, dù Tín Nguyện chưa đến mức cùng cực, tướng lành chẳng hiện, nhưng đều an nhiên mạng chung. Vì sao như vậy? Là vì tâm thuỷ trong lặng, do phân biệt nên xao động, đục ngầu, sóng thức trào dâng. Do Phật hiệu nên tâm thuỷ ngưng lặng. Bởi thế, kẻ thượng trí chẳng bằng kẻ hạ ngu, biến quá khéo thành vụng về lớn vậy!”
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(English subtitles) Layman Youhong Chen, a Taiwanese born in 1960, has seen Amitabha in the Western Pure Land. He tells many stories about his fantastic experience.
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3 months later, the 3 dead in the morgue of the Taichung Veteran General Hospital came to me. Their bodies were white. I asked: Why are you in my house? They said: We three are gonna be cremated tomorrow. Would you please come to chant Buddha for us? I said: I'm so tired that I do labor job during the day. They said: We are gonna be cremated tomorrow. Please come with us. I promised them. When it was midnight, I got up and dressed, walked downstairs. My soul could dress too. They were waiting for me outside. I held their hands and said: Let's go. Instantly, we have arrived at the morgue in the basement. It's so fast. So, that's what we say in a flash. Your thoughts are so important.
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I've flown while chanting Buddha before, but not as fast as this. We reached there instantly. They showed to me: These three are us. I said: Oh, there you are. They also told me: If you are tired, there is a bed here that you can take a rest and chant later. Where is the bed? Right here. It's the bed for washing bodies. I said: It's too cold to sleep on it. He said: This is the best we have here. After reciting Buddha, I had to go to work early the next morning. I couldn't sleep here, so I went back. When I was back, I woke up. So, chanting Buddha is so wondrous. You said we should concentrate on chanting Buddha. Can you tell us how to concentrate? How to concentrate is easier said than done.
2:00
Concentration is going deep in one door and reciting the Buddha’s name truthfully. Many Buddhists, including monastics,
want to be reborn in the Bliss World but can not concentrate, which is dangerous. My approach is that one word per step while walking or hiking. Na mo a mi tuo fo (note: Taiwanese accent). When I lie in bed, I say a word and curl a finger at the same time. Na mo a mi tuo fo (Namo Amitabha Buddha). Sometimes, I forgot to chant while sleeping, but my fingers move spontaneously, and I will follow to chant. As time goes by, I reach the state of chanting without thinking. You have to focus and chant Buddha truthfully and can't change this or that. Must have faith in Amitabha and vow to go to the West.
3:00
You need to support the Three Jewels and participate in doing good deeds. Just like me, I offer the money I earn to support dharma, monks and Tzu Chi (a charitable foundation). Thus, I amass more good fortune and will get a higher grade when I go to the Bliss World. This is important. This dharma is chosen for us by Sakyamuni Buddha. This must be the simplest and most powerful way to escape reincarnation. So he introduced this Dharma to us, and we should practice it without doubting, interrupting, or being confused, must remember these 3 things. It seems easy, but somebody think that reciting sutra is more powerful. This idea could be misunderstood.
4:00
Just like the venerable Monk Haixian(海賢和尚), who chanted Amitabha and remained healthy until 113 years old. As for me, for the past 30 years, I have held the devotion to pick up people and practice together. I only get sick during the Chinese New Year. I'm usually devoted, probably the dharma patron and Amitabha bless me, so I rarely get sick. Because if I got sick, I couldn't summon people to practice altogether. I haven't had a cold in 17 years. When the pandemic came, everybody is scared. But if someone called me, I would still go and help with chanting. But I'd rather die of an infection from doing good than die of sickness at home. With that in mind, I'm not afraid. When I helped with chanting, I was infected too. The deceased was a young woman.
5:00
I've seen many deceased's face and figure. She has a wicked smile on her face, the smile enables people scared and chilled. I thought how come she had such a wicked smile. Let's chant Buddha as soon as possible. Then I chanted Buddha with one of her daughters who was practicing too. We followed the chanting Buddha machine and chanted Amitabha for one hour, transferred the merit to her and went to see her. She still had that kind of smile. So I thought it was serious. When on my way home, I saw a cluster of coronaviruses right in front of me.
6:00
It's the first time I saw this weird stuff with my own eyes, wondering what it was. Is it a bunch? It's a cluster of coronaviruses. What does it look like? It's tiny and connected each other. I said what it was with my mouth open. A gust of wind blew it into my mouth. I got chills and shivers and didn't feel well, and I was infected the next day. I was not vaccinated. I didn't feel very bad after infected, just had no appetite and a dry throat. It wasn't until the 8th day when my daughter screened me that I was confirmed to be infected. Does she know how to screen? Yes, I don't know that thing. After taking medicine, I was recovered half and still need exercise.
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Dharma
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buddha, buddhism, buddhist