Master Jin jie - Don’t make Wicked Vow Casually, Example of a Girl making a Wicked Vow

(English Subtitles) Lectured by Master Jìng Jiè (淨界法師) from Taiwan. 不要隨便發邪願 女孩許下邪願的例子
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The practice of Buddhism has four steps, and you can't make them wrong. The first step is to bring forth the resolve, that is to confirm your goal. 2nd, you understand the road conditions, that is the right views. 3rd, then you have resources and momentum to go forward. 4Th, take actions and reach the other side finally.
So, you have to know where you are located now, you are at the side of birth and death. Our goal is at the other side of liberation.
There are many things to deal with in our minds. We just mentioned rest. You need to rest in the nature of emptiness. The next is guidance, you need to set a goal to guide you.
A few days ago, a leader of our online class in Taiwan,
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told me that he has a student. He is a cram school teacher. One of his students has a good female friend who is now attending a renowned high school in Taipei. She ranks first in this school and will graduate this year.
She participated in the universities entrance test without exam. In Taiwan, if your grades are ranked well, it is possible to be admitted to your desired university through an interview. She has been admitted to her first choice, National Taiwan University. Unfortunately, she was diagnosed with cancer before she graduated. A seventeen and a half year old girl student was contracted with terminal cancer. When she learned she had terminal cancer, she was not yet a Buddhist.
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Before her death, there is momentary recovery of consciousness, she suddenly knew her prelife. She told her family: I committed suicide in prelife. Why did she commit suicide?
She had a very good boyfriend originally. But he fell ill and died young. She couldn't walk out of delusion but hurt herself unstop with her delusion. So, hurting yourself the most is yourself. She always lived in delusion. Finally, she couldn't bear it anymore and committed suicide. Before that, she made a wicked vow and said: “If I can't obtain true love in the afterlife, I won't live past 18 years old.” So she will die before 18 years old in this life. Because she made a wicked vow. Therefore, you should know never to make a vow casually. Your volition is the guiding force.
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She made two mistakes in her prelife. First, suicide. Suicide is killing life. Killing yourself equal to killing beings, which is a felony. She committed a felony of killing life. Second, she made a wicked vow.
Therefore, we need to deal with many negative things since time immemorial. So, the primary thing is to set a goal. You need a precise goal for guidance. Our goal is certainly the right thoughts at the end of life. You have to set up your goal, that is to have right thoughts.