CHAPTER 20ANOTHER VISIT TO THE PALACE OF SOUL-RESUSCITATION FOR THE FOUR CATEGORIES OF CREATURES Buddha
Tse Kong who manifested on November 29th, 1976. Leap year of the
Dragon (1976)
Buddha
Tse Kong: The people who pretend or believe
that the divine law doesn’t apply, need simply cast a glance at
domestic animals (such as buffalo, horses, fowls, molluscs and insects).
All these creatures have varied physical forms, because they were tied
to different destinies in their previous incarnation. Humans are of a
superior class and they are the most intelligent creatures. They must
take good care of their physical bodies, and behave in a virtuous way if
they wish to avoid reincarnating in the form of one of the four
categories of creatures. In their life as a beast, these creatures can
perceive a path of light that will enable them to return to their human
form. Humans should not, in error, weave a spider web and entangle
themselves in it forever. Yang Ts’ien, be ready for another trip. Yang
Ts’ien:
Yes, I am ready, Master. TK:
We have reached our destination! Here is the Palace of Soul
Resuscitation for the Four Categories of Creatures. The King and his
retinue are waiting for us. YT:
Our humble salutations to His Majesty and to their Excellencies,
the Mandarins. We have come again to bother you. The
King: Please
take it easy. Last time, we did not have enough time for discussions. I
am delighted to see you again. Your trip must have been tiring. Please,
just step in for a little rest. YT:
Thank you, Sir. We are not in the least bit tired. Seated on the
dais of lotus, I felt nothing but the winds that whizzed past my ears. TK:
Let’s follow His Majesty inside to have some rest. YT:
We thank you for your warm welcome. The
King:
Please have some tea. YT:
Our Temple received the divine order to write a book. I am
greatly honored to pay visits to hell. My knowledge of religion is
limited and I’m particularly ignorant of the situation here. Please
give us more information about your palace and I hope that my accounts
will give human beings a good understanding so they will try not to
commit sins. The
King: I’m
going to accompany you to different places and explain everything to
you. YT:
I am deeply grateful, Sir. The
King:
Please follow me to the main hall. YT:
Yes, Sir. But look! There is a stag that appears to want to
salute you. Could it be that he solicits some favor from you? The
King:
He certainly does. This stag was a human, and a disciple of
Buddha in his former life. As he fell seriously sick, he was angry with
his master, thinking that the latter did nothing to protect him.
Afterwards, he renounced his religious beliefs, his vegetarian diet and
abstinence. He set up a home and had a family. He slandered religion and
made fun of deities. Upon his death, he was incarnated in the form of a
stag, and this time is his third reincarnation. Stags live in the
confines of forests and mountains and feed on fresh herbs and brook
water. They lead a painful life by being exposed to winds and cold, in
the way an ascetic does, to pay for the karma of their past life. At
present, this stag has paid the debt of his karma. He is led back here
by the infernal pull. He comes to ask me to restore his human form. YT:
Just one wrong thought is enough to create a negative karma.
It’s not easy to escape the infernal law. One thing I don’t
understand, Sir. Why is it that the four categories of creatures are
automatically drawn to hell upon their death, while human beings are
not? The
King: Heaven,
earth and the universe were created by the same mutating energy which is
the “K’i”. The Tao teaches that each “K’i” (original vital
breath) gave birth to three “Tsing” (quintessence energy). In
reality, a K’i is not transformed into three Tsing, but into thousands
of Tsing. Heaven owns its celestial “K’i”, the earth has its
terrestrial “K’i” and men possess their human “K’i”. Heaven,
earth and men incessantly inhale then exhale. Once deprived of the “K’i”,
heaven will collapse, the earth will desintegrate, and men will die.
Men’s “K’i” resides in their hearts. Scientists have discovered
the force of gravity. They still ignore the gravity of both heaven and
men. All that is pure and light rises to heaven, drawn upwards by the
heavenly force of attraction. All agitation refers to the earthly force
of attraction. These three forces are combined to create all phenomena
and substances in the world. The four categories of creatures (birth by
matrix, birth by eggs, birth by humidity, birth by metamorphosis) bear a
heavy karma from their previous life. They are pulled by the gravity of
earth, so automatically appear in hell. On the other hand, the soul of a
religious adept whose spiritual energy is purified and light, rises
upwards to heaven. Even if the infernal guards want to, they can’t
pull down such a soul. It’s like a hydrogen-filled balloon which soars
up, anyone who tries to drag it down will risk being lifted up into
space. Humans can become Immortals and Buddhas, or spirits and demons.
Their status depends on how they behaved and regenerated in their last
life. If the descendants wish to bring forth salvation and liberate the
souls of their ancestors, they have to acquire merits in life. I advise
them to lead their life toward spiritual perfection and to print
canonical and ethical books for the education of mankind. They will
obtain great merits. Deities’ pledge are to save mankind from
suffering and to teach them to follow the right path. The publication,
distribution and publishing of canonical books are the deities’ wish.
The merits people acquire will also benefit the souls of their
ancestors. If they want to recite prayers for the salvation of their
ancestors, they must have authentic prayer-books. In addition to the
above meritorious deeds, charity work also contribute to the development
of a beneficial karma. YT:
Your precious words correspond to the teachings of the Tao. The
sermons of the deities are inscribed in canonical books and the
publication of these is the will of God. Thanks to these great merits,
the ancestor’s souls are naturally drawn up by the celestial force of
attraction to a higher plane of evolution. TK:
What you have just said coincide with the teachings of the
“Celestial Bible” or “Great Justice”. Man must lead a perfect
life. Enriched with virtues, he will have his place on the higher plane
of evolution. The
King: This
stag has undergone three successive reincarnations on earth because of
his bad karma from his previous life. I am going to acquit his sins and
order the General to lead him to the Palace of Soul- Resuscitation for
restoring his human form. The
General: Your order will be carried out,
Sir. Mr. Yang Ts’ien, if you don’t mind following me. YT:
Thank you, General. I’m following you. Well, I see a nearby
palace with the inscription “Palace of Soul-Rescuscitation”. Inside,
an old man gives drinking water to the animals. They immediately regain
their original human forms of boys, girls, old and young. The
General:
Mr. Yang Ts’ien, stand by my side and look! I’m going to give
some resuscitative water to this stag. YT:
Please do. I’m excited! Well, well, that’s magic! The wild
stag has transformed into a mature man in his fifties. On his
close-shaven head the scar of a joss-stick mark which he had on his
baptism-day to Buddhist can still be seen. Is this his appearance after
he became a layman? The
General:
Yes, that’s right. This religious man renounced his religion
and returned to the life as a layman. He abandoned the vegetarian diet
and no longer observed abstinences. It is for this reason he was
condemned to incarnate in the form of a stag. The resuscitative water
has transformed him to human form now. YT:
What are you going to do with him? The General: Well, the mission of our gate is accomplished once we restore his human form. We are going to transfer him to the 10th Palace which takes charge of reincarnation. The King in charge will examine the karma of his previous life before having him reincarnated on the terrestrial world. To my knowledge, all of the souls transferred by our Palace were reincarnated as children of poor families or as handicapped persons. The reason is because they still have to suffer the consequences of their earlier karma. If they know how to regenerate and lead the life of spiritual perfection, they will proceed to a superior plane of evolution. TK:
Yang Ts’ien, we are limited by time. Let’s say goodbye to the
General, and return to the Palace to salute His Majesty the King. YT:
We thank you greatly, for your information. This Palace of Soul-
Resuscitation for the Four Categories of Creatures is so far unknown to
the living world. TK:
I plan to visit it another time for Yang Ts’ien to learn more
details. Please anticipate another visit from us, Sir. The
King: You
are welcome anytime, gentlemen. General, please escort our guests out. TK: Quick to the lotus dais, Yang Ts’ien. |
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