The Flying Carpet of the East By Living Buddha Sheng-yen
Lu This was translated from Grandmaster Lu's 31st book, 東方的飛氈. In the Yu-huang Kung temple, the blue-dressed lady told me the following story: On the Chung-Shan Road of Hua-lien City lived a man named Li Tien-Szu. He painted and made sculptures for temples, such as painting dragons on temple roofs, even though he didn't believe in religion or gods. One day Lee Tian Sie went to the Golden Mother's Temple in Hua Lien to work, and after he finished he walked around the temple and approached the Golden Mother statue. For no special reason, he placed the palms of his hands together and bowed his head. He found he couldn't raise it back up. His head wouldn't move! It felt like a thousand pounds. Panic-stricken he screamed. Monks anxiously rushed over to him. When they observed what was going on they promptly knelt and asked the Golden Mother for guidance. The blue-dressed lady, the one who told me this story, was there at the time, and she also reverently prayed. The Golden Mother said to her "This person doesn't believe in me, but does have an affinity with me. I want to let him know that gods do exist in the universe. Ask him to bow to me twelve times. Then I'll allow him to get up." Li Tien-Szu obediently bowed twelve times, and found himself able to raise his head. "Oh my!" he cried, "Gods really do exist!" . Since then the painter has believed in the gods. Whenever he has the chance he tells people about his experience. The blue-dressed lady belongs to the Yao-Chih School of Taoist practices. If you invite her to your home for the Worship of ancestors ceremony, she can tell you who your ancestors were, when they died, what they looked like, what kind of rings they wore and what physical features they had. She also can tell you what your ancestors want to say to you now. Her readings are very accurate. How can anyone outside your family know about things relating to your ancestors, especially if they passed away before you were born? There is much in her life that is hard to understand. Yet there are facts about her that can't be denied. As a matter of fact, unusual things continue to happen to me too... |
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