A Marriage Requires Acceptance of Everything

A marriage requires acceptance of everything, not harboring anything, proper communication and respect for each other.

Wenda 20160327B 58:06
(Master Lu's call-in radio program)

Caller: Nowadays, the lifestyle of married life begins with lots of love and happiness for each other.  Not long after that, quarrel and arguments pursued.  But always, the couple will stay for the sake of the children, there is no way for them to separate.  It is difficult to end the couple's affinity.  Everyday, there is hatred in continuing to live together this way.  In such a marriage, how should we as Buddhist face up to the situation with the right attitude?

Master Lu: First, you have to know if there is no third-party interference, then this can be resolved; If you discover your spouse is already having an ongoing affair, then this problem would be more troublesome which means the beginning of negative affinity and it would be difficult to keep the relationship.

Caller: To go with the flow, right?

Master Lu: That's right.  No matter how much a couple quarreled, if there is no third-party interference, they will eventually patch up.  To exercise restraint and tolerance, recite sutras and mantras, diffuse calamites, all can be resolved; If your wife has fallen in love with a young man, then do not hold any illusion of her coming back to this relationship, it could mean she has forgotten you, already has no more affections for you, time to say goodbye.

Caller: Nowadays, many are trapped in relationship in which they cannot get out of, and thus feel vindictive.  One thus feels: I treat my spouse so well, and yet I get this in return.

Master Lu: This is the beginning of negative affinity! Who would at the time of getting married think of getting a divorce?  Getting married is living happily ever after, isn't it not.

Caller:  When the negative affinity begins, they too cannot accept the reality of this, in fact all of these are the causes of past lives.

Master Lu:  Fate.  Remember these words, there is nothing unacceptable, if it is unacceptable, alternatively we still have to accept, whether we want to accept of not, ultimately we still have to accept.  In this mortal world ... this is the reason why Master always advises that all of you must "bear nothing", you must accept what you "have", bear "nothing".  Today if the marriage is good, then it is good so accept it too.  There is no other way.  It is definitely the problem with your affinity between you and your spouse.

Caller: Be it positive of negative affinity, we have to accept it.

Master Lu: That's right.

Words of Wisdom - Be Content

2017 Master Lu Worldwide Dharma Talk

Master Lu's Worldwide Dharma Talk for 2017:

18th Feb 2017 Singapore  

26th Feb 2017 Macao, China 

23th Apr 2017 Jakarta, Indonesia

2016 Master Lu Worldwide Dharma Talk

Master Lu's Worldwide Dharma Talk for 2016:

17th Jan 2016  Sydney, Australia

12th Feb 2016 Macao, China

18th Feb 2016 Batam Island, Indonesia

21st Feb 2016 Jakarta, Indonesia

20th Mar 2016 Brisbane, Australia

23rd Apr 2016 Singapore

11th May 2016 Brussels, Belgium

14th May 2016 Madrid, Spain

3rd July 2016 Hong Kong, China

13th Aug 2016 Penang, Malaysia

20th Aug 2016 Malacca, Malaysia

3rd Sep 2016 Vancouver, Canada

5th Sep 2016 Toronto, Canada

10th Sep 2016 Houston, US

11th Sep 2016 Los Angeles, US

18th Sep 2016 New York, US

2nd Oct 2016 Taipei, Taiwan

8th Oct 2016 Tokyo, Japan

6th Nov 2016 Auckland, New Zealand

20th Nov 2016 Melbourne, Australia

25th Dec 2016 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 

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2016 Master Lu's Dharma Convention in Penang

Master Lu was in Penang (Malaysia) for his Dharma Convention at SPICE Arena at Bayan Lepas on Aug 13th, 2016.  Two of our Irvine "shi xiong" (brothers) have attended as volunteers at the event.  Here are some of the pictures collected from Facebook.





Photo credit given to Henry Goh (Facebook)

Halo above Master Lu
Photo credit Facebook Page - 卢台长观世音菩萨心灵法门 Master Jun Hong Lu

Words of Wisdom - A Positive Mindset

Handling conflicts in life is like mastering the art of cooking. The heat at which you cook should not be extreme.

To have a positive mindset in life is like being able to control the heat while cooking. A raging temper will destroy your destiny, just like raging fire will burn the dishes.

Words of Wisdom from Master Lu
Sydney, Australia, 17 January 2016

Story Telling - Use the Three Sieves Before You Tell Somebody Something

Once, a young monk went running to his Master, panting and feeling very excited. He said: “Let me tell you something, Master. I am very sure you could never imagine it.”

The Master answered sternly: “Wait a minute. The news that you are about to tell me, have you sifted it with three sieves?” The young monk could feel that his Master was a little unhappy, and he shook his head.

The Master told the monk, “Before you tell somebody something, you must at least use three sieves to sift it. The first sieve is the sieve of truth. The thing that you are about to tell me, is it true?” 

“Ermmm… Master, I heard it from the streets. Everybody says that. As a matter of fact, I do not know if it’s true.”

“Then you need to check it with your second sieve. Even if is not true, you should at least be telling me this matter out of kindness. Is that the case?”

“Er… no. On the contrary, Master.” At this point, the disciple dropped his head in regret.

“Then we shall now use the third sieve to check. This matter that you so urgently need to tell me, is it important?”

The disciple replied, “It is not really that important.”

The Master cut in: “As this news is not important, neither is your intention kind, nor do you know whether it is true or not, why would you want to say it when by saying it will cause confusion in the both of us?”

Words of Wisdom from Master Jun Hong Lu
Batam, Indonesia 20160218

Story Telling - The Old Man and Three Naughty Kids

A retired old man went to a small town and settled down in a small house with hopes to spend a peaceful retirement there and write his memoir.

Everything was great in the first few weeks until one day, three naughty boys came to play nearby and started to kick the trash cans around and making a lot of noise. The old man couldn’t stand the noise so he negotiated with the kids.

He said, “Kids, I love what you did with the trash cans and I’d be happy to pay you a dollar per day per person if you come over here and do this every day.” The kids were happy with the arrangement and tried even harder to kick the cans.

Three days past, the old man went up to the kids and said with disappointment, “Kids, the inflation shrank my income by half and I can only pay you 50 cents from tomorrow on.” The kids were reluctant but eventually agreed to the new arrangement and kept on with their can kicking performance after school every day.

A week later, the old man walked up to them with even more disappointment, “Kids, I didn’t get my pension wire lately so I’m sorry I can only pay you 20 cents going forward.” “20 cents?!” The kids were quite grumpy about the news and said “No way we are wasting our precious time to perform for you for this little money! We are quitting!”

They left and the old man returned to his peaceful retirement.

Takeaway from Master Lu

We need to apply wisdom to everything we do and try to do things in a clever way.  Not everything can be done with the conventional way but can be solved in a clever way.  True Buddhists understand that everything has two sides and nothing exists independently from others.  The old man wants to write his memoir in peace but got his life disrupted by the naughty kids but he achieved his goal by taking advantage of the kids’ rebellious nature.

How to Improve Academic Performance Through Recitation

Wenda 20111211 04:19
(Master Jun Hong Lu's call-in program)

Caller:  Master Lu, I have been wishing to improve my academic performance lately.  Do you think my current recitations are sufficient?

Master Lu:  Yes, but you will have to strengthen your "Heart Sutra (Xin Jing).  For the purpose of improving academic performance, you need to recite "Heart Sutra" and "Cundi Dharani" (Zhun Ti Shen Zhou).  For "Cundi Dharani", recite 49 times.  It is very short and you do not need much time to complete it once you memorized it.

Caller:  At present, I am reciting 49 times "Cundi Dharani" and 21 times "Sapta Atitabuddha Karasaniya Dharani" (Qi Fo Mie Zui Zhen Yan).

Master Lu:  But you need to strengthen your "Heart Sutra" to enhance your wisdom.

Caller:  I will do that.

Master Lu:  Prior to examination, cut back on non-vegetarian diet.  In addition, before recitations, avoid garlic and food that caused bad breath.  Do you thik Bodhisattva will ever visit when you do your recitation with a breath covered with foul smell?

Caller:  Understand.  Thank you Master Lu.

'Hong Fa' at Soka University International Event

Back post 5/7/2016:

We were fortunate to be able to participate at the Soka University International Festival on May 7th, 2016.  The venue is so beautiful and serene.  It's a perfect place for us to introduce Guan Yin Citta to more Orange County residents.

There is a fountain right after you enter the property
Beautiful scenery
We were setting up our booth with a lot of GYC information and books
We also have pull-up banners borrowed from LA GYC
Setting up our table
We have a lot of information to pass out to anyone interested
We have a rack and a flyer regarding Master Lu's Public Talk in LA in September
Our beautiful booth
GYC volunteers for the morning session
We have free bookmarks and free pens too!
Introducing the event attendee regarding GYC Buddhism
Afternoon session volunteers

Public Talk by Master Lu 2016 Hong Kong

Coming up soon!  Master Lu will be in Hong Kong for the 'The Art of Applying Comprehensive Metaphysics" Public Talk.  If you are interested to attend the event, please contact the appropriate GYC chapter for complimentary tickets.  

Life Liberation Performed Can Be Viewed From Heaven

Wenda 20150104A 54:48
(Master Lu’s call-in radio program)

Caller: In accordance with Master’s teaching on the triple gems, one of our dharma brothers wishes to encourage everyone to be persistent in performing life liberation. However, due to the unique environmental condition at the place where they live, it is illegal to gather more than seven or eight people in a group. As a result, dharma brothers will go in smaller group at different interval. However, a few of the dharma brothers tend to be more tenacious and feel that it is more appropriate or auspicious to perform liberation only when the sun rise and reveal itself in the sky. Master, please enlighten us on this matter. When the sky is bright, is there any difference to perform liberation before or after the Sun is out? Would Bodhisattva and Dharma protectors know?

Master: Remember, there is only day in heaven. Therefore, regardless of the time you perform liberation, vision from the heaven will not be obstructed as there will be no darkness brought about by night fall.

Caller: Which means Bodhisattva would be able to know?

Master: Of course. In fact, the minute a thought surfaces in your mind, Bodhisattva would know. Not to mention when you are performing good deeds like life liberation.

Master Lu's Los Angeles Public Talk Sep 11th 2016

Master Lu will be touring around North America (with stops at Vancouver, Toronto, Houston, Los Angeles and New York) in September for his Dharma Talk. He will be in Pasadena, Los Angeles on Sep 11th 2016.

We sincerely hope that more destined Buddhists will be able to attend Master Lu's event to learn and understand the next level of life.  It will be an enlightening event for those whom attend.


Please call the above number to reserve a complimentary ticket for the event. Free transportation may be available with a confirmed reservation of the ticket.

The Spirit Wants His Life Not Little Houses

Wenda 20160612A 05:04
(Master Lu’s call-in radio program) 

Caller: Master, presently there is a situation whereby the spirit does not want the Little Houses and insisted on taking the karmic debtor’s life, what should we do?

Master Lu: In situations like these, the only solution is still to offer him Little Houses. Let me enlighten you so that you can understand better. If you had accidentally run over someone’s child and killed him. Then the family of the deceased came looking for you and demanded: “You killed my son and I want to kill your child too”. At that moment you responded: “I will compensate you with money”. He replied: “I don’t want money; I want your child’s life”. You begged further: “Please don’t take my child’s life, I will give you more money”. “I don’t want. I want his life”. Then you keep adding more…up to a point where he felt contented with the amount of compensation: “Wow, so much money, it is worth not taking his child’s life”.

Caller: Oh, I understand now. The final decision is still the Little Houses. We just have to keep offering and increasing the number of Little Houses.

Master Lu: Yes. There is no other ways. Let me ask you, in this human realm, are there any other means other than offering money to resolve bad affinities? No way. You look around especially at people with status seeking divorces. They quarrelled, “I want justice!” What is justice? In the end, the court awarded more financial compensation, the house etc…..ultimately; is it not the money that resolved the case?

Irvine Volunteers Made Lunch for Los Angeles Sharing Event

GYC Irvine volunteers decided to prepare complimentary vegetarian lunch for the volunteers at GYC Los Angeles Sharing Event this afternoon.  We were able to box approximately 70 bento boxes.  Each bento box has four dishes and white rice.

Emma 'shixiong' helping to slice the vegetarian spring rolls
Other 'shixiong' setting up the tables to start packing the lunches
Bento and appetizer boxes all packed and ready to deliver to LA in thermal bags
Bento boxes arrived at the event location
The bento box
Bento box
Volunteeers are happy and enjoying the lunch

Welcome to Guan Yin Citta Irvine

Welcome to Guan Yin Citta Irvine.  A few members of Guan Yin Citta Irvine decided to put up this blog to share some of Master Lu Guan  Yin Citta's Buddhist teaching with anyone who may be interested.

Thank you for viewing.