Once, a dozen of us lay people were going to Mount Wutai to visit the old monk Miaofa. The person who drove us was a friend of the lay people, the boss of a certain printing factory. Although he does not believe in Buddhism, he is the kind of person who is willing to fight […]
Young Master in Cui Shan
There is a family of three in Luoyang City, Henan Province. The male owner is honest and responsible, the female owner is hardworking and capable, and the seventeen-year-old daughter is beautiful and lovely. Logically speaking, this should be a happy and comfortable small family, but as the old saying goes, “Every family has its own […]
Rich businessman and maid
Mr. Ge is nearly sixty years old and has been a Buddhist for many years. When she met the old monk Miaofa, she tearfully expressed her difficulties: She married her husband in her twenties and had never realized what a happy family was or what a loving couple meant. Even if the couple were together, […]
Beauty and the Bandit
One night, a female lay Buddhist from somewhere overseas asked to see the old monk Miaofa. “Master, I am a lawyer in a law firm. Our firm recently took over a bizarre divorce case. A middle-aged woman who looked dignified and beautiful, but looked very haggard, asked us to help her divorce her husband. The […]
About supernatural powers
This spring, one day several young people who were interested in Buddhism came. Of course, they were mainly interested in the so-called supernatural powers, and they asked me a few general questions about supernatural powers. I described some of my experiences and understanding based on my own understanding. At the end of this booklet, I […]
Qigong cures diseases and witches and gods
Someone once asked me: Buddhism can use the principle of cause and effect to make people realize their mistakes, change their ways and do good, thereby achieving the purpose of curing diseases and saving people. It is really amazing. However, there are rumors that witches, magicians, and once popular qigong masters who are still active […]
Ecstasy soup
There are four walls of wine, sex and wealth, but there are many charms hidden inside. Obsession with money harms the body, and wine and lust are like ecstasy soup. If you can jump out of the big wall, you will be the king of Tathagata. A young man who looked like a student in […]
Teaching by example and often saying the three good things
One afternoon last autumn, a woman in her fifties among a dozen lay people from Shijiazhuang who came to Mount Wutai was telling her difficulties to the old monk Miaofa in the reception room. “It has been four years since I converted to Buddhism. I have been a vegetarian on the first and fifteenth day […]
How can a Dharma protector be greedy for donations?
Let me first tell a story that happened in 1993. A master worker named Li once listened to the old monk Miaofa preaching Buddhism at my house with his nephew, and he suddenly believed in the existence of Buddha and Bodhisattva. When he came to see me again half a month later, he took out […]
Rubber tree’s act of charity
In 1994, I still lived in a bungalow with a single courtyard. It’s the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the flowers and plants in the courtyard are still lush. The first room on the left after entering the door is my study and reception room. There is a large rubber tree placed by the window, and a […]