Wenda20160724B 37:25 [Master Jun Hong Lu's call-in radio program] CAN GREAT COMPASSION MANTRA (DA BEI ZHOU) BE PLAYED IN A LONG UNOCCUPIED HOUSE? Caller: I actually have a house in my hometown. However, I am now based in a different city, and only go back to that house maybe once a year during the Chinese [...]

Wenda20160724A 28:11 [Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program] PLACING LANDSCAPE PAINTING OF WATER AND MOUNTAINS ON WALL Caller: Master Lu, can we place two landscape paintings of smaller sizes, side by side on a wall? Master Jun Hong Lu: Sure you can. Caller: Master Lu had mentioned before that there shouldn’t be more than [...]

Wenda20160724A 28:11 [Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program] PLACING LANDSCAPE PAINTING OF WATER AND MOUNTAINS ON WALL Caller: Master Lu, can we place two landscape paintings of smaller sizes, side by side on a wall? Master Jun Hong Lu: Sure you can. Caller: Master Lu had mentioned before that there shouldn’t be more than [...]

Master Jun Hong Lu’s Public Talk in Malacca 20160816 DO NOT LIVE BY MERE LUCK The journey of life is impermanent, so is life and death. A person should not live by mere luck. It is often mentioned in Buddhist sutra, “there are tens of thousands of calamities”, one would expect insurmountable calamities in a [...]

Master Jun Hong Lu’s Discourse (Question 119) MAJOR RENOVATION AND SHIFTING HOUSE NOT ADVISABLE FOR ELDERLY PERSON Question: A Buddhist friend’s brother went along with his father’s suggestion to rebuild their old mansion. After doing so, it seemed that not only his brother’s career became unfavorable, but also incurred a large sum of debts. His [...]

Wenda20160805 52:59 [Master Jun Hong Lu's call-in radio program] IS IT ADVISABLE TO BRING PHOTOS OF FAMILY MEMBERS TO MASTER LU’S PUBLIC TALKS SO AS TO PRAY FOR BLESSINGS FROM BODHISATTVAS? Caller: Master Lu, will it affect Master if we bring many photos with us to attend Master Lu’s Public Talks? Reason being at times, [...]

Wenda20160729 30:09 [Master Jun Hong Lu's call-in radio program] WILL BEING FASCINATED TOWARDS CERTAIN THINGS AFFECT OUR EFFORT TO BE LIBERATED FROM THE CYCLE OF REBIRTH? Caller: Master Lu, if we tend to be fascinated towards certain things in this world, like soccer or basketball, we may not watch the entire game but will be [...]

Wenda20121216A 54:29 [Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program] CAN WE PERFORM PROSTRATION IN FRONT OF ALTAR AT HOME WITHOUT OFFERING INCENSE Caller: A Buddhist friend sometimes recites the Eighty-eight Buddhas Great Repentance (Li Fo Da Chan Hui Wen) in front of altar without offering incense beforehand. Master Lu, can we perform prostration while reciting [...]

Shuohua20160617 19:47 [MasterJun Hong Lu's call-in radio program] WHEN REACHING A PLATEAU IN CULTIVATION, INCREASE RECITATION OF GREAT COMPASSION MANTRA AND HEART SUTRA IN HOMEWORK Caller: At times, Buddhist practitioners who have been practising for 3- 5 years feel they have reached a plateau in their cultivation. Under such circumstances, is it right to increase [...]

Wenda20140727A 11:44 [Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program] HOW DO WE ELIMINATE MAJOR KARMIC OBSTACLES? ELIMINATION WILL TAKE ON A SPEEDIER RATE WITH A HIGHER STATE OF MIND Caller: Master Lu, is it true that major karmic obstacles are in fact not easy to eliminate? Am I right to say that it takes a [...]

Q&A Session with Hong Kong Buddhist friends July 4, 2016 REQUESTING A CHILD TO FINANCE IN MERITORIOUS ACTS, BOTH THE MOTHER AND CHILDREN WILL HAVE MERITS Question: Some elderly mothers are not financially sound but wish to volunteer at many of Master Lu’s Public Talks; therefore, they approach their children to assist financially. Will this [...]

Wenda20111211 04:19 [Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program] HOW TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE THROUGH RECITATION Caller: Master Lu, I have been wishing to improve my academic performance lately. Do you think my current recitations are sufficient? Master Jun Hong Lu: Yes, but you will have to strengthen your Heart Sutra (Xin Jing). For the [...]

Wenda20151227A 38:36 [Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program] PERSONALITY TRAITS OF CHILDREN THAT BODHISATTVAS LIKE Caller: During one of your public speeches, Master mentioned that our personality will inhabit within us even after we become Bodhisattva one day. However, while in the human realm, Bodhisattva continues to lead the life of Buddhahood, sow virtuous [...]

Master Jun Hong Lu’s Discourse on Question 119 July 24, 2016 WHAT IS THE TRUE ESSENCE OF GUAN YIN CITTA DHARMA DOOR? Question: When introducing Dharma to people, if we are asked what the true essence of Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door is, how should we answer it? Answer: The true essence of Guan Yin [...]

Wenda20150424 50:53 [Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program] DURING RAINY DAYS, IT’S BETTER TO RECITE LITTLE HOUSES WITH MERIT RECEIVER STATED TO PREVENT SUTRAS AND MANTRAS BEING TAKEN AWAY Caller: Master Lu, what kind of feeling would we have if the sutras or mantras in Little Houses are being taken away during recitation? For [...]

Shuohua20160729 11:15 [Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program] IN CASES OF FEVER OR FLU – OFFER LITTLE HOUSES FOLLOWED BY SELF-CULTIVATION GREAT COMPASSION MANTRA Caller: How are you Master Lu? When one is down with fever or flu, is it advisable that he offers Self-cultivation Great Compassion Mantra or Little House? Which one will [...]

Master Jun Hong Lu’s Discourse (Question 119) NON-VEGETARIAN WEDDING BANQUET Question: I became Master Lu’s disciple in year 2014. It was my plan to hold a vegetarian wedding banquet. However, I have failed to get the consent from my family members to do so. I have changed all the dishes in the hotel’s menu that [...]

Wenda20160610 60:00 [Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program] WAYS TO ELIMINATE SMALLER KARMIC DEBTS Caller: Apart from recitations to eliminate negative karmic debts as well as facing the natural negative karmic emergence, will our Dharma protectors make arrangements to help clear some of our smaller negative karmic debts in advance? Master Jun Hong Lu: [...]

Wenda20150906A 11:30 [Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program] ARE WE ABLE TO AVOID CHILDREN WHO ARE HERE TO CLAIM OR REPAY DEBTS, AS DESTINED BY KARMA? Caller: You mentioned before that most daughters were born to repay karmic debts, whilst most sons were born to claim karmic debts. Is it possible for one to [...]