Question: Master, if you say that you are enlightened, that means you are not enlightened yet?Master: If I say that I am not enlightened yet, it is not enlightenment either. Why do people say that they are enlightened?
Question: When practicing, I develop resistance and this creates obstacles. How should I deal with it?Master: If a tiger comes and wants to eat you, will you also want to eat the tiger? This is resistance, can you do this?
Question: Some people say that the Shurangama Mantra can only be recited before 7 a.m., can it be recited after 7 a.m.?
Master: What time 7 o'clock in this time zone is in the United States, I don't know, and 7 o'clock in the United States is different from 7 o'clock in Taiwan. What to do?
Question: So, Master practices according to the practice method of Sakyamuni Buddha?
Venerable Master: If we do not practice according to the method of Shakyamuni Buddha, whose method should we practice according to?
Question: Where do all living beings come from? Some say it evolved from monkeys.
Master: How did monkeys evolve from? If monkeys could transform into humans in the past, why can't they transform into humans now? Strange! These are all ignorant people who want to be different and have come up with a unique theory, saying that humans evolved from monkeys. Then why don't you say that humans evolved from mice?
Q: Paying respect to Sakyamuni Buddha. It is inconvenient to hang Buddha statues in the workplace, how to solve the problem?
Master: Eating will delay your work, so why should you eat?
Believers: Today I saw a person who is so amazing. He can make the rosary beads smell very fragrant, and another person can make his hands become very long!
Master: Can these help one escape from birth and death? What does the hand length do?
Question: Some people say that they eat meat in order to release the animals' souls from Samsara suffering.
Master: Can he eat a chicken and then spit out a living one?
Question: If he is a wicked person, will it be useful to recite the Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Dharani for him when he dies?
Master: Then will it be useful if you don't recite the mantra? Let me ask you again: If you can feel full if you eat, can you feel full if you don't eat?
Question: Can Buddhist disciples trade stocks?Venerable Master: There are also Buddhist disciples who kill, steal, commit adultery, tell lies, and drink alcohol. So, do you think he should or should not?
Question: Why can't we make Buddhism simpler so that many people can understand it at once?
Master: Why don't you think of ways to allow children to work as soon as they are born?
Question: Birth, old age, illness, and death in this life are all caused by the karma of the previous life. Most people don't know that the bad things they did in the previous life caused this karma. They always feel that they are sick for no reason. Isn't this a very serious punishment for people?
Master: Who asked you to be reincarnated as a human being?
Question: Is it okay to meditate every day and just think about who is chanting the Buddha's name without reciting any sutras?
Master: Is it okay for you to drink alcohol all day without eating?
Question: Is there a so-called Tibetan method of dual cultivation between men and women in Buddhism?
Master: Why do you need to know so much? Are you too full?
Question: You just said that when animals eat plants that pollute the air, toxins will be produced in their bodies. So, when people eat plants, do they also produce toxins?
Master: Not only is it toxic, it can also cause death! If you don't believe it, try it.
Question: Buddhism advocates eating vegetarian food, but also says that sinners will be reincarnated as animals. Then if people eat meat, isn't it helping the animals to escape suffering and be reborn sooner? Isn't this a good deed?
Master: Then if we rob a bank and then give the money to the poor, don't you think that is good? You should put yourself in their shoes. If I were an animal and my flesh was being eaten by others, how would I feel? Is that asking people to do good? Is it asking people to do evil?
Question: There are many words in the Buddhist scriptures that are in Sanskrit. Which is the correct way to pronounce them, Taiwanese or Mandarin?
The Master said: "If one sees me with the eyes, or seeks me with the voice, then that person is following the wrong path, and cannot see the Tathāgata."
Question: I saw an interview with a middle school student on TV, asking: "Why should we be a good person? What are the benefits of being a good person?" It was very heartbreaking to watch it.
Master: Then why does he want to be a horse or a cow? Why be a cat or a dog? It's the same! If he is not a good person, he can be one of those things!