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【師父的祝福】SHIFU'S WISHES
(English writing below)

那天看完2019年最後一場的風水後，客人給了我這個紅包。她見過我三次，說我每一次都戴著這孔雀的胸針，所以特地給我這有孔雀圖案的紅包封。

很可愛的心思。

我這孔雀胸針不是一般的孔雀，祂是南無大孔雀明王的座駕，是師父2014年在台北的中觀堂送我的。他說，我們做這一行，會遇到行行色色的人，看風水的家有時「煞氣騰騰」，我得保護好我自己，才能利己利他。

而這胸針有受過我根本上師，蓮生活佛，在孔雀明王大法會上開光加持。

師尊曾說：

「孔雀明王」象徵三如來 -

「孔雀明王」是釋迦牟尼佛的受用身，因為釋迦牟尼佛在祂的過去世當中，有一世曾經當過孔雀王，所以是釋迦牟尼佛本身的受用身。

「孔雀明王」是阿彌陀佛的變化身，《阿彌陀經》裡面提到西方極樂世界有「共命之鳥」，有孔雀、鸚鵡、迦陵頻迦，其中的孔雀，就是阿彌陀佛的變化身。

毗盧遮那佛大日如來相貌很莊嚴，祂整個一切相貌就是孔雀明王的相貌。孔雀明王戴大日如來冠，就是大日如來毗盧遮那佛的等流身，相等的身，

因為有這三佛本身的法力集合在一起，所以「孔雀明王」能夠改變定業，定數難逃的也能夠轉化，所以「大孔雀明王」威力無窮。

（資訊來源：www.tbsn.org)

孔雀的天性能吃毒，蜈蚣毒蛇毒蠍都不懼，而且越吃孔雀羽越美麗，身子還會發亮。就算是化學的毒，孔雀也能把我們身上的毒都吃光，有解毒的功效。

因為是師父的囑咐，所以我出道至今，每當工作時，一直都戴著，也能加強我賜福給眾生的能力。

看到最近武漢肺炎病毒的新聞，讓我想起2003年SARS蔓延的時候。

那時我還在新航任職空姐。每天翻開報紙，看電視新聞，都是今天又死了多少人，多少人被感染。

每次去飛行時，難免會想今天會不會輪到自己受感染，萬一像那位把SARS病菌帶回新加坡的前空姐，使自己的家人都患病，如何是好？

我工作運一向很好，公司取消了很多航班，可我還是世界各地到處飛，連 on standby 都被叫去飛往巴黎，那期間薪水絲毫沒受影響。*哭笑不得～

眾生殺業過多，所以過去十多年來，有許多新病種都是從動物傳染給人類，是人類的自作自受。在這裡，奉勸各位我們吃一般的家禽和魚類，其實已經很夠吃了，不要因為貪新鮮或圖個好奇，就去吃野味。貪心的人，從來不會有好結局。

在玄學裡，蝙蝠猶如鼠。若這武漢肺炎病毒，真是從蝙蝠或鼠類動物蔓延開來，因為與庚子年有沖克之故，這病毒的殺傷力將會很大。讓我告訴你，就算武漢肺炎病毒被控制下來，這幾年也依然會有另外一個超級細菌出現。

風水方面， 藥物不要貪方便，而放在客廳見得著的地方，如桌上或櫃子上。把藥物（中藥、西藥、保健品）收起來，能避免家中的人常生病。

基本的保護措施，大家應該都有讀到，大家要照做，才能護己護他，是一善也。

真佛宗的師兄師姐們，我們比一般平民百姓還幸運，因為我們有「阿彌陀佛」罩著。

請記得要披甲護身和結界。師尊慈悲傳下許多法門供我們受灌頂修持，從瑤池金母心咒、高王觀世音真經、大救難咒、上師心咒到孔雀明王心咒等等。

配上好的生活習慣，我們就能做好有形和無形的保護措施，好好地迎春接福。

新春不說掃興話，但人要避得了凶才能趨吉，所以看風水時，永遠是先化煞，才催旺，看八字也是先解決客人的問題，才開運。

我在這裡祝福大家：竹報平安，新春如意。

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That day after my last 2019 Feng Shui audit, the client gave me this red packet. She had seen me thrice, and observed that I wore this peacock brooch every time. So she specially gave me this red packet with a peacock motif.

How adorable of her.

This brooch of mine is no ordinary peacock. It is the throne of Mahamayuri, bought by Shifu at Taipei’s Zhong Guan Hall. He said, we are bound to meet people from all walks of life in our work, and in the homes we do Feng Shui audits for, the energies can be very clashing to our bodies. So I must protect myself well, to benefit both myself and my clients.

This brooch is also personally consecrated and blessed by my Grandmaster, Living Buddha Lian-Sheng, at the Mahamayuri Homa Ceremony.

My Grandmaster expounded:

Mahamayuri represents three Buddhas -

Mahamayuri is the sambhogakaya of Shakyamuni Buddha because in one of his previous lives, Shakyamuni reincarnated as the Peacock King.

Mahamayuri is the nirmanakaya of Amitabha Buddha. According to the Amitabha Sutra, there are jivajivakas, peacocks, parrots, and kalavinkas in the Western Pure Land. The peacocks are the nirmanakaya of Amitabha Buddha.

Mahamayuri's appearance is one and the same as Mahavairocana's, very dignified. The Mahavairocana crown that Mahamayuri wears signifies Her origin is Mahavairocana and that She is the nisyandakaya of Mahavairocana.

Because Mahamayuri embodies the integrated Dharma power of these three Buddhas, She is even able to change predestined karma, which otherwise would be impossible to avoid. Therefore, Her power is enormous and infinite.

(information from www.tbsn.org/english2)

The peacock is able to eat poison, and has no fear of posionous animals like centipedes, snakes and scorpions. In fact, the more poison it eats, the more beautiful its feathers become, and its body will radiate with light.

Because it's the wishes of Shifu, I have been wearing this brooch ever since my debut. Every time I see a client, I wear it to increase my ability to bestow blessings on the client.

Reading about the recent Wuhan virus, I was reminded of 2003 when SARS hit Singapore.

I was still in SQ as a flight stewardess at that time. Every day when I read the papers or watch the news, it would be about how many had died from SARS, and how many are infected.

It was depressing.

When I went for my flights, I worried if I would be the next infected one. What if I became like that ex-flight attendant who brought SARS into Singapore, killing some of her family?

My work luck had always been good. During the SARS period, SQ cancelled many flights, but I was still flying everywhere and even got called up for a Paris flight while on standby. My salary didn't went down at all. *don't know whether to cry or to laugh...

The killing sins of sentient beings are too many and have went overboard, hence in the past decades, there are many new strains of diseases that originated from animals, spreading to humans. This is the retribution of humans.

I advise everybody not to be greedy. The usual meat consumption of poultry, fishes and other farm-bred livestock are already sufficient. Do not eat wildlife out of silly curiosity or nonsensical adventures.

Greedy people never come to a good end.

In Chinese Metaphysics, bats are like rats. So if this Wuhan virus indeed originated from bats and rat-like animals, due to clashes with the Metal Rat year, the damage from this virus will be devastating. Let me tell you this, even if it gets contained, there will be another super virus very soon.

Feng Shui wise, do not place medication (TCM or Western, supplements too) on visible table tops or cabinet tops, out of convenience. Keep the medication inside the cabinets or drawers, for this will prevent frequent sickness in the family.

You would have read from the news the basic precautions you should abide by. Please take note and do it. It is kindness when you protect yourself so as to protect others.

To my Dharma brothers and sisters of True Buddha school, we are more fortunate than the common man in the street, as we have the protection of Amitabha Buddha.

Please do not neglect the Armour Protection mantra and demarcation.

Out of compassion, our Grandmaster had transmitted many Dharma practices for us to seek empowerment and cultivate, from the Root Guru Mantra, Golden Mother Mantra, High King Avalokitesvara Sutra, the Great Relief from Calamities Mantra, to the Mahamayuri Mantra etc.

With good lifestyle habits, we will be take good visible and invisible prevention measures against this virus, and herald in good fortune from the Spring season.

We Chinese do not say dampening words during Chinese New Year, but we must first evade danger before we can receive auspiciousness.

So when I audit Feng Shui, I always negate the clashing energies for my client, and then activate the good ones. For a Bazi, similarly I will first resolve the client's problems, before teaching the client how to open up his/her own door of good fortune.

I wish every one of you: peace and good health in this new year.

《光明軒》
My Abode of Illumination (English version below)

有一回，與徒弟及學生到南部的欣葉中餐館用膳，有位來自中國的女侍應生，在吾的正前方，突然冒出一句：「師父好正。」 這句突如其來的話，「驚醒」定中用膳的吾。被「驚醒」的原因，乃是其話中的那個「正」字。因為這「正」字在近代，常被用來形容女生的漂亮與美，那就是「正點」。但吾很快的就意識到，她所謂的「師父好正」，是代表吾的為人形像端正。在此要感謝那位中國同胞，「師父好正」這句贊語，將是吾一生精進的目標之一。

能得如此的殊榮，本就應歸功於，吾之根本上師，聖尊蓮生活佛，及佛教教主南無本師釋迦牟尼佛。祂們慈悲偉大的「身教」及「言教」，老早已植在吾之識田裡，只因累世的貪、嗔、癡、妒、慢、疑，滋生大片的雜草，遮蓋吾本清淨明朗的識田，行屍走肉，度日如年的荒廢吾好長的一段人生歲月啊！還好在是日已過，命已隨減的危機下，清淨又清涼的佛光，照破吾那昏天暗地的識田，讓吾之識田重新發光發熱，最終成佛離苦得樂。

多年前，有一男一女的弟子，幫吾整理一些移居前的物品。女弟子在入屋前一碰鐵門，有一種觸電的感覺，她甚感不可思議，於是問吾為何因。吾淡然地告於她，這乃多年的結界之故。她聽後依然覺得，實在不可思議。之後她就進入屋內，還不到兩步她又有另一番覺受。她哇的一聲說：「師父您的家真清淨又舒服呀！」 她其實有問那男弟子，是否有何覺受，男弟子說，這裡（指吾家）好好睡哦！是的，這不長進的男弟子，到現在依然「未醒」，且「愈越睡愈深」，已接近「來不及醒」的階段。

吾給自己居住的地方命名為「光明軒」，乃日夜持誦光明聖號、光明咒，食衣住行皆供養，佛菩薩諸神明常往來，久而久之，光明擴長又擴長，吾之居所自然就成就光明軒，清淨又舒服的光明軒。

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There was one occasion when I was dining with my disciple and student at Shin Yeh Chinese Restaurant, located at the southern part of Singapore. A female waitress of Chinese nationality was standing in front of me when she suddenly remarked, "Master is awesome!". This sudden remark "woke" me from my meditative stillness while having my meal. The reason being this word "awesome" is also often used nowadays to describe beautiful girls. Of course, I understood her meaning almost instantly. She meant to say that I portray an image of righteousness and properness. I have to thank this lady from China for her lavish praise, for her remark will be my lifetime goal, which I will diligently strive towards.

For this honour, all the credit must go to my Root Guru Master, His Holiness Living Buddha Lian-Sheng, as well as Lord Buddha, Namo Shakyamuni. Their compassionate and noble teachings through Their speech, body and mind, had long been planted in my subconsciousness. But afflictions from my past lives - greed, hatred, ignorance, jealousy, arrogance and doubt, have germinated into a huge wasteland of weeds, enshrouding the pristine nature of my consciousness.

Days feel like years and I walk around like a living dead, squandering a long period of my life! Thankfully, under the impending danger of my dwindling life span as each day passes, the pristine and refreshing illumination from the Buddhas penetrated my overcast consciousness, and my consciousness regains its Light and Radiance. That will eventually lead me to enlightenment and Buddhahood, liberating myself from sufferings and achieving eternal bliss.

Many years ago, two disciples of mine, one male and the other female, helped me to pack my belongings for house-moving. Just as the female disciple touched the metal gate, prior to entering my home, her hand felt a stream of "electric" current. She was baffled and asked me why. I nonchalantly told her that it was due to my years of demarcating the house. She was in awe after hearing my words. It sounded very unfathomable to her. After she stepped into my home, just a step or two into the house, she exclaimed, "Wah! Master, your house is filled with such pure and comfortable energies!" She went on to ask the male disciple if he felt anything. The male disciple replied that my house was a comfortable place to take a nap! Yes, this lazy disciple is still "unawakened" till now. His "slumber" is getting deeper and deeper, and it is nearing the stage that he might not "awake" in the nick of time.

I have named my home The Abode of Illumination. Day and night, I do my recitations of the Holy names and mantras of radiance. I am diligent and consistent in making offerings of food, clothing, accommodation and transport. These acts invoke the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Heavenly Beings. As such, They frequently visit my humble abode. Over time, the illumination expanded and my place naturally became the Abode of Illumination, a home that is pure, pristine and comfortable.

www.masterdaihu.com/my-abode-of-illumination/

【玳瑚師父客人見證】 《不過八月十五的預言》
The Prophecy: Not Beyond Mid-Autumn (English version below)

文 / 李季謙 女士 Written by Ms. Lee Ji Qian

撥電給玳瑚師父的那一天下午，我乘坐的德士，正駕駛在中央快速公路上。那是2006年中秋節的前兩個星期，記憶猶新。眼看我外婆的病情每況愈下，我迫切地想知道外婆還能活多久。那時的我從事空服員的工作，我擔心萬一外婆過世，我在國外無法第一時間趕回來看她最後一面，怎麽辦?

在車上，我不斷祈求玳瑚師父告訴我外婆的壽命還有多久。他不肯，他說做師父的其中一個避忌就是不算壽命，因爲很多人嘴巴說無所謂，知道答案後，心裡卻會七上八下，家人甚至會責怪師父嚇人。那時，外婆已皈依在蓮生活佛門下，我告訴師父家裡只有我和外婆是皈依的佛教徒，我很希望外婆過世時，我能夠為她做臨終關懷八小時，引導她往投極樂。

在電話的另一端，師父沉默許久，一句話也不說。我想慘了，如果師父不肯告訴我，我該如何是好？如何向公司請假？

「不過八月十五。」

什麽，師父，你說什麽？中秋節八月十五？師父，我都還沒告訴你外婆的生辰，你只知道她的名字和生肖，就能斷定嗎？

師父重覆說了一遍，並溫馨地告訴我到時遇到任何問題時，儘管撥電給他。就這樣，我們的通話結束了。

農曆八月十四的早上，在中央醫院復診時，醫生說外婆的血壓忽然降低，需要入院輸血。我便為外婆辦理入院手續，和照料外婆的女傭一直陪伴在外婆左右。幾個星期來，飛行穿梭與五大洲之間，熬夜時差，加上多次帶外婆來往醫院，每一次都花好幾個鐘頭在醫院等待，身心已疲憊不堪。我看著在病床上的外婆，輸血後她氣色開始好轉，醫生說一切穩定。外婆知道我很累，屢勸我回家休息。但師父的預言一直懸挂在我心中，本想留下來陪外婆一晚，但那天的入院來的突然，我沒準備任何衣物。那時的我住在兀蘭，離新加坡中央醫院很遠。我先生在一旁也勸我回家好好休息，才有更好的精神繼續和外婆說佛法及一同唸佛。

我猶豫著。師父為我做的預言從來沒有錯過。但外婆氣色之佳，是近幾個月從未曾有的。我這幾個月，也一直都有修法回向給外婆，可能奇跡出現了吧！

于是，農曆八月十五的淩晨一點二十分左右，我回家了。

早上十點二十分，女傭打了通電話給我。她不大會說英文，只是很情急地說外婆想見我，要我快點來醫院。我天真地以爲是外婆睡醒後，想見我。

早上十點四十五分，表姐打電話給我，哭著說外婆已過世了。那時的我，腦海裡立刻浮現師父所說的「不過八月十五。」 連半天都過不了。我的心一直往下沉。爲什麽我問了師父卻又不淨信他的話？爲什麽我沒有把師父的預言告訴我的家人？爲什麽我就不能在醫院熬多一天？生死皆天定，我怎麽不自量力地以爲自己那點修法回響就能改寫外婆的生死呢？原來人說死前的迴光返照是這麽一回事！天啊！我竟然那麽不孝，讓外婆過世時，身邊只有一個女傭，一個親人都沒有！

在醫院撥打電話給師父時，他很快就接聽了。第一句話一說完，我已泣不成聲了。師父說他一早起床，就不斷地有我外婆和我的影子，他知道事情不出他預料中，因此一直在等待我的電話。師父不但沒有怪我不夠相信他，還提醒我要為外婆做的佛事，也開導我說八月十五是月圓圓滿之日，外婆在這日離去也象徵她的一生已圓滿，她十多年的病業終于還清了，從病苦中解脫了，我應該為她高興。師父知道我性格衝動，再三叮嚀我在外婆停柩期間，勿和家人起衝突。

這也是我第二件遺憾的事。我那時學佛尚淺，包容、平等對待和處事圓融的道理，我無法實踐。我不但在外婆的遺體前爲了她的生後事，向家人耍狠，在喪禮上，因爲不苟同他們的做法，脾氣更是一「發」不可收拾。說什麽佛教徒，真是貽笑大方！我怎麽就沒有好好學師父那般的度量呢？

外婆過世後的那七天裡，家人陸續都夢到她回來和他們敍舊。唯獨我沒有。我很納悶。外婆臨終前，唯一想見的人是我，爲何卻沒托夢給我？她不是有話跟我說嗎？（其實是我多想在外婆面前跟她說萬萬個對不起。）想著，想著，我想到師父常教我在睡前的結界法，保護自己在睡夢中不被鬼魅魍魎干擾盜氣，出國在外也能平安。我睡前也必定會結界，這法非常實用也有真實的法力！

那晚，在紐約的酒店裡，我冒了一個險，沒行結界法。當晚，我就夢到自己在兒時住家附近（也是外婆的舊家）的停車場。我不知不覺走到一輛米色的「馬賽地」旁邊，低頭一看，咦，是外婆，穿著那熟悉的衣裳，坐在駕駛座位上。我叫她，以廣東話問：「婆婆，妳會駕車啊？」（外婆生前沒有駕駛執照）　她轉頭，跟我說：「幫公公皈依吧！」 我答：「皈依啊？好啊！」

我就猛然醒來了，趕緊看時間，是清晨五點多。師父曾說在早上五點至七點之間做的夢是真實的。我梳洗後，即刻撥長途電話給在新加坡的師父。外公已過世十多年，在夢裡，外婆要我為外公皈依時，我已知道他尚未投胎，生前沒聽聞過佛法，更別説往生極樂了。而當外婆提到皈依時，我心裡的直覺說她指的是皈依我們的根本上師，蓮生活佛，絕非他人。最神的是，夢裡外婆的車和家人在喪禮中焚化給她的，是一模一樣的！

師父在電話中花了一個鐘頭的時間，耐心地教導我。他說我得先回到外婆生前的居所，向那裡的祖先牌位請示外公是否真的想皈依蓮生活佛。除了攜帶外公生前愛吃的食物，我也得先上香供養家門外供奉的天公、土地神和門神，祈求祂們允許我外公的魂魄入屋。

回囯後的隔天，我和兩位表姪女一起到外婆家，一一跟著師父的指示照做。我們三人上了香，跪在祖先牌位前，呼叫外公時，不可思議的事情發生了！刹那間，我們三人同時感覺到有股強烈的陰氣從我們背後的大門進來，再看到一個黑影從我們身旁快速地飃過，到祖先牌位的供桌上，頓時，我們全身都起了雞皮疙瘩。卜杯請示外公是否要皈依蓮生活佛時，連續得了三個聖杯！我的夢是真實的！師父教的真管用！

當下，我既讚嘆又感恩玳瑚師父，是他引我皈依蓮生活佛。在他之前，我根本沒聼過蓮生活佛的盛名。因爲我的皈依，我好幾個家人也皈依。師父常說死人的眼睛是雪亮的。外公生前非常疼愛我，沒想到，我和外婆的皈依也會讓他想向佛了！我是多麽的雀躍啊！我讚嘆師父那麽好眼光，有福份，一生只皈依一個上師，而且是一位已開悟成佛的上師，怪不得師父的本領那麽了得。我更感恩他不辭辛勞地廣揚佛法，讓我們這些門外漢能學到人生最大的一件事到底是什麽。

我是一個差勁的弟子，脾氣又不好，兩次被師父「停學」，每一次長達半年，更曾被沒收所有的筆記和課本。但在「停學」期間，師父仍慈悲教導我如何處理外婆的生後事。可能你覺得他是修行人，是玄學師父，不給他錢，他仍然應該幫你消災解厄，給他錢，他更要幫你逢凶化吉。我的看法卻是，自己的問題本來就應該自己解決。沒有人是「應該」幫你的，師父也不是一個你能用錢買的人，更不可以因爲師父沒有幫你這一次或看法不一，便因「愛」成「恨」，來個「秦始王燒書」 般地把過去師父幫過自己的恩都忘得一乾二淨，再來個翻臉不認「師」。這般無情無義的人我看的實在太多了。

這兩天趕緊將這篇個人見證寫完，並翻譯，已此供養玳瑚師父為他的「生日」禮物。農曆八月十五是玳瑚師父皈依真佛之日。他常說這一天才是他真正的生日，皈依學佛前的日子懵懂無意，虛度光陰，貴為佛子後，自己才真正「活」起來，成爲有智慧有貢獻的能人。兒子的事業這麽有意義，我想師父的父母一定會以他為榮。

如果你也像我一樣，曾經請示過師父，卻在信與不信之間進退兩難，希望我這篇文章能給你一點啓發，更盼你不會有我這般的遺憾。

祝大家中秋節快樂。

我在此也誠心地祝玳瑚師父「生日」快樂。謝謝您在無止境的萬難中，仍堅持帶給我們光明。我祈禱，願您的一生有如今晚的月輪一樣地美麗、圓滿、吉祥，願您早日修成正果，速登彼岸。阿彌陀佛。

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It was one afternoon in the year 2006, 2 weeks from the Mid-Autumn Festival. I was travelling along the Central Expressway in a cab when I made a call to Master Dai Hu. The memory was still fresh. My grandmother's health was deteriorating by the day, and I desperately wanted to know how much longer she could hold on. I was working as a flight attendant at that time, and the fear was that I might be overseas and not able to see her the final time when she breathed her last.

During the taxi ride, I pleaded incessantly for Master Dai Hu to answer my burning question. He refused. He said that as a Master, it was a taboo to predict one's life span because the answer would drive many towards anxiety and hysteria, even when they seemed nonchalant initially. At that time, my grandmother had already taken refuge under Living Buddha Lian-Sheng, and I told Master Dai Hu that since my grandmother and myself were the only Buddhists who had taken refuge in the family, I really hoped to provide some form of hospice care, and perform the proper rites during the crucial 8-hour time window after her passing to guide her towards rebirth into the Pure Land.

There was total silence on the other end of the line for a long time. Master Dai Hu did not utter a single sound. I was doomed, I thought to myself, if Master refused to tell me, what should I do? How could I apply for leave of absence from my employer?

"It would not be beyond the fifteenth day of the Eighth Lunar Month". Finally the silence was broken.

What, Master, what did you just? You meant the Mid-Autumn Festival? But I had not even tell you the birth date and time of my grandmother. You only knew her name and Chinese Zodiac Sign, how could you be so sure?

Master Dai Hu repeated his prediction again, and told me warmly that I could call him anytime if I encountered any problem. With that, our conversation ended.

This was the fourteenth day of the Eighth Lunar Month. The doctor told me that Grandma's blood count suffered a drastic drop, and had to be admitted to hospital for a blood transfusion. After I had done the paper works for the admittance, I stayed with her, together with her maid. I was totally physically and mentally exhausted. Flying around the world had taken its toll on me, with the late nights and jet lags, not to mention the many hospital trips I made with Grandmother over the past few weeks and every hospital visit spanned over a few hours. I looked at Grandma who was lying on her hospital bed. She looked much better after the blood transfusion and the doctor said all was well. Grandma knew I was washed out and kept asking me to go home and rest. Master Dai Hu's prediction was constantly on my mind. I had wanted to stay for one more night to accompany Grandma but the hospital admission that day was unexpected and I did not prepare any overnight bag. I was staying at Woodlands at that time and it was far from SGH. My husband who was by my side advised me to go home to rest too as he felt that I needed to be in a better condition to continue sharing the Dharma and reciting the Buddha's name with Grandma.

I hesitated. Master's predictions for me always rang true. But my Grandma looked quite good, something which I have not seen in months. Furthermore, I have been doing spiritual practices and dedicating the merits to her. Perhaps a miracle had happened!

At about 120am on the fifteenth day of the Eighth Lunar Month, I went home.

My phone rang at 1020am. It was the maid. She was not really conversant in English but told me anxiously that Grandma wanted to see me, and asked if I was on the way. I naively shrugged it off, thinking it might just be Grandma wanting to see me after her sleep.

Another phone call came in at 1045am, the sobbing and muffled voice of my cousin on the other end, telling me that Grandma had passed away. At that very moment, the words of Master "Not beyond the fifteenth day of the Eighth Lunar Month" reverberated through me. My heart sank to the rock bottom. Why did I ask Master for his prediction when I was not prepared to have complete faith in him? Why had I not told this prediction to my family members? Why could I not just stay in hospital with Grandma for that one more night? Life and death are both predestined. How could I think so highly of myself and believe that meagre merits from my spiritual practice was sufficient to rewrite her fate? Now I realized the truth in the saying that a person before his or her imminent death would look as if he or she is well. Goodness gracious! I was so unfilial to had left Grandma alone, on her death bed with no family member but only the maid beside her!

I phoned Master Dai Hu at the hospital and he answered very quickly. Once the first words were spoken, I had already broken down in sobs. Master said that he woke up early that morning with a premonition. He kept "seeing" images of my Grandma and myself, and knew in an instant that his prediction had prevailed and had been waiting for my call. Not only did Master not reprimand me for not having enough faith in him, he even reminded me on the list of things to do for Grandma's funeral. He counseled me, saying that for Grandma to bade this world farewell on the fifteenth day of the Eighth Lunar Month, it signified that she had lived a full and complete life, and that her karmic debt of suffering from illnesses the past 10 over years had finally been repaid. He said I should be glad that Grandma had been released from her pains and sufferings. Master was well aware of my rash temperament, and reminded me many times not to squabble with the family members during the funeral wake.

This has to be the other regrettable thing in this episode. My understanding of the Dharma was shallow then, and I did not practice the ways of endurance, equality, and did not consider the feelings of others in handling things. Not only did I pressurize my family members over the arrangements of Grandma's funeral, my bad temper flared uncontrollably during the funeral as I was not in agreement with the rest of the family members. All this talk about being a Buddhist turned me into a laughing stock! Why could I not learn from Master, who was and still is always so magnanimous and gracious?

During the seven-day period after Grandma's passing, many family members dreamed of her continually. I was the only one not to have seen her in my dreams. This was very puzzling for me. At the time of her passing, Grandma was calling out for me. Why did she not appear in my dreams? Did she not have anything to say to me? (Truthfully, I wanted very much to say a million sorry to her in person). As I was pondering over this matter, I remembered a demarcation method taught to me by Master, to protect myself against spirits stealing my life essence and disrupting my sleep, and to stay safe while I was overseas. This demarcation was something I always did before going to bed, and it really proved itself as a useful and powerful Dharma practice.

That night, in my hotel room in New York, I took a risk and forgo the demarcation procedure before I slept. That very night, I dreamed of Grandma! I was at the car park, near my childhood residence (also near Grandma's previous residence). I was walking along a pavement and ended up beside a cream-coloured Mercedes Benz. I looked down, and there she was! My Grandma was wearing her usual clothing and seated in the driver's seat. I called out to her and asked in Cantonese, "Grandma, you know how to drive?" Grandma did not have a driving license when she was alive. She turned to speak to me, "Help your Grandfather to take refuge!" I answered, "Take refuge? Ok!"

I jolted out from sleep, and hurriedly looked at the clock. It was five plus in the morning. Master once said that dreams occurring between 5am - 7am were real. I washed up, and called Master who was in Singapore immediately. My Grandfather has been dead for more than 10 years. In my dream, when Grandma wanted me to take refuge for Grandfather, I knew then that Grandfather had yet to go through reincarnation. He did not hear the Dharma during his lifetime, so he could not have been reborn into the Pure Land. When Grandma spoke of taking refuge, my intuition told me that she was referring to our Root Guru, Living Buddha Lian-Sheng, whom we took refuge in, and no one else. The next amazing thing was that the car in which Grandma was seated in the dream looked exactly the same as the one the family members burnt as an offering to her during the funeral!

Master spent an hour on the phone with me, patiently guiding me. He said I needed to return to my Grandma's house and seek answers from the ancestors at the ancestral tablet if my Grandfather really wanted to take refuge in Living Buddha Lian-Sheng. Other than preparing my Grandfather's favorite snacks, I had to offer incense and other offerings to the Jade Emperor, the Earth Deity as well as the Door Guardians, who were enshrined outside my Grandma's home, and request for smooth entry of my Grandfather's spirit into the house.

A few days upon my return to Singapore, I went to my Grandma's house, together with my two nieces. I followed Master's instruction to the tee. The three of us offered incense, knelt down in front of the ancestral tablet and called for my Grandfather. Something extraordinary happened next! In the flash of an eye, the 3 of us felt a strong Yin energy coming in from the main door, and witnessed a black shadowy figure slid past us in speed, and onto the ancestral tablet. Momentarily, our hair stood on end and all of us felt goosebumps on our skins. When I threw the divination blocks and asked if it was Grandfather's wish to take refuge in Living Buddha Lian-Sheng, the answer was positive with three consecutive yes! My dream was real after all! The method which Master taught really worked well!

Instantly, I was in awe, and at the same time, extremely grateful to Master Dai Hu. He was the one who guided me to take refuge in Living Buddha Lian-Sheng. Before that, I never hear of Him. Because of my taking refuge, a few of my family members followed suit. Master often said that the dead had the brightest eyes. Grandfather doted on me very much when he was alive, and never did I expect Grandfather to follow my Grandma and I in taking refuge and seek the Dharma. I was totally elated! I praised Master for his foresight, and his great fortune of taking refuge in a one and only one Guru Master, one who had attained perfect Enlightenment. It is no wonder that Master Dai Hu has such great skills too. I am also grateful for his relentless pursuits to propagate the Dharma, enabling layman like us to learn, understand and prepare for the biggest event of our life.

I am a lousy disciple with bad temperament. Twice, I was booted out by Master and not allowed to learn from him for as long as 6 months. My notes and books were confiscated. However, even when I did not see Master during those periods, he showed compassion and guided me through the ordeal of my Grandma's passing. Perhaps you might think that it is his duty as a spiritual practitioner and Chinese metaphysicist to show compassion and help others in need even if no money is paid to him, and if money is paid, all the more he should help the clients out of their troubles.

My take on this: We must take responsibility for our own problems. No one owe us any form of help or assistance. And Master Dai Hu is definitely not someone you can buy with money. If he does not render his help to you or both of you have a different opinion on certain issues, you cannot go from having admiration to bearing resentment towards him over that. I have seen too many ungrateful people who erase all the memories of the good that Master had once done for them, pretty much like how Emperor Qin burnt the books, with no trace left and turned their backs on Master, like they had never known him.

Over the last two days, I rushed to complete this testimonial as a present to Master Dai Hu on his "birthday". It was this auspicious day, the fifteenth day of the Eighth Lunar Month, that Master Dai Hu took refuge in True Buddha and became a Buddhist. He often said that this day felt more like his real birthday. Before learning the Dharma and taking refuge, he led a life of meaningless existence, squandering away youth and time. Only when he became a Buddhist did he truly come to life, begin to live in wisdom and gain great ability, while making useful and meaningful contributions to the society. With such a noble career, I guess his parents must be very proud of having a son like him.

If you are to be in my shoes one day, having asked Master for advice but still teetering on the border and unsure if you should believe him, I hope my story will inspire you and not let you suffer the same regrets as I did.

Wishing everyone a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival.

And I genuinely wish Master Dai Hu a "Happy Birthday". Thank you for bringing the Light to us, despite the endless obstacles you constantly battle. I pray that your life will be as beautiful, complete and auspicious as the full moon tonight. May you soon attain the fruit of perfect and complete Enlightenment. Amituofo.

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