【賺良心錢 - 懺悔才免業來攻】
Meet 蓮花 Happy.
It was one of the rare times I engaged in a conversation with the cab driver.
As usual, I was under instruction to continue the conversation with the driver, after Shifu hopped off the cab.
I asked if he was born in XXX.
Slightly surprised, the driver asked how I knew.
I explained to him why he got into driving taxis for a living, and preferred to operate on a particular shift.
He peered at me through the rear view mirror, and exclaimed,
"You and the gentleman are Feng Shui masters?!"
"He is the Feng Shui master, I am his disciple, a Feng Shui practitioner."
I went on to mention about his affinity with dogs.
The driver paused, before saying, "You're right. I used to look after many dogs."
I was about to continue rattling, and then something struck me.
"Wait...many dogs? Do you mean you used to run a puppy mill?"
"Yes, about 3-4 years ago."
"Oh my goodness! Why did you do that? That is killing!"
"The opportunity came by at that time, and I thought, why not?"
"To have affinity with dogs is one thing. Based on your Bazi, your money isn't going to come from dogs. You got into the wrong industry. Even if your puppy mill was initially profitable, you would eventually run into a lot of problems and have difficulties operating the business. 這一點點錢賺得很辛苦。"
He nodded his head.
"Yes, the first 1-2 years were still okay. But along the way, problems and expenses just kept increasing. So I eventually closed it down."
"You shouldn't have gotten greedy in the first place. A puppy mill is inhumane. Dogs are forcefully kept captive in poor conditions to be money making machines. That is a sin in itself. Who likes to be locked up like that? When dogs or puppies die due to your negligence or put down due to illness, you are committing the sin of killing. Do you know how heavy the price to pay for killing is?"
"I have indeed caused a number of dogs to die at that time..."
"You're too naive and shortsighted. One consequence of killing is your children will either fall sick very often or be very hard to teach. No matter what you say or do, they do not listen to you."
"My children are okay, health wise. The first two are born before my puppy mill business. Only thing is my third child...he is extremely naughty and very hard to teach...We sometimes also don't know what to do with him."
Before getting off the cab, I asked for a piece of paper from him and wrote the short Mantra for Rebirth to Pureland:
往生淨土,超生出苦,
南無阿彌陀佛,
南無阿彌陀佛,
南無阿彌陀佛。
If he knows the full Rebirth to Pureland Mantra 《拔一切業障根本得生淨土陀羅尼》(commonly known as 往生咒), he can also recite that everyday 7, 21, 49 or 108 times.
Imagine the people who buy cute puppies from the taxi driver...
There are many adorable puppies who turned out to be sickly dogs like Happy, either with genetic skin issues, or due to poor breeding/a sickly mother dog that has overproduced. You know, things that only the vet tells you, but not the puppy seller.
I see more pet owners being poor caretakers than responsible ones.
Sometimes they do not have the time and patience.
When the dog outgrows its cuteness and becomes more susceptible to diseases, many owners would choose to put it down.
They find taking care of a temperamental and sickly dog expensive and tiring.
That is how the negative karma of puppy mill owners snowballs, for every puppy that is mistreated due to its poor breeding. They commit the sins of killing, lying to the consumers and stealing from the consumer.
There is an affinity reason why such a dog will end up in your family, and you having to foot its increasing medical bills. 前世怨親債主,這世來你家中住,祂慢慢討,你慢慢還。
If you make the decision to terminate its life prematurely, on the pretext of ending its suffering, it is still killing.
The dog has its own karmic reasons why it is infested with diseases.
If it finishes its run this lifetime naturally, that's one karmic consequence done and dealt with. And perhaps it will enjoy a better rebirth next life.
However, when you play God and cut short its illness suffering, this unpaid karmic debt will likely be carried forward to its next rebirth. The pet may also bear hatred towards you and its continued invisible presence will affect your family.
Same goes for people who commit suicide, because they do not wish to suffer from their illness anymore.
I hate to break this to you, but there's no such thing as doggy heaven. That is merely a term of self-solace and self-deception.
Dogs belong to the animal realm in the Six Realms of Reincarnation. In some cases, people who have been disloyal or unfaithful are reborn as dogs in the Animal Realm. Once banished into the Animal Realm, it is extremely hard for them to achieve the human form again.
If you believe in Buddhism, one way you can help your dog is let it take refuge in the Three Jewels.
Happy is a blind toy poodle born with genetic disorder. Its owners had spent about $10K on its surgery and other medical bills.
(Pet insurance is always a good idea...you never know what kind of dog you are getting...)
Its owner has helped it taken refuge in my Grandmaster Living Buddha Lian Sheng, 聖尊蓮生活佛 since it was a puppy.
When the pet takes refuge in Buddhism, a seed of Dharma is planted in its consciousness, and there will be a chance for it to hear the wondrous teachings of the Dharma. As it learns the teachings of the Buddha in subsequent rebirths, it will awaken its Buddha nature and veer towards the virtuous path.
Consistent repentance and accumulating merits is still key to helping Happy break out from the Animal Realm this lifetime and resolving the karmic debt between the owner and the puppy.
If the owner is devoted and diligent, let the love for your dog extend beyond superficial belly rubs and pats. Recite more mantras and/or sutras and dedicate to its next rebirth in a better realm. Reverse its tragic destiny of being born as animal that humans make use of as a money tree.
Also, for good Feng Shui, I don't recommend keeping dogs. I have seen how a client's business got pulled down when he decided, against my word, to keep dogs as pets.
Not every Bazi is suitable to live with dogs, cats, hamsters or fishes.
A home with an altar should not keep pets either, as the filth from pets will affect the energies of the altar.
As a Buddhist, a secular responsibility like this will rob you of precious time and life that you should have spent on your spiritual cultivation.
Don't casually buy pets as gifts. A dog lover does not always equal to a responsible caretaker.
If you aren't good at taking care of them, all the more you shouldn't have them, least you contribute to its death.
But if you already do, I do not recommend putting them down or throwing them to SPCA, in the name of good Feng Shui.
Nor should you chuck the heavy burden of pet care to your parents. It is already tough to repay the debt of gratitude to our parents. This will just compound the debt of interest payable and take a toil on our parents, especially when certain breeds are more needy in nature.
Responsibility is still important, after all, to you, it is just a pet. But to the pet, you are its whole world. #護生
Resolve the debt of karma this lifetime. Don't let it escalate to another unimaginable debt of enemity next lifetime.
puppy mill 在 Thanuja Ananthan Facebook 的最佳貼文
Finally some time to write! My animal posts can never be short 😂.
This is Sassy & Kayabun at 4 months.Sassy at 4months( now) , is the same size as 1 year old Kaya 😂
Been receiving many DM’s about Sassy.Sassy is my nephew’s(nickname Poochi) German Sheperd pup.So no,I did not purchase her guys.Kaya as you all know,is my rescue from a jungle in Kajang.
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I am ALL for #adoptdontshop & not shopping puppies from breeders,pet stores in hopes of crushing the puppy mill trade( pls google if you are in the dark on puppy mills!) & saving as many strays from our streets.If you have followed my journey, you know this is an issue very close to my heart.From Nala (17 yrs) ,Sheeba (13yrs) & now Kaya 😊
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Sassy comes from a family who take such great care & love their dogs(Sassy’s parents).She lived in a house with her siblings & parents.I made a personal visit & can confirm where she comes from is not a puppy mill.
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Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against pure breed dogs(hate using that term😒) Dogs are dogs! Ok,strays are a lil more grateful😉. I am not trying to impose my beliefs on anyone here.The facts are out there for everyone to see & know.The number of strays suffering in our streets is part of our daily lives.Some acknowledge & act ,others simply turn a blind eye.Please please be educated on their plight ▫️▫️▫️
I have sinced educated Poochi on the plight of our stray animals here in Malaysia.He is only 8 & just migrated back from Ireland.Once I finished he said, “My next dog will be a rescue like Kaya amayi “ 💪🏼😍. Regardless of where they come from, we love our black wolf🐺 & teddy🐻 just the same ❤️ 🐶🐶
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#adoptdontshop
#rescueisstillmyfavouritebreed
#kayabun
#sassygirl
#kaya
#sassy
P/S : Sticker strategically placed to guard Kayabunny’s shameless girlhood parade 🙈
puppy mill 在 謙預 Qianyu.sg Facebook 的最佳解答
【愚人算命,智人改命】
"Does your child have an irregular heartbeat or a hole in his heart?"
I asked my client, after glancing at her son's Bazi.
Back in July, I wrote a post on the terrifying Kawasaki disease among young children. It got 75 shares.
That post attracted more parents with children of various health issues, to contact me in the past months.
My client replied, no abnormality was detected at birth.
3 weeks later, when I was analysing her Bazi, she told me her son's recent echocardiogram revealed a hole in his heart.
The doctor said it was very likely due to a birth defect, and not the Kawasaki disease that the son was recovering from.
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When I heard it, gratitude and admiration for my Shifu rose in my heart.
He was the teacher, who showed me how to identify if a Bazi had heart issues.
Shifu often chided me for having it too easy when it comes to learning Chinese Metaphysics. #Shifusostrict #wheregoteasy
After Shifu's father, a well-respected geomancer & TCM practitioner, passed away, Shifu had to go the rocky route of verifying everything he learnt and discovered on his own.
In his late 20s, he spent a good 2 years knocking on doors of HDB flats, to read people's Bazi and audit home Feng Shui for free, in Yishun, Chong Pang, Woodlands, Khatib, Admiralty, Tanjong Pagar and Ang Mo Kio estates.
Cladded in jeans and a T-shirt, with a backpack and a box file, Shifu would painstakingly analyse any Bazi and Chinese name given to him.
#whyhenocomeBukitHoSwee
Doors slammed on his face, dogs barked at him, old people shunned him, threats of calling the police were hurled at him.
There were also kind-hearted souls who gave Shifu an angpow as a token of their appreciation, or offered him dinner.
Every time Shifu reached home, he would be starving and perspiring like a polar bear.
One guy student (my senior) went door knocking with Shifu once, and was scared to go again the next day.
Shifu sometimes misses those days, and thinks none of us would do it with him. He said it was excellent on-the-ground training for you never know what you are going to get.
I volunteered myself.
I used to do door-to-door surveys for a market research company in my undergrad days.
But Shifu said I'm cotton candy soft and would run away the next day like his student. 😟
Till this day, Shifu still has clients from his HDB knocking days.
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Behind every good Feng Shui master, there are many untold stories of pain and sacrifice for him to achieve that level of mastery.
Few people cared about that.
Too many people waste too much time looking at us up and down suspiciously, and disregarding Chinese Metaphysics as old wives' tale.
They do not have the patience and scientific intelligence to suss out the real from the fakes. So they take one bamboo pole and whack the whole boat upside down.
The opportunity cost for them, however, is the chance to turn around their children's lives.
Many parents tell me: As a parent, I naturally want the best for my child.
True for some of them. Lying through the teeth for others. #連自己都騙
Not all parents love their children. Not all parents make sensible decisions.
Sometimes, wanting the best and doing their best mean two different universes.
There are clients who wanted me to read their children's Bazi, but their spouse object. Despite the clients having positive results.
A workshop participant was experiencing a problem during her pregnancy. I peeked into her family future, and I realise the problem at hand is just the tip of the iceberg.
I told her to look for my Shifu. He would have the merits to bail her family out from their difficult future, before it is too late.
She didn't.
She was confident about Shifu's skills in Wealth Feng Shui, read that he had helped a client's father recover from cancer but she had never read anything of his abilities in helping an unborn child from his testimonials.
#facepalm #whydidntsheask
Another lady didn't want to implement my Feng Shui recommendations for her child. She told it would be difficult.
I looked into her eyes as she spoke. Liar. She didn't want to spend money on the mini renovation for her least favourite child.
(By looking at the parent's and child's Bazi, it is easy to tell which child the parent favours.)
I spent a good 20 minutes, explaining again the adverse effects the room Feng Shui had on her child's future. It was already rearing its ugly head. Her disciplinary action had never worked and will never work, given such Feng Shui.
I reminded her the duty of a responsible parent. I didn't mince my words. You know me.
I could have just taken my fees and go. Who care what you want to do with your child's future? It's your child, your problem, not mine.
But coming from a single-parent family, not only do I care about children development, I am deeply concerned about what my motherland will become when these children grow up.
We already have a plummeting birth rate.
Every child's future saved, is one less problem for our society, and one more superhero for Singapore.
Let's not have too many broken adults, when we can build strong and compassionate children.
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The moment the child is conceived, with both parents' Bazi on hand, a competent Chinese Metaphysics practitioner can foretell the development of the foetus.
E.g. will the foetus have Down syndrome or other medical condition?
Will the mother experience miscarriage?
Will the foetus grow healthily?
How difficult will the pregnancy be for the mother?
How will the family fortune change?
What can the parents do?
If the practitioner had audited the home Feng Shui, more potential problems will be identified early in time, and resolved before it manifest in the pregnancy.
We are what we live in.
Some home Feng Shui problems handicap the couple from having a faithful and fulfilling marriage, including the lack of children.
Some Bazi, on the other hand, experience a downturn in their fates, after having children.
In cases I have seen where parents have sickly children, some causes are parents who committed much killing.
E.g. running a puppy mill, a fishing farm, a prawning facility.
The other day, I had a client who had a Down syndrome child. I applauded her determination in giving birth to the child. Her husband, however, wanted to abort.
My advice to any parent who want to kill their flesh and blood, because it's not up to their standard:
Don't even think about it.
Some children are our karmic debtors. When they come as sickly offspring, it means the debt you owe them require a long and intensive effort to repay.
If you kill your child, the karmic debt you owe your child will escalate. It will NOT disappear.
An aborted baby stays around to haunt his parents. For as long as the parents live. Or until the baby had taken vengeance.
No such thing as the killed baby vanishing into thin air after some time.
Violence never bring permanent peace.
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"When should we do a Bazi reading for our child?"
As soon as possible.
It is already difficult enough to raise a child, with both parents working.
Money is never enough. Time is never sufficient. Sleep is always lacking.
When we know how to help our children with their Bazi needs, the mutual understanding strengthens. We solve the problem right at the root, in the quickest time possible.
No more second guessing. No more quarrels.
Better performing children, happier parents.
As a mother, if I wish to get our child's Bazi read, my husband would have no chance to obstruct me from planning our child's future. (Not that my darling would.)
Because I'm also a 50% stakeholder, and I sacrifice my figure to carry our child in my uterus for freaking 9 months, shouldn't I have some say too? Not like I would blindly choose any Tom, Dick or Harry to read our child's Bazi. At most, I use my own money. 😄
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Any loving parent would wish to live to a ripe old age, to take care of the Down syndrome child.
From a Chinese Metaphysics point of view, if the child is at a very tender age, it is easier to minimise the impact of the extra chromosome, through Bazi analysis and Feng Shui.
What do we hope to achieve?
Better temperament. Better health. Improved social skills. Able to articulate better. Able to function as independently as possible. Attract more benefactors. Etc.
Aiming to live to 100 years old to take care of the child may be noble.
If you ask me, giving the child a positive environment to change his destiny is a wiser and more practical move.
But first, let's start with educating the parents on the wisdom behind Chinese Metaphysics.
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