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An elixir cannot cure illnesses due to karmic retributions
妙藥難醫冤孽病 - 第139集
海賢老和尚給我們做了證明,他在十八歲的時候,腿上長了一個毒瘡,他的母親求醫找藥,什麼醫生什麼藥都治不好。他明白了,說了一句話,「妙藥難醫冤孽病」,他曉得這個病是冤孽。跟他媽媽講,不要求醫,不要找藥,他一心一意念觀音菩薩。
Great Master Hai Xian had proven to us that an elixir cannot cure illnesses due to karmic retributions. His leg developed a carbuncle when he was eighteen, so his mother went all out to seek medical treatment and look for medicines for him. However, all her attempts were futile because no doctors and medicines were able to treat her son’s sore leg. The Great Master then came to understand that his illness was due to past karmic misdeeds, so he said, “An elixir cannot cure illnesses due to karmic retributions.” He asked his mother to stop seeking medical treatment and looking for medicines as he had decided to wholeheartedly chant the name of Avalokitêśvara Bodhisattva.
念了一個多月,這個毒瘡自然就好了,不藥而愈。所以,他對於觀音菩薩的感應一點懷疑都沒有,無論在什麼狀況之下,求菩薩決定有感應。我們今天求好像沒有感應,不是沒有感應,是我們求的這個心不清淨,有雜念,不是真誠心,恭敬也不到位,這就是障礙。沒有障礙,記住,真誠、清淨、恭敬。
After chanting the Bodhisattva’s name for over a month, his sore was naturally healed without taking medicines. That’s why he had not the slightest doubt about Avalokitêśvara Bodhisattva’s response. No matter what the situation was, his request would surely receive a response from the Bodhisattva. Today, it seems that there is no response to our request. It is not that there is no response, but it is because we have been seeking with an impure mind (we have distracting thoughts), and our sincerity and respect are not enough. These are posing barriers to our requests. If we want our request to be free from obstacles, we must remember to seek a response with a sincere, pure and respectful mind.