Patriarch Damo [Boddhi Dharma 菩提达摩] said to the Emperor when ask whether his charitable works have merits or not: Don’t have!
Emperor: Why?
Patriarch Damo: Because you always brag about these works, seeking recognition and adulation.
All facebook die-hard fans should have noticed by now that someone always post messages that he has Bore Negative Karma for everyone & at times even show photos of injuries to certain part of his body.
I have seen these before at a temple where they worship the Guards of Underworld called ‘Tua Ya Peh’. I saw the person who has the spirit in him whips himself with a long and mean whip, causing slashes of skin and even flesh to split and bleed.
Another one scald himself with a bunch of lighted joss-sticks, front and back.
This is mutilating one’s body and against Precept of harming one’s body which is Hurting/Killing Buddha, as we are potential Buddhas.
My point is that after knowing GM’s teachings and being close to GM, this person should stop mutilating his body in the name of bearing others’ negatives upon himself.
What does he hopes to gain?
When you are motivated by rewards/returns, then like the Emperor mentioned above, there’s no merit.
The worse scenario is that one draws further and further from GM and Dharma.
Dear fellow Dharma brethren & all readers do not admire those that draw attention to themselves by mutilating their bodies and bragging about it.
Buddha has already said that torturing one’s body and depriving one’s body of nourishment to stay healthy is not the TRUE PATH.
We need a healthy body to cultivate in order to save self as well as others.
Amituofo / Lotuschef / Pure Karma / True Buddha School
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