Extracted from Gm's book 216 pages 98-101.
Question: Lots of girls went for abortions, they are now very regretful. What should they do?
My answer: Abortion equals to Killing. Killing is the foremost Precept, like killing father、 mother、Arhat、Sangha、Buddha.
This is unpardonable crime. Sentenced to Timeless Hell kind of crime.
How do you know that the fetus of today can be a future Buddha、Arhat、Sangha.
How do you know the fetus coming to be born is your father/mother from previous life or this life.
Based on these, Abortion is a Heavy Crime.
I believe that as long as its a life, we do not kill. This is Buddha's Great compassionate Boddhicitta.
Not only don't kill but must release or save lives.
GM raise examples from recorded Buddhist text to enumerate the severity level of killing in various situation.
Suicide & self inflict/mutilate injuries are the same as Killing.
When a girl tasted forbidden fruit & got pregnant but unable to give birth, so opted for abortion. This is crime of taking life. Regret already? What to do?
I said: the only way is to bardo deliver the fetus spirit to Pureland. When & only when the fetus spirit reaches Pureland then the girl has no more penalty.
Who can do this? Only High Priest can, & I, Living Buddha is one.
There is this girl, lying sick in bed. When night falls, there were about 6-7 children circling her bed & singing: RETURN MY LIFE!
She knew she has sin & request my doing ritual for bardo delivery of the fetus spirits. After these rituals, the spirits no longer disturb her & she also recovered from her illness.
I set up Fetus Spirits Villa in Seattle's Rainbow Villa to settle fetus spirits. Regularly doing dedication, offerings & etc until they leave for Pureland.
The ones that abort the fetus can also set up shrine for offerings & dedication too.
These benefit those alive & deceased too.
Amituofo
Lotuschef
TBS
Pure Karma Vihara
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