Transforming Karma: Teachings from Teacher Practitioner Xia Lianju

The Heavy Burden of Unresolved Debts

Throughout our accumulated lifetimes, we have created an immeasurable amount of negative karma. Much of this remains unpaid and unrequited. If one were to look into the underworld, the complaints filed before the Ten Kings of Hell would be as vast as mountains, each one a testament to the blood and tears shed by those we have harmed. The suffering we experience in any single lifetime is merely a tiny fraction of this total debt. When we consider the countless debts still waiting to be settled, combined with the new negative karma we continue to create, one must ask: when will this cycle ever end?

While it is true that all phenomena are illusory and arise from Causal Conditions, the laws of karma and cause and effect are not empty. As the ancient teaching states: "Even after a hundred thousand kalpas, the karma one has created does not vanish. When the Causal Conditions meet, the fruits of that karma will be borne by oneself." The consequences of our actions do not simply disappear into thin air. The weight of this reality is truly a source of profound suffering.

The Urgent Call for Active Transformation

I urge the fourfold assembly to be extremely cautious and refrain from creating any new negative karma. For the average practitioner, the standard approach is to let old karma fade away naturally as conditions arise. However, for those of you at Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, this is not enough. You must take an active role in resolving your past debts. When karma manifests, you must work to resolve the conflict, perform Chao Du, and maintain an active and persistent practice. Only through such dedicated effort can you find the opportunity to transform your karma.

The Sacred Synergy of Threefold Support

At this very moment, Namo Amituofo, myself, and Practitioner Su are working together to support your practice. We are here to assist your karmic creditors in receiving Buddhist education, facilitating the process of Resolving conflicts with karmic creditors through mediation and spiritual deliverance. This is a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity. You must grasp it firmly and without hesitation. Do not fear the hardship of practice, for fearing hardship only leads to even greater and more rapid suffering.

Transcending the Shadows of Fear

When your heart is not properly aligned with the Universal Principle, the Truth, and the Right Way, suffering naturally arises. If you allow your karmic creditors to manifest without the proper mindset, your suffering will only intensify. Consider the work of saving beings: if you are filled with fear regarding spiritual attachment, that very fear will act as a magnet, accelerating the process of beings possessing the body. It is the fluctuation and agitation of your own heart that attracts these beings to possess the body. I hope that the fourfold assembly can clearly understand these conditions and resolve them. Only when you possess the sincere vow and the corresponding practice to transform your karma, save yourself, and deliver other beings, will you truly see the time of your own Awakening draw near.

Namo Amituofo

Recorded and transcribed by Namo Amituofo’s disciple, Venerable HaiZe