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Touring BU JING SUO


(Rehabilitation of Taoists Monks and Nuns)

Intarcalary 8th Moon 9th Day(2nd October 1976)

Ji-Gong:It is now time to travel to Hades.Do not be afraid.

Mr.Yang:Yes.you are perfectly right,Master;I am not
particularly eager to go because I have seen so much
suffering of the souls there.

Ji-Gong:Do not have sympathy for those souls.They well
deserve the punishments.Let us go now.We have arrived.
Quickly alight from the lotus flower platform.

Mr.Yang:This house is rather dark and yet I can hear a lot
of moaning coming from inside.

Ji-Gong:This place is called Bu Jing Sue.We will have a look.

Mr.Yang:Yes,wewill go...At the doorway there are three words
which reads Bu Jing Sue.I see two generals walking this way...
Who are they?

Ji-Gong:These generals are the Door Keepers.

General:Welcome Ji-Gong and Yang Sheng of Sheng Xian Tang.

Ji-Gong:Do not stand on ceremony.Today I bring
Sheng Xian Tang's medium,Yang Sheng to visit Bu Jing Sue..
I hope you will be kind enough to show him about.

General:Yes,yes,please follow me.Please enter by the side
door because the front door will be opened only on every 1st
and 15th day of each month.Every month..on these two days,
the Western Buddhas,Patriach of Taoism.various sages and
prophets and Prelates will come here to give sermons to the
souls of dead priests.monks.nuns and Taoists.

Mr.Yang:It is already a great honour to be allowed to come
here and therefore it does not matter by which door we enter.
Inside this.Bu Jing Suo it is dark and gloomy.It is already
good enough to see it from outside;not necerrary to enter.

General:Never mind,don't be afraid.I will conduct you inside.

Mr.Yang:Good.This building is made of wood and appears rather
old.Some pieces of wood have already decayed and there are
many holes as if the building is about to fall down.I see
there are a few thousand Taoist monks and nuns inside reading
the prayer books under the peanut-oil prayer lamps.It looks
very laborious this repeating "namo,namo,namo" endlessly.

Ji-Gong:During the lifetime of these Taoists,monks and nuns...
they were engaged by people to say prayers for the relief of
the souls of the departed,to get rid of calamities but these
Taoists,monks and nuns did not pray sincerely-they just
wanted to get money quickly...Some cut short the prayers by
skipping the sutras and did not recite them page by page.
Also some prayed incorrectly.Now that they have died,their
souls are sent to Bu Jing Suo to make up for what they had
cheated in praying.Here,they pray by the light of the
fire-fly and if one word is omitted the culprit must repeat
the prayer 100 times.After everthing is over,they will be
judged for merits or demerits of their prayers.

Mr.Yang:If you say about this harsh punishment,who dare
recite the two Prayer books of our Sheng Xian Tang,namely
Yu Huang Pudu Sheng Jing[] and
Tai Shang Wu Ji Hun Yuan Zhen Jing[]? Many people are eager
to read these prayer books but if the pronunciation is not
correct,do they have to come here after death,to receive the
punishment?

General:You are mistaken.The souls who come to Bu Jing Suo
belong to those people before death who received payment for
saying prayers for the release of souls from calamities but
did not say the prayers earnestly or correctly.That is why
they are here..If you say prayers free of charge or say any
prayers for yourself this is a different matter.If there is
a mistake or mistakes,the Heavenly Law will excuse you.

Mr.Yang:It is indeed a great pity to see these souls of aged
Taoists.monks and nuns straining their eyes to read the small
writing of the prayers by means of the light of the fire-fly
and small peanut-oil prayer lamps and also with the cold wind
of Hell blowing about.

General:If one receives money for praying,one must recite the
prayers properly and not cut short or cheat,otherwise one must
deserve the proper punishment.

Ji-Gong:Therefore,I would advise all Taoists.monks and nuns
living on Earth to recite prayers correctly and properly so
that they can understand these prayers,thus carrying out
ascetic practice.Those who cheat and pray for money will
surely have to be sent To Bu Jing Suo eventually to be
punished for their sins and greed for money.

General:When every 1st and 15th of the month comes,the
founders of Taoism.and Buddhism bring their personal
assistants to Bu Jing Suo to instruct the souls here in the
correct pronunciation and rendering of their prayers.In spite
of the previous doings of the souls,the founders and their
assistants are very generous to come here every 1st and 15th
day of the month to teach the souls the correct way of
reciting the prayers.I would further advise human beings that
whatever deed they do,they cannot escape the Laws of Heaven.

Mr.Yang:I now fully understand and I must thank General for
your good teaching.

Ji-Gong:Yang Sheng,you can ask this Taoist why he is here.

Mr.Yang:Yes,Dear Reverend,why are you here?

Taoist :[]Please do not address me as Reverend.I was just an
ordinary Taoist priest wearing the red cap.My job was to
conduct services for the departed for which I received
payment in money.My education was not good and I did not
know much about the Doctrine.I just mumbled something to
keep time with the drums.gongs and cymbals;the people did
not know if I was saying the prayers or not.Sometimes there
was a rush for time and I skipped pages of the prayer book.

*So far as there was money to earn.I did not care whether the
soul of the dead reached the Western Paradise or not.Now that
I have died,my soul is sent here to the First Tribunal and
sentenced to Bu Jing Suo where 1 have been for more than one
year and two months.Because of my many past sins on Earth,
now I am here to receive punishment.Although I have not yet
completed the prayers.my eyes are already giving me pain.If
I finish reciting the prayers here,probably I will be sent to
the Second Tribunal to be tried again because when I was
alive I did some charms to harm people.It is now too late for
me to repent.

*I hope that on your return to Earth,you will tell the
Taoists.monks and nuns to perform their religious duties
properly,correctly and sincerely..Otherwise,like me they will
have to undergo punishment and will have to depend on the
instructions of the founders of Taoism and Buddhism to help
out.

Mr.Yang:It is most pitiful to hear this story,my dear Master.
Can you in any way help this soul?

Ji-Gong:This is a case of well-deserved punishment;he should
receive the punishment for his own past sins.When he was
alive he enjoyed himself and now he has to undergo punishment.
Yang Sheng,do not meddle in other people's affairs.We have
been ordered to tour Hades;therefore do not interfere in this
matter.This is the Law of Hades.Time is running out and we
have to return.Thank you very much,General.

Mr.Yang:Thank you very much,General.All of you.Taoists.monks
and nuns be good and undergo this retraining.

Ji-Gong:Quickly climb up the lotus flower platform...We have
arrived at Sheng Xian Tang.Yang Sheng quickly get down.Soul,
return to your body.
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