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Second Tour of Prison of Poisonous Bees
3rd Moon 19th Day(6th May 1977)

Ji-Gong:When Deities visit Earth their intention is to
recruit suitable disciples for the furtherance of ascetic
practices so as to cultivate the divine element within
oneself to revert to the original condition at the beginning
of time,so that eventually,human beings can attain future
bliss towards becolning a Deity.

*Saint or Sage.Ascetic practitioners should consider
themselves very lucky to be able to receive the divine
instructions from Deities and must put what they have leamt
into practice; but there are quite a number of them who,
instead of following the right path to Paradise use the good
name of the Deities to swindle and bluff innocent and
God-fearing women.Such people have committed great sins.
It does not matter what religion an ascetic practitioner
embraces but he must diligently follow the instructions
dictated by his chosen religion.

*Yang Sheng.today we will tour Hades again.So step on the
lotus flower platform quickly.

Mr.Yang:I am securely seated.which part of Hades are we
visiting today?

Ji-Gong:We will revisit the Prison of Poisonous Bees.Quickly
close your eyes...We have arrived,get doun.

Officer:Welcome to both of you.Ji-Gong and Yang Sheng; we are
very pleased to see you again.

Ji-Gong:Nowadays there are many people who use the good name
of Deities to get money,especially from ignorant women,thus
spoiling the splendid and solemn respect due to the Deities.
Therefore,we have come again to this place to investigate
further other aspects of the pretence so that we can include
factual stories in our Book.

Officer:Very well; please follow me inside and I will summon
a few sinful souls to tell Yang Sheng their own stories.

Mr.Yang:Thank you very much Officer.There are so many
poisonous bees flying about as if the sky is covered black
by them and stinging on the sinful souls until the bodies
become swollen and the eyes seem to be swimming in their
sockets on the head.

Officer:Not only the bodies get swollen and the heads go
swimming but the sinful souls will feel feverishly hot and
will fear the cold because of the poison produced by the
bees.General,quickly summon a couple of sinful souls so that
they can tell their stories.

General:Yes,Sir...I have brought three sinful souls.

Officer:Here,sinful souls,listen very carefully.This is
Ji-Gong Huofo and this is Sheng Xian Tang's Yang Sheng.who
have received the Order to write the Book,Diyu Youji
(Journeys to the Under-World) for human beings to read and
learn thereby.I want all of you to tell your stories as to
why you are sent here to be punished-remember to be truthful
and don't hide any facts.

Mr.Yang:Can I ask this Mister why you are suffering in this
Prison?

1 Soul :I should not have committed the sin for which I am
now being punished.When I was alive.I was one of the Elders
of my village.When there was a proposal to build a temple in
our village,I undertook to collect money from the villagers
for the good cause.

*I was not very careful about the accounts and so I put aside
a certain portion of the contributions for my own use.Not
until I was dead,did I know that making use of part of the
religious contributions for my own personal purpose was a
very big sin for which I am now sentenced to this Prison to
be punished.These poisonous bees have no pity for us and in
my case,they sting me until my body is swollen.

* would,therefore,advise human beings on Earth that they
cannot play about with monetary contributions which are
intended for religious purposes.They must be honest and
straightforward in such dealings.Now that I am stung by these
poisonous bees,this is truly my recompensation.I think in my
lifetime I had not committed any other sin except this one
only.

Officer:As a village Elder,it was your duty to help the
villagers as best as you could but you helped them to help
yourself.The erection of the temple was to provide a place
for the villagers to worship the Deities but you took the
opportunity to make money out of the good purpose.Really
your sins cannot be forgiven.Second soul.come up and tell
your story quickly.

Mr.Yang:Can I ask you,holy man,why being of the religious
order,instead of going to the Western Paradise,you are now
thrust into this Prison?

2 Soul:Amitabha! Sinful,Sinful.I was ordained a priest at
the age of 15 after having received the necessary Buddhist
teachings and instructions but I had no respect or regard for
the Buddhist culture.

*When pious people contributed money to the temple,I stole
some which I privately set aside for my personal use-some
money I used for the temple and some I used for myself.When
I was employed to say prayers for the souls of the dead to
get rid of the calamities,I did so anyhow,not following the
prayer books in detail.The length of the prayers often
depended upon the amount of money paid-more money,longer the
prayers; less money,shorter the prayers.

*I was not too eager to say prayers for the poor,giving all
sorts of excuses like having prior engagements,etc.In the
case of wealthy patrons,I was very happy to be of service and
worked very hard to recite the prayers.Because of my greed
for money when I was living,

*at death,Buddha did not care for me and so I was sentenced
to this Prison.This is why I am suffering greatly here.

Officer:Belonging to the holy order,you should have been an
ascetic practitioner and should have improved your morality
instead of which your carnal thoughts never died.always
craving for worldly gains.You worshipped money instead of
worshipping Buddha-altogether different methods of
worshipping.That is why you are suffering in this Prison.

Ji-Gong:To become a follower of Buddha,one has to discard
one's natural-born name; that is why all monks are given the
common surname "shi".This is a very solemn practice.Once a
person renounces the world and joins the monkhood.one should
think differently,concentrating on ascetic practices and
doing good,

*but in your case.you still had wordly intentions and
inclinations.forsaking the Buddhist teachings.I must impress
on some holy people that if they still stick fast to worldly
pleasures and inclinations,they will have no chance
whatsoever of entering the Western Paradise after death.

*Time is rather limited,Yang Sheng,we have to return and we
will come again next time.

Mr.Yang:Thank you.Officer and General,for giving us so much
assistance-we now have to return.

Officer:In case we have not entertained you sufficiently
well,do please excuse us.Please come again.

Ji-Gong:Yang Sheng,quickly step on the lotus flower platform.

Mr.Yang:I am safely seated,Master.we can now proceed...

Ji-Gong:We have arrived at Sheng Xian Tang.Yang Sheng.
get down,Soul,return to your body.
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