Master Yongning
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Releasing the Ego to Resolve Karma
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
Venerable Yongning shares a profound encounter with a demon who had been clinging to resentment for millennia, revealing how our own stubborn personalities and egos act as magnets for karmic retribution. By learning to let go, we can liberate both ourselves and our karmic creditors from the cycle of suffering.
The Agony of Being Without a Body
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
Venerable Yongning, a monastic at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, reflects on the profound suffering of spirits who have lost their human bodies and the urgent necessity of cherishing our physical form to attain liberation through diligent practice.
The Monk in the Dewdrop: A Lesson in Diligent Practice
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
A spirit trapped for centuries within a single drop of dew reveals the harrowing consequences of a monastic life lived without true diligence, and the profound grace of deliverance.
The Karmic Price of Arrogance
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
Venerable Yongning shares a profound revelation regarding the karmic consequences of arrogance, detailing a recent encounter with spirits trapped within the very floor tiles we walk upon, and the urgent need for humility in our daily lives.
Where Does the True Dharma Reside?
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
Venerable Yongning, a monastic who sought deliverance through the compassionate guidance of the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, offers her reflections on the current state of the Buddha-Dharma. As the true teachings face the threat of fading into obscurity, she points toward the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre as a beacon of light where the authentic, unadulterated Buddha-Dharma is still being practised and preserved for the salvation of all sentient beings.
The Root of Drowsiness in Practice
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
Venerable Yongning discusses the pervasive issue of drowsiness and mental distraction during spiritual practice, explaining how these states act as barriers to liberation and why they must be overcome through diligent practice and a sincere heart.
The Burden of Personality
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
Venerable Yongning reflects on how our ingrained personality traits act as the primary catalyst for karmic suffering, attracting spiritual attachments and hindering our path to liberation.
The True Essence of Practising the Buddha’s Teachings
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
A brilliant nineteen-year-old boy, burdened by intellectual knowledge but hollow at heart, seeks solace in religion only to find more theory. Through the deliverance of Practitioner Su, he finally discovers the simple, transformative power of Namo Amituofo.
The Burden of the Bovine Form
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
A former official and businessman, now trapped in the body of a cow, reveals the harrowing reality of karmic retribution and the path to deliverance through the Dharma-Body Visualisation Deliverance of Practitioner Su.
The Whereabouts of the Spirit
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
Every person experiences the agony of separation, yet few understand where a child comes from, the past connections between parents and children, or where the deceased truly go. Venerable Yongning discusses the nature of the spirit, the obstacles created by karmic creditors, and the magnificent Chao Du provided by Practitioner Su at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre.
The Light Within the Dark Space
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
Venerable Yongning shares a profound account of Practitioner Su's Dharma Body entering a vast, dark space to save countless suffering spirits through the power of Namo Amituofo.
How Negative Thoughts Destroy a Life: An Interview with Venerable Yongning
An Interview with Venerable Yongning
A single negative thought can summon karmic creditors from ten thousand lifetimes ago. Venerable Yongning shares the tragic story of a brilliant scholar whose life was consumed by the darkness of his own mind, and how the light of Namo Amituofo finally offered him a way out.