Interview with Wu Chung-chun (Senior News Anchor in Taiwan, Former Executive Vice President of Minth Group)

Interview. Chief Writer: Fa Ning

June 2, 2026

Wu Chung-chun:

Today it is my turn to be interviewed by the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre. To be honest, during this past week in the Western Land of Dharma Nature, my mood has been quite peaceful. Being bathed in Buddha light, I have been calm and composed, without too many afflictions, thinking that I had recovered quite well.

However, just before this interview, when the interviewer mentioned checking whether my family members were still in the human world, my heart jolted. Oh, I felt so sad and accidentally burst into tears. After all, I had only lived for fifty-eight years in the human world; I was not very old, just a middle-aged person. Furthermore, from the time I was diagnosed with lymphoma until I passed away, it was only a month. Time passed so quickly, and the rapid deterioration of my condition truly shocked everyone. Thinking of my family, I felt even sadder and started crying.

It can be said that I left the human world amidst the deep sorrow of many who loved me. I was very reluctant to leave them, and they were very reluctant to let me go. First and foremost, what saddens me most is my elderly mother, who is still in the human world. To have the white-haired send off the black-haired is truly a great blow to her. It is also a great blow to my husband and daughter. My husband could not accept that I left the human world within just one month, leaving nothing behind. The affairs of the human world are truly impermanent! My good daughter, with whom I had a deep and close relationship, is now also sad and grieving, knowing that her mother has truly gone.

Now, I see everything very clearly. Although I am still sad, I truly know that life is so fragile and impermanent. This body is truly fleeting, just a broken skin bag. Once gone, there is really nothing left. I used to think that the life I lived was glorious and interesting, but in an instant, it all vanished into thin air, leaving nothing behind. I met many people, travelling to many places, and did all kinds of things, thinking I was quite remarkable! That is how I felt while I was alive, but now it seems there is really nothing at all!

But conversely, having spent a week here in the Western Land of Dharma Nature, I have deeply realised that only by truly understanding Buddhist education can one achieve the state where the spirit never dies. Therefore, I am also very grateful. If I were to start over, perhaps I would still walk this path. Why?

If I continued to linger in the human world, from the perspective of the Buddha’s teachings, I would simply be creating more negative karma, which would not make my karma disappear, nor would it lead to a better destination after death. This is absolutely certain, because I had already reached that point, my personality was set, and everything I did was the same. How could it be possible to turn my fate around? Therefore, being able to leave the human world now is actually just right!

It happened that I encountered Practitioner Su performing Chao Du for us, the famous people from various countries around the world. As a former news anchor and later an executive vice president of a company, I am truly very lucky. I am not a super-rich person, but at least I was doing quite well financially. Therefore, perhaps because of my influence, I was included in the list of those Practitioner Su brought to the Western Land of Dharma Nature. This is a great honour, and I sincerely want to express my gratitude to Namo Amituofo and Practitioner Su. Without the guidance of the Buddha, how would we beings have the opportunity to have such a special experience, to come from the abyss of the hells to the Western Land of Dharma Nature, such a dignified and pure Buddha-land? This is truly an impossible thing to happen, and I am very clear about that myself.

Now, as I recall the various negative karma I created in the past, I finally understand why I fell into the evil retribution of the hells. When I was in the hells, I really did not understand, and I was very sad. There, I cried and screamed in agony, but no one paid any attention to me. They would only dig out my heart, and I would die in pain. When I was resurrected again, they would dig out my heart again, making me die in pain. This repeated for over three months, and it made me wish I were dead.

When I arrived at the Western Land of Dharma Nature, I still carried the pain of body and mind to this place. It was only because the Buddha is so compassionate, and the warm Buddha’s light bathed me, that all the suffering disappeared without a trace. The pain and suffering in my heart also dissipated quite a bit.

I am very grateful to the Buddha. In the past, I never believed in the Buddha because I was a Christian when I was in the human world. This is truly a very special thing, because I actually had this opportunity to come to the Western Land of Dharma Nature. It turns out that the Buddha is so compassionate; regardless of what religion people come from, or what background, country, or culture they have, the Buddha treats everyone with equality. Whether you believe or not, if the Causal Conditions are sufficient, you can still obtain deliverance and have the opportunity to be guided to the Western Land of Dharma Nature.

If those who come to the Western Land of Dharma Nature are willing to truly let go of everything from their past and focus on chanting Buddha's name, and have deep faith in the Buddha, they can meet the conditions for rebirth in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. My wish now is exactly that. As someone who was once a Christian, it has become much easier for me to want to be reborn in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss because of the guidance of Practitioner Su. Otherwise, how could I have known about the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss while in the human world, and how would I have had the opportunity to make a vow to be reborn there? That would be impossible! As a senior news anchor during my lifetime, I worked in the news industry for twenty years! In those twenty-plus years, I also created quite a bit of negative karma!

Everyone, if you have any understanding of the news media in Taiwan, you know that many media outlets easily fall into a way of expressing things by exaggerating the truth, which brings bad influence and feelings to the world. Honestly, this is the most direct way to influence people's hearts. Because people like to watch the news to understand the facts and trends of a country or a region.

And we news anchors, in order to capture everyone's attention, to make the programs we host more popular, or to be more appreciated by the audience, or to make our media companies stand out among the many media companies and attract people's attention, we always find ways to report these news stories. Sometimes, when a matter is not that serious, we describe it vividly. It can be said that describing things that are not serious as serious is to invert right and wrong! The negative karma caused by this is truly too great!

Take me for example. During my lifetime, I was a competitive person, always wanting to stand out, not wanting to admit defeat, and not wanting to fall behind others. So I tried my best to express everything in my career, hoping to capture everyone's attention and affirmation, and hoping that everything would go smoothly.

In this regard, because of my work, I created quite a bit of negative karma. When you watched me anchor the news, the fluctuations in your hearts, or the fluctuations caused by my expressions, actions, or every word I said, this is the negative karma created by us news anchors.

Looking back at my colleagues now, everyone is actually similar to me, which is a very sad thing. Thinking that everyone might have the possibility of going to the hells like me, I feel very painful. I also hope that you will have the opportunity to be guided by Practitioner Su when the time comes, otherwise, suffering endless pain in the hells, when will it ever end? This is truly too painful!

Besides this, when we report the news, we sometimes deliberately amplify negative news because negative news is always easy to capture people's attention. And news about good people and good deeds, or news that is positive and uplifting, is often buried, with only a small portion reported. This biased way of reporting itself reflects the inequality of information dissemination.

But we always want to report stories that are more eye-catching, such as those that are shocking and negative in the world, to show to the world. This actually has a great impact on people's lives. People absorb this negative news, transform it into negative emotions, and express it in their lives. It is easy to think negatively, see things negatively, become irritable, and breed all kinds of negative emotions.

Honestly, in these news reports, there are immeasurable and boundless spirit realm beings present. When people watch our programs and have many such thoughts, they are always being interfered with by beings invisible to the physical eyes, affecting their Body-Mind-Spirit. Thinking about this is truly a very sad thing. Things that cannot be seen are thought not to be real, but in fact, every single one of them is real. I can see it clearly here.

Now, I sincerely advise everyone in our industry not to repeat my mistakes, because I did wrong. My story should serve as a mirror for you. Walking my old path, there is really only birth, aging, sickness, and death, and after death, one has to report to the hells. This is truly too painful.

Those who know me, Wu Chung-chun, should know my personality. On the surface, I seemed quite good, enthusiastic, cheerful, and lively, but the personality inside did not change, coupled with the negative karma I created because of my profession. Oh, it is truly ignorant; it was only because I did not receive Buddhist education that I had such retribution. But the laws of karma and cause and effect are not empty. I have to bear the retribution I deserve. Now that I have said it, I hope everyone can understand and not make mistakes again.

Namo Amituofo is truly too great. We are very happy every day since we arrived here. Although there is inevitably a little bit of sadness, I believe everything will pass soon. I hope my family members can see this interview article soon, so they know that I am safe now, in a very good Buddha-land. Please do not worry about me, because they also need to practise diligent practice themselves to be able to come to the Buddha-land and truly leave suffering behind and gain happiness. I sincerely hope they can do it.

I hope they can search for the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre in Australia online, or be able to come here once, which would be the best thing. Many things must be seen with one's own eyes and heard with one's own ears before people are willing to believe them; I can understand this point.

Gratitude, Namo Amituofo, gratitude to the compassion of Practitioner Su.

Namo Amituofo

Wu Chung-chun