The Architect of Emotional Entanglements

This article records an interview with Mo Zhufen, an ancient demon who sought Chao Du at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre in Australia. He now resides in the Western Dharma-Nature Land. This account reflects upon his influence over human history, spanning approximately four thousand years on Earth, and his existence as a cosmic entity for 6.802 trillion years. It was recorded by the chief writer, Shi Fa, on March 23, 2026.

Mo Zhufen speaks:

"Oh my, I never expected my turn to come so quickly! I am Mo Zhufen. The vastness of this universe is truly beyond what ordinary people can imagine. Who would have guessed that a planet like Earth even existed? This tiny, inconspicuous little sphere—who would have thought it could nurture so much life? And these lives, particularly in the region of China, have undergone such diverse transformations, eventually giving birth to humanity.

The Human Vessel as a Medium

Of course, humans do not exist only in China, but because of my karmic affinity with this region, let us start here. The structure of a human being is quite different from the various celestial bodies in the universe. Humans possess a certain sensitivity; you could say they are Dharma vessels—a medium between the spirit and the material world.

Ordinary spirits attempting to manipulate the material world or physical space find their operations quite limited. They cannot fully manifest the complex conditions of the eight consciousnesses and fifty-one mental factors found within the Alaya consciousness. Space is layered in endless, overlapping dimensions. Simple material spaces—even those composed of sand, stone, or water—do not allow for much manifestation of these complex spiritual states.

The physical body is truly profound. It possesses the seven emotions and six desires, greed, anger, delusion, arrogance, and doubt, as well as the cravings for wealth, lust, fame, food, and sleep. It has everything—these are the very things the Buddha’s gate constantly teaches us must be severed. If these are severed, there is no place for us in the spiritual realms to exert influence or interfere. One could then control their own spirit independently, which is the key to remaining free from the control of other spirits.

The Demon Realm's Strategy

This is different from the needs of the Demon Realm. We need to effectively control the human body, so we encourage people to focus heavily on their own feelings and to explore new sensations. By triggering new sensory stimuli, we induce more intense emotional responses. This is a key method by which we in the Demon Realm control humanity.

Among these, the most difficult to escape are romantic relationships. The feelings and sensory experiences between men and women influence each other constantly. Each time this happens, it involves not just one or two people, but their families, siblings, parents, and various friends and relatives. With such a chain reaction, it often involves more than a dozen people. For us in the Demon Realm, these are truly fascinating and worthwhile targets to control.

A Playground of Emotions

I arrived on Earth about four thousand years ago. At that time, I was constantly searching the cosmic space for suitable targets to control. My targets have always been of this type—those capable of triggering sensory, emotional, and sentimental responses are the easiest for me to handle. I can exploit these spiritual weaknesses, including attachments to certain things and the emotional entanglements that spirits cannot let go of. Because I am very clear about the flaws in their hearts, I can easily compensate for their deficiencies. However, this compensation is not a complete giving; it is leaving them with a missing piece, causing them to pursue it endlessly, unable to escape my control. This is a universal method I use to control large and small planets throughout the Demon Realm.

Coming to Earth—wow, this is truly a paradise for demon crowds! Almost everyone here prizes emotions. There are all kinds of emotions, and this is not just what everyone understands as romantic love. From familial affection, friendship between peers, the bond between teacher and student, to the camaraderie of lifelong friends, same-sex bonds, or nationalistic brotherhood—as long as you think about it, as long as you give it a single thought, there is emotion.

The Complexity of True Emotion

Who can avoid it? Who can escape my control? Hahaha, it is truly hilarious. Back then, in the cosmos, I was attracted by the powerful mental energy of this Earth. The emotions of the people on the land of China are higher in level and richness than those in other regions. Although people might not understand this concept and might feel that other countries are more open, more focused on emotions, and even more passionate or intense, the depth of what is called emotion is not like that.

The layers of emotion are diverse and rich. The more complex and deep an emotion is, the less it needs to be presented in an extroverted way to appear passionate. The Chinese have been emotional since ancient times; one can see clues of this in their rich literary works.

Perhaps if I explain it this way, it will be easier for everyone to understand: the depth of any emotion, if it reaches the point of being bone-deep and inescapable, to the extent that one would sacrifice their life or disregard everything for it—that is what is called a very profound emotion. Yet, there is an even more complex emotion. This emotion is often not very simple; it is mixed with various thoughts, moods, longings, and all kinds of realistic considerations. This is the full picture of the emotion I use to control people. True emotion is not that silly, childish, superficial affection of giggling and loving back and forth. True emotion is the kind that tangles the heart and mind, a mixture of love and hate, something you cannot pick up, cannot put down, cannot let go of—it is sticky and complex, clinging to the entire body, mind, and soul. That is true emotion. It makes people lose their appetite and sleep, thinking about it day and night, unable to break free. This is the key to how I can control major regions with one hand.

The Ubiquity of the Demon Palace

Where is my Demon Palace located? My Demon Palace is everywhere. Wherever there is a thought or an emotion, there is my Demon Palace. To be more specific, it is within every person. The heavier a person's emotions, the more I will dispatch my demon children and grandchildren to invest in them at birth, build a Demon Palace, and then use them as a core to influence and control those around them.

Have you noticed that people with heavy emotions often attract more people with heavy emotions? Emotional writers can always write works that attract people and resonate with their feelings. Emotional directors can always film the most thrilling, heart-stirring, and unforgettable works. Emotional musicians can always create movements that move people to tears, stirring the heart, making one feel generous and passionate, with intense emotional fluctuations that reach the heavens and descend to the underworld. Emotional dancers can always dance in a way that makes the audience's hearts tremble, staring intently while their own hearts surge with passion. Have you seen such emotionally rich people in various industries? That is because they carry the Demon Palace I built within them, filled with demon children and grandchildren, developing according to the emotions, cases, and projects that are needed at any given moment.

The Virus of Attachment

They can always express themselves in the most profound places with sincere emotion, using the most moving language and the most relatable ways to touch people's hearts! You may not know this, but when people watch various works and exchange feelings with each other, that is when we demon crowds invade on a large scale.

People always say that emotion is like a virus. That description is quite accurate. If we demon crowds are the virus, then people are infected through their interactions with one another! A single gesture or a single step can make someone lose their mind—this is because they have been poisoned by the demon.

This demon poison jumps from one person to another. It only takes a glance, a greeting, a word, a piece of writing, a sound, a piece of music, or a picture. These simple operations can convey rich emotions. This is how I control the demon nature in human hearts, build Demon Palaces, expand my demon children and grandchildren, and absorb energy! You don't need to be too surprised; after all, this is just catering to everyone's preferences.

The Price of Control

Hasn't the development of China over the past four thousand years been exactly like this? Although the overall situation is full of war and slaughter, if you investigate the root cause, what is it for? Isn't it all kinds of emotions, big and small? Isn't it for one's own moods, romantic feelings, or various jealousies that all kinds of dynastic changes and wars have occurred? Haven't you discovered this in the process of exploring history? This is emotion.

Emotion has no logic to follow, because demons do not talk about logic when controlling people. Once there is contact, once the heart is stirred, the door is opened, and the demon crowds can march straight in. This vicious cycle means the door to the Demon Realm will remain open forever, and that person will never be able to escape the control of the Demon Realm. Oh my, this is the wonderful thing about this Earth! The richness of emotions and the depth of culture—there are just too many things to manipulate.

Attracted here four thousand years ago—now that I think about it, it was truly worth the trip. Of course, this is my feeling before entering the Dharma-Nature Land; do not think that I still feel this way now. I must lay out the consciousness and the real situation of that time to be so detailed. But now I know that these things come with a price. If you control people now, you must be controlled by others later! And if it weren't for Practitioner Su performing Chao Du to guide me into the Dharma-Nature Land, I fear I would have had to go to a very, very deep space to suffer and be punished. I had never really thought about this; although I knew I might be sucked into a space, I usually dared not investigate or think about it, lest I be taken away by the laws of karma prematurely. Without Buddhist education, I would not understand this principle at all. The Buddha’s teachings often say to sever the seven emotions and six desires. Wow, this seven emotions and six desires is truly incisive; it describes the abundance of desires in one word. You can see how easy it is for the Demon Realm to control people—emotions are everywhere; which one cannot be controlled?

The Power of the True Dharma

However, in the last few years, I have encountered some obstacles. That is the power of the True Dharma beginning to counsel people to make changes. Although these Buddhist teachings and positive forces have existed for a long time, and it is not a new thing in China, many people have been transformed, but after all, it is only a small part. Most people are still addicted to emotions, unable to break free. In the last five or six years, this power of the True Dharma has made a comeback. Although it surprised me—I thought the True Dharma should have been exterminated by now—I did not expect it to rise again. It is truly not simple. What I did not expect even more was that this time, the form did not start from the human world, but from the spiritual realms. This surprised me greatly. How can I contend with something starting from the spiritual realms? Starting from the human world is simple: if they listen to the Buddha’s teachings, just give them a few more moods, and they won't believe in the Buddha anymore; give them a little more emotion, and they won't want the Buddha either. This has been very easy since ancient times.

But I have never encountered an intervention from the spiritual realms. How could there be one coming from the spiritual realms? If it comes from the spiritual realms, it lacks the seven emotions and six desires of the human body. The sensations are much less; without physical feelings and without the five senses, it is not very convenient to operate. Moreover, this golden light is very powerful. I have seen that many demon crowds in the Ten Directions have already been saved.

The Inevitable Surrender

I heard that Practitioner Su threatens us demon crowds daily—let's call it threatening—and I have heard quite a bit, but, oh my, I just never thought about surrendering. I don't know why, but I always felt that controlling things here in China was going smoothly, and there was no reason to stop. Practitioner Su’s warnings to surrender early were always ignored.

Practitioner Su continues to come to this region of China to perform Chao Du, which is indeed very troublesome. I hid in the deep, deep Dharma Realm space and the demon cosmic space. That is in the depths of the human heart, in a spiritual space where the human heart and emotion are deeply connected. Surely I wouldn't be saved here, right? And with the cosmic space I have managed for trillions of years, Practitioner Su’s targets are all in the Dharma Realm; surely he wouldn't discover me, right?

Oh my, but this time I miscalculated. Practitioner Su has great supernatural powers. Actually, I was also deceiving myself a bit. Practitioner Su saves everything; I could hide for a while, but not for a lifetime. I had indeed thought about this in my heart, but I could not boost the enemy's morale and dampen my own spirit. I always had to stabilize the morale of my demon children and grandchildren.

Sitting in my Demon Palace, I always had to set an example for my demon children and grandchildren. Even when facing Practitioner Su’s power and threats, I had to be fearless, exert a fearless spirit, control people’s minds, and expand our territory. Don't talk about the Chinese; who in the world doesn't have emotions? Who isn't controlled? Such a large market, such a large cake, such a large source of energy—we can inhale to our heart's content; how could we just give it up? What does Practitioner Su’s threat count for? That is exactly how I shouted to my demon children and grandchildren.

A Final Admonition

It was not too bad; I lasted until now and was not taken away by Practitioner Su in an instant. But in the end, I was still invited into the Dharma-Nature Land. Here, I can only honestly confess the location of my Demon Palace. Although the Demon Palace has indeed been leveled by Practitioner Su, my demon children and grandchildren are more than that, and my Demon Palace is more than that. China is so large, and there are so many people who are deeply emotional. In every field and every emotion, there are people who are active—my Demon Palace exists in all of them! It is not that simple to save them all in a moment.

But since I, the leader, have been discovered, there will surely be a day when they are all saved. After all, with no one continuing to lead the demon children and grandchildren to create new Demon Palaces, the power of the demon crowds' control will surely decline, and the speed of the Demon Palace’s spread and viral expansion will also slow down significantly. This is the reality that I, Mo Zhufen, who have managed and controlled China for so long, must face. All these developments are just like my demon name; watching people’s emotional entanglements, all kinds of separations and reunions, there is celebration and there is separation—this is emotion. Nothing is permanent; there are only all kinds of joys and sorrows, partings and reunions, arising and ceasing. Thinking about it this way, emotion and the Demon Palace are truly illusory.

Oh my, after being brought into the Dharma-Nature Land and listening to the sutras for a few days, I have indeed realized my own problems. I must also advise the demon children and grandchildren who are still in various emotional Demon Palaces to stop early! After all, continuing to develop like this is not a solution. Although you feel that controlling people is interesting, these things must be repaid through the laws of karma. As far as I know, these people who are being controlled now were also the ones who controlled others in the past; they were also the ones who toyed with people’s emotions and strengthened their emotional attachments.

The Demon Realm is now receiving its retribution. Here in the Dharma-Nature Land, I will reveal this secret to you: 'Those who control others will be controlled by others.' Every bit of this karma must be repaid. It is not to say that you are fine after controlling others, nor is it to say that you don't have to pay the price after exerting your power and enjoying yourself. This is something everyone must understand. Although the human world is very easy to control because people themselves cannot let go, even so, it makes the preciousness of the Buddha’s teachings even more apparent.

Everyone generally does not understand the harm of this emotion. They say it is innate to humans, and that interactions between people must have these emotions; without emotions, one seems cold-blooded and heartless, and then one is not human. Little do they know, these are concepts given by the demon crowds. Why do humans need emotions? Does emotion really help the development of anything? Actually, it does not. If you look closely, emotion is often the key that drags down the progress of things and is also the reason why people are irrational. If these are removed, people can make more effective decisions and reduce unnecessary karma.

The karma of emotions between men and women is very great. From the rise and fall of a family to the rise and fall of a country, everything can be related to men and women; and the subsequent entry into hell and reincarnation are also influenced by emotion. The karma created is so great, and the demon crowds control people to create such karma, so their own karma is also very great. This, oh my, is also where I am very ashamed. Everyone always feels that emotion is hard to discard, love is hard to separate, and it is hard to let go—that is because we demon crowds are in the midst of it. When you are covered with demons, when your head, eyes, and heart are all demons, and the person you see is also the appearance manifested by their demon crowds, and even the words spoken and heard are all the demon crowds in the midst of it—how can you let go and sever it cleanly? These emotions have the blessing of our demonic power and can be said to have become very poisonous. And here in the Dharma-Nature Land, I must make this matter clear; that is true repentance.

I am very grateful to Practitioner Su and Namo Amituofo for giving me this opportunity to tell people how I controlled them, and to let them understand the truth that emotions are hard to discard and separate, which is actually because we demon crowds exist. I hope this can help people see through the essence of emotion a little more. Think about it carefully: is the other person really that fascinating? Is it really impossible to be without them? For anything, is it necessary to have these redundant emotions? Is this really you? Or is it us? Have you ever thought about it? If you knew that all kinds of moods and emotional thoughts are words told to you by us demon crowds, that it is we demon crowds secretly making trouble in your heart, that it is we who are controlling your emotions, making you worry about this and that, making you think of someone from time to time, making you hate something from time to time—these are all the deeds of the demon crowds.

People of China, the civilians living on the land of the Divine Province, are you still going to be so attached to emotion? Or are you willing to wake up, learn the Buddha’s teachings, let go of all this falseness, and learn the true, truly helpful Buddha’s teachings?

This is also a little advice I give to the people on the land of the Divine Province, and it will not be in vain that Namo Amituofo saved me into the Dharma-Nature Land.

That is all for today. Namo Amituofo.

Mo Zhufen