Venerable Master Chin Kung: Your mother will not have a stroke if she does this.
问:底下十二题,家母最近身体检查,有脑梗塞的现象,
Ask: My mother had a physical exam and found the symptoms of cerebral ischemic stroke.
母亲学佛吃素,听老法师讲经已十多年,说医师能治病,治不了命,所以不愿意吃药看病。
My mother had practiced Buddhism and been a vegetarian. She listened to venerable ‘s lectures for more than a decade. She said doctors can cure diseases, but they can’t increase lifespan, so she refuses to take medicine and see a doctor.
弟子忧虑,若母亲一旦脑中风,临终头脑不清楚,则不能往生西方,恳请老法师慈悲开示。
I am worried that if my mother suffers a stroke, her mind may not be clear at the moment of death and she cannot be reborn to the Pureland.
答:只要你的母亲对净土有信心,对阿弥陀佛有信心,你就不要担心,她绝对不会中风,
Answer: If your mother has confidence in Pure Land and Amitabha Buddha, don’t worry, she will not have a stroke.
Buddhas and bodhisattvas will bless her. She needs to have confidence.
You must chant the name of Buddha and dedicate the merits to your mother every day.
Doctors can cure diseases. They can’t help when life span is up.
真的这句佛号念得好,一切都能放下,没有忧虑、没有牵挂,心地清净,就能预知时至。
Chanting Buddha name sincerely and letting go of everything without anxiety, she can predict the time of going to the Pureland.
If your mother has karmic diseases, she will recover.
你们过去曾经看过山西小院,那里有四十多个例子,都是得的癌症,最后念佛,念上三、四个月都好了,再去检查就没有了,这是很好的例证。
You have seen the documentation of Shanxi Yard. There were more than forty patients who had cancer. They chanted Buddha name and recovered in three or four months. These are good examples.
They gave up their lives. Why?
Doctors told them they only have two or three months left.
所以他们一心念佛求生净土,结果念上三、四个月,再去检查没有了。这就是属於业障,他业障化解了。Therefore, they chanted the Buddha name wholeheartedly.
Their karma resolved and the karmic diseases recovered in three or four months.
恭選自學佛答問(答香港參學同修之一0三) (共一集) 2008/10/10 香港佛陀教育協會 檔名:21-483-0001
Selected from study and practice Buddhism Q&A(Answer 103 of practitioner from Hong Kong )(Total one episode) Hong Kong Buddhist Education Association