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Jigong:
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When we stand, we must stand up-right. The body must
not bend in any direction. The same applies to human beings - be
straightforward, you must not cheat others and you must not set one person
against another. You must be helpful to others and must not be lazy so
that an example can be shown for others to emulate. Yang Sheng, do you
think what I have said is correct?
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Yang Sheng:
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Very true, dear Master, very true. You’ve spoken
well. To be a man, on e must stand firm and have fixed principles.
Otherwise, how can he succeed in ascetic pursuits?
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Jigong:
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If when standing, you are not steady, so likewise,
when sitting or sleeping, you cannot sit or sleep steadily too. Those who
want to be ascetic practitioners must have a steady and stout heart, must
not show any sign of a wavering heart any time. Yang Sheng, prepare to get
up on the lotus flower platform. Today, we will visit the Tenth Tribunal
to continue our observations.
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Yang Sheng:
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I’m safely seated. We can start.....
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Jigong:
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We’ve arrived. Yang Sheng, get down.
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Yang Sheng:
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I observe that Zhuan Lung Wang is already waiting for
us. I’ll go and pay respects.
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Zhuan Lun Wang:
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That’s right. Please don’t stand on ceremony. I
extend a very warm welcome to both of you here today. Last time we
introduced you to the various functions and duties of the Eight
Departments of Zhuan Jie Suo. Today, we will show you workings of the
“Six Paths of Metempsychosis”. As time is rather limited, we must not
delay.
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Yang Sheng:
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Thank you very much for sending so many Officers and
Generals to accompany us.....We have arrived at Zhuan Jie Suo (
). There are so many people gathered here, Eastern people, Western
people and all sorts of people all here. Are they all getting ready to be
reborn?
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Zhuan Lun Wang:
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When a person dies, his soul must pass through all
Tribunals here to be judged for their past deeds/misdeeds when living on
Earth. That is why Hell is like an International Court of Justice.
Irrespective of what color, all souls to be reborn must have evidence that
they can be reborn, exactly like those human beings who wish to leave one
country for another must have a valid passport.
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Yang Sheng:
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Now, we have reached the Eighth Department, known as
“Rebirth Department”( )...Wow!
There are so many souls, all waiting, exactly the scene at a railway
station, waiting for the train to arrive.
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Jigong:
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Ha, ha. All these chaps are going to Zhuan Lun
Tai ( ) which means
Transmigration Station. This very much like human beings waiting at a
railway station for the train to arrive. When the train is ready to
depart, passengers board the carriages and the wheels of the train start;
each passenger holds a ticket to go to his destination. Now the souls at
this Transmigration Station will be brought to their various rebirth
destinations.
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Zhuan Lun Wang:
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What Jigong has just said is true. All human beings
after death, must pass through all the Ten Tribunals of Hell so that their
souls can be judged and judgment passed and sentences served after which
they will be allowed to be reborn, based upon their past actions on Earth.
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Yang Sheng:
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There are so many souls in front of us, all appear to
be drinking tea to cool their system. The weather here is rather warm and
I myself feel thirsty. I would like also to drink a cup of this tea.
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Zhuan Lun Wang:
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Oh dear! Under no circumstances must you go and drink
the tea! That place is called ‘Meng Po Ting’. All souls due to be
reborn must go there and drink the tea which is called ‘Ou Wang Tang’
( ). If you drink this tea
and you soul returns to Earth, you will be a ‘muddled’ person.
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Yang Sheng:
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Wow! So dangerous.
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Jigong:
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This is no laughing matter.
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Yang Sheng:
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Yes, this tea drinking place has three characters
written at the entrance, ‘Meng Po Ting’. Can Zhuan Lun Wang kindly
explain fully to us the functions of this place?
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Zhuan Lun Wang:
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Very well. This place Meng Po Ting is under the
charge of deity Meng Po duly authorized by Yu Di (
). Any soul who is due to be reborn, must first come to this place
to drink the tea Ou Wang Tang. If he does not drink this Ou Wan Tan and is
reborn, he will be able to remember the happenings of his previous life
and association with other people still living and can cause trouble and
embarrassment to others thereby upsetting the peace. This tea Ou Wang Tan
tastes sweet, sour, acrid, bitter and saltish, which after being drunk,
makes a soul forget north, south, east, west and become muddled, making
him walk aimlessly towards Zhuan Lun Tai.
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Jigong:
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This Ou Wang Tang is infatuated soup which makes
one’s mind confused. There is also such a kind of soup on Earth.
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Yang Sheng:
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I’ve never heard of such a soup.
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Jigong:
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As in the case of drinking liquor, an addict coming
under its influence cannot differentiate between north, south, east and
west, so likewise, a soul after drinking this soup, is truly himself,
losing his own wits and wandering aimlessly towards Metempsychosis
Station. If such a station does not exist, which soul, in its right
senses, will go willingly to this Metempsychosis Station to be reborn?
Drunkards are usually bold, not fearing water or fire, and dare to jump
into a deep ocean.
After drinking this soup, a soul becomes unable to
control himself, proceeds, straight to the Metempsychosis Station and only
after the effects of the soup are over will he then realize that he is in
another World on awakening.
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Yang Sheng:
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Zhuan Lun Wang:
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There are many things here which you don’t know.
After a sinful soul has passed through the various punishments meted out
at the various Tribunals, he feels his throat is dry and becomes thirsty
and when this Tenth Tribunal is reached, he thinks it is journey’s end
and Earth is very near. Outside this pavilion Meng Po Ting, there is hot
vapor which makes every sinful soul thirsty thus the urge to quench their
thirst - some souls are not satisfied to drink just one cup of this soup,
asking for more! Yet there are some cunning sinful souls who come here
refusing to enter the pavilion because the happen to know the effects of
drinking this soup. But under the group an iron hook contraption has the
effect of gripping ht e feet to prevent movement. At the same time, a
female attendant nearby forces these cunning souls to drink this soup.
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Yang Sheng:
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After drinking this soup, the effect makes the one
reborn forget his past life but nowadays, children seem to be more smart
and enlightened than children of the past generations. Does this mean that
the present day is of poorer quality, thus less effective?
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Zhuan Lun Wang:
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There are many mysteries here which you are not aware
of. Human beings have gone through thousands of cycles of metempsychosis
and have drunk countless times this soup. After having drunk this soup so
many items prior to rebirth the effects tend to be less apparent thereby
making present-day children seem smarter than children of long ago, but
this kind of smartness is not really smartness. This is not a good sign
because this will tend to make the present generation bold and fearless,
daring to go against the laws of the country. What is there to be proud
of?
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Yang Sheng:
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Oh, I begin to understand.
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Jigong:
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Time is up. We’ll have to visit this place again to
learn more of the Six Paths of Metempsychosis.
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Yang Sheng:
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Thank you, Zhuan Lun Wang, for imparting to me so
much abstruse doctrines. These doctrines are useful to educate all human
beings. It is indeed very valuable. I must now say goodbye.
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Zhuan Lun Wang:
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Now that you must leave, I’m not going to detain
you any longer but I hope you’ll visit us again.
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Jigong:
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Yang Sheng, step on the lotus flower platform and
prepare to return.
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Yang Sheng:
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I’m safely seated, dear Master. We can start. .....
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Jigong:
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We’ve
arrived at Sheng Xian Tang.
Yang Sheng,
get down.
Soul, return
to your body.
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