文／蓮生活佛 盧勝彥
在「三昧」中。我神行「地居天」。
我看到一神仙洞府，洞府前有奇花異草，芬芳馥郁不歇，一陣又一陣的，令人心曠神怡。
一仙翁走出，抬頭看見我，有喜悅之情，仙翁招呼我：
「蓮生，汝來了，我的大桑樹有救了！」
仙翁帶我到後院，看一棵大桑樹，仙翁說：「大桑樹，長了很多蟲，蟲吃桑葉，桑葉吃光了，現在咬桑根，這一咬噬，便死了，可憐這桑樹。」
我心大奇：「仙翁有法，豈不會驅蟲？」
仙翁說：
「各有因緣，因緣在汝身上。」
我問：「何因緣？」
仙翁說：
「大桑樹有靈性，下降娑婆世間，現在修持〈真佛密法〉，豈不是汝的因緣。昔日，汝師了鳴和尚有驅蟲符傳你，一貼樹，蟲就走了，豈不是因緣。」
我一聽，不多說什麼，馬上畫「驅蟲符」，貼桑樹幹上，只這一貼上，所有白蟲全從樹葉、樹根、樹幹掉落地下，一落地，白蟲皆不見了，一一消杳。
仙翁笑說：「這下，七年之癢，卻好了。」
大桑樹很快的枝葉茂盛，綠油油，佛力加被，欣欣向榮。
據我所知：
我有一弟子，在中國大陸，姓桑。少有姓桑的。
桑姓弟子，人如樹幹一般，很高。
由一位航空公司的機長介紹皈依，修〈真佛密法〉。
七年前患了皮膚搔癢症，紅紅的一塊又一塊，連髮根至腳，奇癢難治；他一心歸命觀世音，以觀音為本尊，唸『大明六字真言』，八百萬遍。祈求治癒皮膚搔癢。
忽然有一日，夢師尊入夢，給一符化食。
桑姓弟子，夢中如飲甘露。
過後，搔癢、紅腫、潰爛自然全好了，桑姓弟子患此症，剛剛好是七年。
The Big Mulberry Tree
Written by Living Buddha Lian-sheng, Sheng-yen Lu
Translated by Cheng Yew Chung
Edited by Jason Yu
Proofread by Lufang Hsiung
www.tbtts.org
I traveled to the Earth Bound Realm during one samadhi session. I came to a divine palace where rare exotic flowers and plants were planted in front of the entrance, and whose fragrance constantly permeated the air, making one feel absolutely carefree and relaxed.
An immortal walked out of the palace, spotted me, and appeared delighted. He then said to me, “Lian-sheng, you have come. There is hope for my big mulberry tree!”
The immortal led me to the back of the palace where a hug mulberry tree stood. He said, “There are many worms that grow on this huge mulberry tree, and they ate up all the leaves on the tree. Now they are chewing the root of the tree, and once they bite through, the tree will die. Poor mulberry tree.”
I was curious and asked the immortal, “Don’t you have the means to get rid of the worms?”
The immortal said, “Affinities vary, and this affinity rests on you.”
“What affinity?” I asked.
The immortal said, “The spirit of this huge mulberry tree has incarnated on earth as a human being. Presently the individual is practicing the True Buddha Tantra. Isn’t this affinity connected to you? You were taught by your master Reverend Liaoming the talisman of removing worms, and once you attach this talisman onto the tree, the worms would leave. Isn’t this affinity?”
When I heard this I said not another word and immediately drew the Worm Removal Talisman and attached it onto the trunk of the mulberry tree. Upon attaching the talisman, all the white worms simply dropped from the leaves, roots and trunk onto the ground, and once they touched the ground, they all disappeared.
The immortal laughed and said, “Now the seven year itch is finally cured.”
The huge mulberry tree soon returned to its full blossom and its leaves were abundant with life as the blessing power of the Buddha came upon it.
As far as I know, I have a disciple in mainland China with the family name of Sang [which means mulberry]. It is a rare family name. This disciple is tall, much like the tree trunk, and he was introduced to the teachings of True Buddha Tantra by a pilot with an airline and then took refuge.
Seven years ago he had contacted a skin rash which appeared as red spots all over his body from the root of his hair to his toe, unbearably itchy all over. The rash was difficult to cure and he had single-mindedly paid homage to Avalokitesvara [Guanyin] and made Guanyin his personal deity, reciting the Six Syllable Mantra [Om Mani Padme Hum] eight million times, praying to Guanyin for a cure for his incredible itch.
Then one day he dreamed of Guru entering his dream, giving him a talisman [which he later burned, then mixed the ashes of the talisman with water, and then drank it]. This disciple felt he had consumed nectar in his dream. After this dream experience, his itch and red rashes and ulcers simply healed naturally and completely. He had suffered from this skin disease for exactly seven years.
