文／蓮生活佛 盧勝彥
在「三昧」神行中，見到一對夫婦，虔誠祈求佛菩薩賜給他們一個兒子，是多年祈求，終於感應了，生下一個兒子。兒子長大，竟是有缺憾的，兒子是天生的啞巴。
他們聽人說，供奉上師瓷相會很有感應，於是他們供奉了「蓮花童子」瓷相，就是這因緣，我在「三昧」神行中，見到了這對信佛虔誠的夫婦，也見到天生的啞巴兒子。
他們向「蓮花童子」瓷相祈禱，悲痛淚流，我看了亦不忍。
我檢查那兒子的舌，沒問題。
我檢查那兒子的聲帶，沒問題。
我檢查那兒子的喉嚨，沒問題。
我畫了一張「開口發音」符，入其夢中，給那兒子飲用，竟然沒有效。
這我就不明白了，想了半天，我去找「迦陵頻伽」神鳥，發音最美妙的神鳥，牠們似乎也愛莫能助。
我幾乎想放棄。
後來，我想，可能是「因果」，因果就複雜了，查了很久，始知那兒子前世是法師，犯了三大過：
一、退失恭敬自己師父。
二、退失菩提心。
三、退失戒律。
而那對夫婦的前世，竟然也是這位法師的前世生身父母。（因果是多世糾纏的）
我見到如此因果，也駭然。
到此，我想放棄了。但我不死心，入夢給那對夫婦，勸唸【高王觀世音真經】千遍。那對夫婦果然發誓永持【高王經】，懺悔一切，迴向給兒子，不只千遍、萬遍、萬萬遍。（誦滿一千遍，重罪皆消滅）
據我所知：
那兒子有感應了，有一天，失足落水，被人救起，吐出不少水，令人驚奇讚嘆的是，那兒子竟然開口發出聲音，天生的啞巴落水後，竟然開口說話。
那對夫婦感激不盡。
這是【高王經】的大感應啊！
Mute from Birth
Written by Living Buddha Lian-sheng, Sheng-yen Lu
Translated by Amy Zhou
Edited by Jessie Loh Proofread by Lufang Hsiung
While spiritual traveling in samadhi, I came across a couple who, after piously praying to buddhas and bodhisattvas for a son, finally received a response and gave birth to a baby boy. However, when the boy grew up, there was one defect: the child was a mute.
The couple was told that enshrining a porcelain statue of their guru would induce a response, and subsequently, they enshrined a porcelain statue of Padmakumara. Through this affinity, I met this couple who has deep Buddhist faith, and also their mute son while spiritual traveling in samadhi.
Seeing them tearfully praying to the Padmakumara porcelain statue, I fully sympathized with them.
Thus, I examined the son's tongue and found nothing wrong.
I examined the son's vocal cords and found nothing wrong.
I examined the son's throat and found nothing wrong.
I drew an “Open Mouth And Produce Sound” talisman, entered the son's dream, and gave it to him to drink. To my surprise, this was ineffective.
I did not understand why and after thinking for half a day, I sought the help of the divine Kalavinka birds, which produce the most melodious sounds of all birds. Though they wanted to assist me, they were unable to help.
I almost wanted to give up.
Then, I thought the cause might be karmic in nature, which would complicate the situation. After investigating for a long time, I found out that the boy was a Buddhist reverend in a previous life and that he had committed three serious offences:
1. He was disrespectful of his master.
2. He broke his Bodhicitta vow.
3. He broke monastic precepts.
Furthermore, the husband and wife were his birth-parents in their previous lives as well. (Karma is entangled for many lives.)
Upon seeing this karmic cause and effect, I was dumbstruck.
At this point, I thought of giving up, but I did not lose heart, and entered the parents' dreams to urge them to chant the High King Avalokitesvara Sutra a thousand times. The couple vowed to always chant the sutra, repent all wrongdoings, and dedicate the merits of their recitations to their son. They chanted the sutra not just a thousand times, not just ten thousand times, but countless times (after a thousand recitations, the most serious transgressions are absolved).
As far as I know, their son received a spiritual response. One day by a pond, he slipped and fell into the water. When someone rescued him, he spat out a large amount of water. To everyone's surprise and amazement, this boy who was born a mute started to utter sounds and was able to speak.
The husband and wife could not be more grateful.
This is indeed a powerful spiritual response from reciting the High King Sutra!
