acupuncture, dreams, incurable pain, karmic retribution, monk, reincarnation

Incurable Pain Is a Debt From a Previous Life

One day, a woman came to an acupuncture clinic to treat incurable pain. The doctor found a note on the woman’s medical record: “Afraid of acupuncture. Not fond of acupuncture.” The woman suffered from joint and muscle pain. It was so excruciating that she could not lift a glass of water. She sought medical treatments ...

Mikel Davis

Dark Zen stones sit in a pile.

2 Kinds of People You Should Be Good To 

There are all kinds of people in the world. However, there are two kinds of people you should always be good to. 1. Those who are kind to you  In the Song Dynasty (960-1279), a gentleman called Mr. Sun was well known for his kindness. He always did good deeds to help others. His life ...

Helen London

A lotus in bloom.

Fatal Retribution for the Wanton Slaughter of Sacred Turtles

The subjects of karma and retribution have long been widely discussed throughout the ages in the cultures of the Eastern and Western worlds. This account tells the true story of the severe retribution meted out to a group of people for savagely slaughtering and eating released turtles. It was emphasized by the author that this ...

Michael Segarty

Small turtle on a rock in a pond in a traditional Chinese garden near Wenshu Monastery, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.

Good and Bad Karma Shape Your Life

Despite the considerable progress in medical science and technologies in today’s modern society, there are still incurable diseases and new and previously unknown conditions being diagnosed all the time. Some people with advanced abilities believe that the causes of these diseases have not only appeared in the person’s life, but are related to previous lives ...

Helen London

Pink lotus flower in bloom in front of a heart filled half with the moon and half with the sun.

Han Zao Was an Amazing Fortune Teller in the Southern Song Dynasty

Han Zao was a famous fortune teller during the Southern Song Dynasty. He had a stall in the Sangiao area of the capital city Lin’an, which is these days known as Hangzhou City in Zhejiang Province. He was so accurate in his fortune-telling that people came from far and wide to see him, even visiting ...

Emma Lu

Asian pagoda seen along with the full moon in the sky.

Retribution for Abusing Mother-in-Law

Retribution is a divine law. It was the summer of 1960. There was an ordinary family living in Daguan village in China. A man and his wife lived with their two children, a little boy of eight and a daughter who was eleven years old. Their grandmother lived with them too. She was their father’s ...

Emma Lu

Bamboo in a courtyard of Suzhou Museum.

Universal Values Across Cultures: A Taste of Your Own Medicine

Throughout history’s development, Eastern and Western cultures have been pretty distinct in their languages and belief systems, but their universal values are amazingly consistent. To illustrate this, two historical events occurred during different periods in the West and the East. Let’s explore the Western and Eastern stories: “Please get into the jar, sir, and try ...

Emma Lu

Porileus is burned by Phalaris in the bronze bull.

Retribution: For Destroying a Bodhisattva Image, 3 Generations Were Punished 

Here is a true story of karmic retribution. It happened in a small village in Hunan Province, China, in the 1950s. The people involved were the five members of He Kejian’s three generations of family, which was well off before 1949, but later was given the hereditary family class label of “middle peasant,” the second-to-the-lowest ...

Helen London

A statue of Bodhisattva Guanyin.

Folktale: The Idiot and the Rich Man

There is a folktale about how in ancient times there was a rich man who was cunning and stingy. One day, he hired a long-term laborer named Idiot Zhang. Though Zhang had such a name, he was really very smart. He calmly accepted being bullied or swindled, and would never do things to harm others. ...

Emma Lu

A Friesian calf in front of a hay bale.

Do Not Take Ill-Gotten Gains or Disasters Will Abound, Part 2

In the first part of this story, there are examples given showing how righteous behavior is rewarded by the heavens. The following tales reveal how taking ill-gotten gains is met with penalties and hardship. A warning to those who hurt others for self-interest During the period of the Republic of China (1912-1949), a businessman in ...

David Jirard

String of pearls with glass orange, gold, and clear beads – Ill-gotten gains bring disaster.