Light Offering

Recently, after an accidental fall, I felt significant discomfort in my knee. Not only was I unable to bend it naturally, but it was also swollen and painful. The pain was also inconsistent; at times, it would travel to my thigh or calves. At the Bodhi Meditation Health and Happiness Retreat, I made a light offering to my karmic creditors. Amazingly, the very next day, I started feeling my body gradually getting better. By the following day, to my astonishment, my knee became completely pain-free!

"Sleepwalking" is a phenomenon in which you get out of bed while you are asleep, then go back to bed and continue to sleep, and you don't know about it after you wake up. There are different opinions on the factors that cause sleepwalking, but no matter what causes sleepwalking, the family will be very worried. Ouyang Mingren from Taiwan has such concerns. His daughter Ouyang Xiaoyi often gets out of bed about two hours after falling asleep and sleepwalking, sometimes crying or talking nonsense. The parents took her to the temple to ask God for divination, but the effect was not significant. After the examination at the hospital, no brain or mental problems were found. After trying many methods, Ouyang Mingren finally found a way to slowly improve her daughter's sleepwalking phenomenon. What did this father do? Please listen to Ouyang Mingren personally describe this wonderful change.

A woman who suffered a stroke and hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body) recovered miraculously. Subsequently, she found happiness in her marriage and successfully gave birth. The relationship between husband and wife went from on-the-rocks to harmonious, and the family regained familial warmth and happiness. How did this family hit rock bottom? Why do miracles happen? Click the video to witness the Huang family's happy miracle!

One day, shortly after Miao Fa fell asleep, a strange old man appeared beside her bed and showed her three words. Who was the old man? Why would he appear before her? After this incident, what insight did she gain and what changes did she make? Let’s listen to her story.

Life is full of uncertainties. Besides grieving for loves ones, we can also chant sincerely and make a light offering for them so that they will receive precious and invaluable blessings. Yu Zeng, from Taiwan, has a touching story. Let’s listen to his story.

The Buddha said that offering lights before the Buddha is a quick path to liberation. Mention of this appears in numerous Buddhist scriptures. Great Bodhisattva's Scriptural Basket Sutra states that if we light hundreds and thousands of lamps, our negative karma will depart. Avatamsaka Sutra states that the lamp of wisdom dispels all darkness. Many sutras explain that lighting lamps before Buddha can eliminate negative karma and destroy all darkness.