“An awakened person must possess a clear and cool state of mind.”

In this episode, we explore Master Jun Hong Lu’s teaching Regulate Your Mind: Cultivate Your Body and Nurture Your Nature. We delve into practical tools like group cultivation, the power of repentance, and how karmic force operates across lifetimes, affecting our emotions, health, and even external outcomes.

This episode offers insights on overcoming emotional debt, reshaping character, and steadily walking the path of transformation—starting with the mind.

Source text of this episode: ⁠⁠https://guanyincitta.com/bhff1-28/

⁠Learn more about Master Lu:
Achievements: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://richardlu.org/⁠

Official Website (Simplified Chinese): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lujunhong2or.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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“When the fire of ignorance flares up, all merits will be burnt to ashes.”

Drawing on vivid analogies—like comparing hatred to a blazing fire and thoughts to thieves in the mind—Master Jun Hong Lu offers a guide for how to purify the heart, overcome afflictions, and cultivate spiritual wisdom.

We discuss:

• Why understanding your thoughts is key to recognizing your true nature

• How karma unfolds across lifetimes and why “good people” may still suffer

• The spiritual danger of hatred and how it blocks your path

• Letting the mind lead the body, rather than being ruled by impulses

• The role of joy, humility, kindness, and compassion in building lasting peace

• How even the smallest act of patience can ripple into future blessings

Master Lu’s teachings invite us to look inward, to pause before reacting, and to actively create karmic conditions for harmony—not just within ourselves, but through meaningful connections with others.

Source text of this episode:

Learn more about Master Lu: https://richardlu.org/

Achievements: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp20wLFk9JM&list=PLE1VygjqwQCwvQoclrz9BI-ImXl_tIH_I⁠
Official Website (Simplified Chinese): ⁠https://lujunhong2or.com/⁠
Official Website (English): ⁠https://guanyincitta.com/⁠
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“For those who have begun to live a life of spirituality, learning the Dharma helps you become a virtuous person.”
In this episode, we explore Essentials of Practicing Buddhism, a foundational teaching by Master Jun Hong Lu that brings ancient wisdom into everyday relevance.
We discuss the law of cause and effect, the illusion of permanence, and how every thought you choose can lead you closer to happiness—or deeper into suffering.
From the idea that setbacks are hidden blessings, to the insight that even happiness can turn to sorrow if clung to, this episode challenges how we understand growth, pain, and peace.

Source text of this episode: ⁠⁠https://guanyincitta.com/bhff1-26/
⁠Learn more about Master Lu:


Achievements: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp20wLFk9JM&list=PLE1VygjqwQCwvQoclrz9BI-ImXl_tIH_I⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Official Website (Simplified Chinese): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lujunhong2or.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Official Website (English): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://guanyincitta.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Free Publications: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://guanyincitta.com/publications/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠