“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/⁠

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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.

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

Achievements: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp20wLFk9JM&list=PLE1VygjqwQCwvQoclrz9BI-ImXl_tIH_I⁠
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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/
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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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“Your worst enemy might just be your greatest teacher—if you know how to see the lesson.”
In this episode, we explore Master Jun Hong Lu’s powerful teaching on repentance, and the unexpected role of adversity in spiritual growth.
We reflect on the concept of difficult people as spiritual teachers, gratitude as a powerful antidote to negative karma, and deluded thoughts as thieves that rob us of peace.

episode invites you to see your inner and outer challenges in a whole new light.

Source text of this episode: ⁠https://guanyincitta.com/bhff1-24/
⁠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/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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“What we cling to as real—wealth, emotions, even our own body—is often the very thing that clouds our true nature.”
In this episode, we explore Master Jun Hong Lu’s teachings from Ability to See Through the True Nature, a profound reflection on impermanence, attachment, and the path to genuine spiritual clarity.
Master Lu explains why the physical world, including our own emotions and material possessions, lacks fixed self-nature. We discuss how clinging to these illusions—especially in family dynamics or during hardship—can obstruct our inner growth.
This episode invites you to rethink what truly matters. Is it money we should leave behind—or a legacy of wisdom, compassion, and virtue? And when life becomes difficult, could those challenges be the very signs we need to start cultivating the mind?

Source text of this episode: ⁠https://guanyincitta.com/bhff1-23/
⁠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/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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“Faith lays the foundation, but only wisdom completes the journey within.”
In this episode, we unpack Master Jun Hong Lu’s profound teaching on the five powers—faith, effort, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom—as essential tools for realising one’s inherent Buddha nature.
We explore how each power builds on the next: faith provides direction, effort sustains the path, mindfulness sharpens awareness, concentration calms the mind, and wisdom brings deep understanding.
Whether facing doubts, distractions, or ethical dilemmas, the five powers offer a framework for inner clarity and transformation.

Source text of this episode:https://guanyincitta.com/bhff1-21/
⁠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/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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“Simple acts of kindness can carry deep spiritual weight—if rooted in your awakened nature.”
In this episode, we explore Master Jun Hong Lu’s The Wonderful Functions of the Dharma, unpacking how the teachings of inherent Buddha nature, humility, and selfless service form the foundation of true spiritual practice.
We also reflect on how perceiving the Buddha nature in all things—through gratitude, mindfulness, and equality—can help us transcend the mundane world and move closer to awakening.

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⁠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/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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"True transformation begins not with outward actions, but with awakening the Buddha nature within" In this episode, we explore Master Jun Hong Lu’s profound teaching on the difference between good deeds, merit, and virtue, drawn from the text Difference Between Good Deeds, Merit, and Virtue.
Master Lu reveals that it is not enough to simply perform good actions—the key lies in acting from an awakened heart, aligned with our Buddha nature.

We discuss how genuine realization transforms everyday deeds into true merit and virtue, while actions motivated by self-interest, no matter how kind they appear, remain merely good deeds.

Source text of this episode: ⁠https://guanyincitta.com/bhff1-18/
⁠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/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠