墮胎乃往生之障
林鈺堂
九年來不斷義務為亡者修超渡之密法﹁頗瓦﹂法，至今已達千次以上。目前每兩天修一次，因為此法氣功很強，身體不堪每日修持。凡有亡者，只需報知其姓名，即為彼加入迴向。
積多年之經驗，由其中為婦女亡者修法之感應，已明確瞭解，要使彼往生必需連同彼曾墮胎之亡故子女一起超渡；否則即此業因，已成往生之障。近日一次感應，某女士為亡母求修頗瓦，結果夢兆中顯示彼亦受益，而仍有餘業未消。經查詢後方蒙彼告知，確曾墮胎，而此事只有彼夫婦二人知道。因彼未為亡兒提請超渡，故有餘業未消。我就在下次旳頗瓦法中，為彼亡兒加入迴向。
願以此短文提請學佛大眾注意此事。凡已墮胎，或叫他人做，或見作隨喜，或起心動念，或夢中做，皆宜為亡者請修超渡，並自修懺。願所有與此業有關之業障皆得佛慈加被而消盡，大家蓮品增上無障礙！
一九九七年四月一日
養和齋 於加州
On Abortion Being an Obstacle to Rebirth in Pureland
Written in Chinese by Yutang Lin
Translated by Stanley Lam
Over the past nine years, I have been performing Powa for deceased beings as a voluntary service. So far I have already done it over a thousand times. Currently I am performing Powa every other day because the Wind energy of this practice is too powerful for the body to withstand daily practice. Whenever there is any deceased beings, people can just send in the names and I will include them in the prayers.
After many years' experience, based on inspirations from performing Powa for deceased women, I have a clear understanding that, in order for a woman to be reborn in Pureland, it is necessary to include all her aborted children in the Powa. Otherwise, such Karma is heavy enough to become an obstacle to getting a rebirth in Pureland. There is a recent inspirational experience: A lady asked me to perform Powa for her deceased mother. After the Powa, her dream indicated that she had also received some benefits, but there is residual bad Karma yet to be cleansed. Upon further enquiry, I was told that she had had abortion before, and only she and her husband knew about it. Since she had not requested Powa for the aborted child, there was some residual bad Karma left. I therefore included the aborted child in the next Powa.
May this short article remind all Buddhists of this matter. For any case of abortion, or suggestion of abortion, or rejoicing on others' abortion, or thoughts of abortion, or even abortion in dreams, it is advisable to pray for the deceased and to practice confession oneself. May all karmic hindrance relating to this activity be completely purified by Buddha's compassionate blessing, and all can achieve a higher level of rebirth in Amitabha's Pureland.
Written in Chinese on April 1, 1997
El Cerrito, California
Translated on January 4, 2001
Hong Kong
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