abbot, encounter with gods, evil thoughts

‘Gods See All Your Evil Thoughts’

There is an ancient Chinese saying: “Gods see all your evil thoughts.” In July of a specific lunar year, an altar master in Shizhu County was passing through the township of Fengdu and decided to visit the temple of the town’s god. While offering his prayers and burning incense, he raised his head and gazed reverently ...

Emma Lu

Burning incense sticks in front of a Buddha statue.

A Mother Abandoned Her Evil Thoughts and Her Son Escaped Death

If we abandon our evil thoughts, we will be rewarded. If we don’t abandon such thoughts, we will suffer retribution. A woman made pancakes every day. She always made one extra, which she left by the window so that hungry passers-by could take it if they needed to. Whenever the woman put the pancakes on ...

Armin Auctor

A stack of pancakes.

Good and Evil Determine Life and Death

A long time ago, the morals of the people in a village had become very bad, and gods were going to destroy the town. A Bodhisattva wanted to save the benevolent people in the village, giving those who knew the difference between good and evil another chance to survive. So she went down to the ...

Helen London

A Chinese village.