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來自臺灣的傅西民居士：
首先自我介紹：我姓傅，名西民，就是「西」方的人「民」。我早在五十年前就在西方極樂世界登記了，現在隨時準備報到。我的同修親蓮師信佛已經超過二十五年，很虔誠，每天都要到佛堂唸經拜佛，最近出家了，還不到一年的時間。我女兒恆通師大學畢業後隨即出家，已經十幾年了。母女倆現都在長堤聖寺常住。我還有兩個兒子：大的在臺北景興國中教美術；小的現在在聖城，也是教美術。
十年前我同修和女兒，經常請些佛書給我看，引導我慢慢地步入佛門開始學習佛法。我正式吃素卻只有五年時間，之前是斷斷續續的吃素。就在那時我做了一個夢，夢見自己在寺廟裡遊玩，佛菩薩告訴我，你要下決心長期吃素，日後不可再吃肉。醒來時把夢況告知同修，她告訴我不能再吃肉了。自此正式長素。
我已七十一歲，老來學佛，大腦反應遲鈍，記憶減退，障礙很多。但是我要只顧耕耘，不問收穫。自今以後要加倍努力，抱定我的三顆真心來學佛。什麼三顆真心呢？第一就是信心；第二是決心；第三是恆心。
更要慢慢除去我體內的一顆假心，因為這顆假心太不好了，很難制服。一個人的貪瞋癡、自私自利和妄想等，都是這顆假心造成的；這是我學佛的障礙，因此我要設法慢慢去除這顆假心。
過去我行醫時每年都會碰上一些體質過敏的病人，在治療過程中，往往發生臉色蒼白、呼吸困難、全身抽筋或休克等種種危險狀況。在我診所裡面有一個佛堂，每有緊急情況，除施救外，我的同修就跑到佛堂去燒香拜佛，求佛菩薩保祐平安。最後都能轉危為安，化險為夷，從未發生重大的醫療糾紛，所以我感覺很慶幸，信佛、拜佛的功德真是不可思議。
我自開診所以來總是抱著一種慈悲心，所謂「醫者父母心」。我在鄉裡服務病人，都是二十四小時開放門診，一年四季風雨無阻地出診，來服務鄉民，因此鄉民對我都有好感。我的醫術學識並不強過人，但是病人對我很信任，只要我好言相勸幾句，他的病就好了一半。這些我認為都是佛菩薩的加持與保祐。
比丘尼恆音師：
我想簡短報告一件事情，是前天發生的，也是像剛剛那位居士所講的「有求必應」的感應－－藉著這個法會的力量。那天我接到辦公室的通知說，女校李果北老師的親戚打電話來，說她一個親人胃部流血不止，在醫院急救。希望她打電話回家，趕快訂機票回去，因為她的親人大概只有幾個小時可以活了。
李果北老師是美國人，她的家庭不是信佛的。我即刻就去找代課老師，讓她去打電話回家。她馬上回來跟我說想請假去佛殿為親人立個牌位，並隨眾唸地藏菩薩聖號。
從早上九點到下午李果北老師一直在佛殿參加法會唸地藏菩薩聖號。大約五點鐘左右，我接到電話說她的親人已經不再流血了。
後來果北老師打電話回家，家人說醫生都覺得這是很不可思議的，因為他的血液已經沒有辦法凝結，就是沒有希望了，所以醫生已經放棄了。可是就在早上九點一刻的時候，他開始甦醒過來，當時醫生就一直說：「奇蹟出現了！奇蹟出現了！」他們都覺得真是不可思議，也沒有再做什麼醫療；但是她的親人自己轉危為安，平安沒事了。
果北老師說九點一刻正是她立牌位的時候，可是她沒有跟家人講唸地藏王菩薩和立牌位這些事情，因為他們都不會瞭解；只跟一個姊姊講了，那個姊姊來過聖城。
我本來希望果北老師自己來講這件事，但是她昨晚去了金聖寺。我想給大家知道這事，因為這是誠心參加地藏七的感應，及佛菩薩的加被。
編按：李果北老師的親人最後還是去世了，但是她仍然很感激，因為他多活了幾個禮拜，使她有機會回去見他最後一面，並為他念佛立牌位。
待續
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Upasaka Fu Ximing from Taiwan:
Let me first introduce myself. My last name is Fu. My first name is Ximing, or citizen of the West. I've already registered at the Western Pure Land more than fifty years ago, and now I plan to show up at any time. My spouse, Ching Lian Shi, has believed in the Buddha for more than 25 years. She's very sin- cere and goes to the Buddha hall to recite sutras and bow to the Buddhas every day. She left home less than a year ago. My daughter Heng Tung Shi left home as soon as she graduated from college; it's now been more than ten years. Both daughter and mother now live at the Long Beach Monastery on a permanent basis. I have two sons too. The elder one teaches art at Taipei Jinxing Junior High, the younger one is currently teaching art at the Sagely City.
Ten years ago my spouse and daughter began to guide me into Buddhism slowly, frequently handing me Buddhist books to read. I started learning Buddhadharma at that time, but officially became a vegetarian only five years ago. Prior to that, my vegetarian habits were stop and go. Five years ago I had a dream that I was strolling along in a temple when the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas told me, "You must commit to eating vegetarian on a long-term basis. You cannot eat meat anymore." I told Chin Lian Shi my dream when I woke up; she told me to stop eating meat. Thus, I became a vegetarian on a permanent basis.
I'm already 71 years old. Learning Buddhism at an old age is full of obstacles. My brain responds more slowly; my memory is gradually going. However, I ask only to sow, not to reap. From now on, I will work doubly hard and learn Buddhism with my three true minds. What are the three true minds? Faith, commitment and perseverance.
Furthermore, I want to slowly eliminate my false mind because this false mind is awful and difficult to tame. One's greed, hatred and stupidity, selfishness, self-interest and false thoughts, etc. are all created by this false mind. This is the obstacle to my learning Buddhism, so I plan to gradually remove this false mind.
As a doctor, I encounter some physically sensitive patients every year. During the treatment process, they often become pale, have difficulty breathing, suffer from seizures, faint or experience other dangerous situations. There's a Buddha hall in my clinic. In addition to medical aid, my spouse always ran to the Buddha hall to offer incense and pray to the Buddha and Bodhisattvas during emergencies.
In the end, crises turn into wellbeing; none of my patients has had any serious medical complication. Therefore, I feel quite fortunate. The merit and virtue of believing in the Buddha and bowing to the Buddha is truly inconceivable.
Since I opened up my clinic, I've always maintained kindness and compassion, attempting to be a "physician with the heart of a parent." My clinic is open for 24 hours to serve the patients in my village. I also go out to the field and serve the villagers throughout the year, rain or shine. Thus, the locals act favorably toward me. My medical knowledge isn't more superior to that of others, but patients trust me. As long as I encourage them with a few kind words, their illness is healed halfway. I believe this is all a result of the Buddhas' and Bodhisattvas' blessings and protection.
Bhikshuni Heng Yin Shi:
I want to make a brief report about what happened the day before yesterday. This relates to what the previous speaker had said: whenever you're sincere, there's a response from the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.
That day I received a message from the office regarding Rebecca Lee, a teacher at the girls' school. The message was that Rebecca's brother was in the hospital in critical condition, suffering from nonstop bleeding in the stomach. The caller had hoped that Rebecca would call and fly home quickly because it seemed that her brother only had a few hours left to live.
Rebecca Lee is an American. Her family doesn't believe in Buddhism. I immediately went to find a substitute for her class so she could call home. She returned to tell me that she wanted time off to go to the Buddha Hall to set up a plaque for her relative and recite the Bodhisattva's holy name with the rest of the assembly.
From nine o'clock in the rooming until late afternoon, Rebecca participated in the session at the Buddha hall, reciting the Earth Store Bodhisattva's holy name. Around five o'clock, I received a phone call saying that Rebecca's brother had stopped bleeding.
After that Rebecca called home and learned about the specifics of the situation. Her family said that her brother's blood couldn't coagulate so the doctors essentially stopped fixing a hopeless situation and simply waited for him to die. Around 9:15 in the morning though, Rebecca's brother began to come around. At the time the doctors kept saying, "Something's happening! Something's happening!" They all felt it was inconceivable. Without any further treatment, Rebecca's brother left the danger zone and returned to safety.
Rebecca said that she set up her brother's long-life plaque at 9:15 a.m. She didn't let her family members know about reciting the Earth Store Bodhisattva's name and setting up a plaque, however, because she thought they wouldn't understand. She only told one sister who had been to the Sagely City before.
I had hoped that Rebecca would be here to talk about this herself, but she went to Gold Sage Monastery last night. I thought I should share this with everyone because this is the result of everyone's sincerity in this Earth Store session and the blessings of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.
Editor's Note: Rebecca Lee's brother did pass away several weeks later, but she is grateful that he lived long enough for her to return home to see him, to recite the Buddha's name for him, and to set up a plaque for him.
To be continued
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