Brush Encounter With Buddha

Since young, my family is Taoism. That's mean we burn joss paper, offer meat as sacrifice, will burn paper houses ect for our past away relatives.

When i am 14 yrs old, i started attending church due to the influence from my teachers and friends at school until the age of 19 yrs old. I was in a Catholic school. This does not bring much insight into my life or i was asked to go to the church. One day, in church, my senior was praying for me then she told me "God" told her that i had something following me all the while and that thing do not want to leave me. She ask me whether do i have any amulets or anything from the temple? I told her no, she told me must throw away the things that belong to the temple in order to serve"God". She had difficulty in telling that thing to go? She keep on praying for me.

I decided to left the church, when i found my husband. He was against the idea of me going to the church. I had the feeling that i do not belong to them and many of my friends and my family don't like me to go to church. I followed him and went to pray in the temples. I know nuts about Buddhism neither does my Husband?

After knowing him for two years, i had the hardest time to go through. If not for him, i may had die. After marriage, we continued to travel to many places, mostly we will stop at temple to pray pray with the influence from my husband. Whatever temple we see, we will go in and pray for Health and Safety.

Turning Point? When i went to Hongkong, i got the first glismpe into Buddha's life and know how he became englightened to become a Buddha. It's quite interesting as we will be taking through an aminated journey to learn about Buddha.

Every Vesak Day, I will make it a point to go to Buddhist temple to bathe the buddha and offer flowers to Guan Yin. I got mistaken that bathing buddha is making wishes, now i know is to wash away our sins.

Ever since i know my husband, he will always remind me to go to the temple to pray. When i first know him, i remember telling him how i love and respect Guan Yin, she has a compassion towards me ect.

I love to pray to Guan Yin the most, frankly speaking, i don't really like to pray to the other toaist gods. I told my husband, when i had a home, i will worship Guan Yin in my house.

Patiently, i wait for the arrival of my new house. On the day that the Fengshui Master came to audit my new flat, he told me one thing, to ask me and my husband to change our bazhi. This cost a whopping sum of $10,000.00 per person.

My whole heart sank when i realize that i can't lead the life that i want. A life without worries and luxuries (lot of money). I even want to live as long as possible in order to enjoy the riches that i had. I started to cry and shouted why is heaven so unfair, why can't i be rich while others can?

Suddenly, i had a thought in my heart. To not to belive in the fengshui master but to go to seek refuge in the Buddha. I started to be interested in Buddhism and went for the course. Indeed, Buddhsim had changed me a lot, my attitude towards life for juz a short one month. Even, my husband notice the changes in me.