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La Sin Bei Yeo King



(From Tai Chong King Volume 108 page 706)

About this Sutra

A long time ago in India, there were two friends from the upper class caste, one of them made a vow to to help people, and the other vowed to become a King. A few lives later, both of them reincarnated, one as a monk known as "La-sin" , the other as a King, known as "Nei-lan-tall-wong" , on an Island near Greece.

This sutra is regarding the questions and answers between the two of them:-

The King asked:-

After humans die, can they jump over the circle of six-realms without re-incarnation again and again?

La-sin answered:-

Some may and some may not!

If some one clings on to material things, love and greed, then certainly they cannot jump over the circle.

But when one chooses to let go, then they can jump over the circle with ease.

The King asked:-

Why do some human beings have a long life, some have a shorter life, some have no limbs, some are born without eyes, some are intelligent, some are not very bright, some suffer ill health, some are born with a silver spoon in their mouth, others in poverty, some good looking, some ugly..etc..

La-sin said:-

Just like the fruit trees, some fruits taste sweet, some sour, some are bitter; some are like hot chili peppers.

La-sin asked:- 

Why are all these trees different?

King answered:- 

It is because of the different seeds we plant in the first place!

La-sin said:-

Yes, it is because of different deeds in each human being’s previous life (resembling the seeds we plant - either good or bad). This is the reason why some have a long life, some a short life…etc.

This are the effects that we have caused previously, which are all recorded in our Credit & Debit book.

The King asked:-

How and which is the way to progress?

La-sin answered:-

Doing Charitable works is the way to progress.

Just like when a wall is at a stage of collapse in a house, if it had been repaired earlier then the house would have been saved.

If you invade another country, and realize that you do not have enough soldiers in your army, then reinforcement is a must in order to win the battle.

Human beings have evil-thoughts within that hinder our advancement, just like do not have enough armed forces; in this case, one needs to do good-deeds and charitable works to overcome the bad and evil deeds.

Repairing the house, reinforcement of the army or charitable works are the ways to progress.