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About
this Sutra
Once upon a time in heaven, Prince San Chu 
was happily enjoying his singing and dancing.
When
one night he heard a voice, proclaiming that:-
"In
seven days time Prince San Chu you will be reborn seven times in the
form of ferocious animals. After that you will serve sentence by
suffering different kinds of hell, then finally you will be reborn as a
human being without eyes and in abject poverty."
Hearing
these words brought terror and panic to Prince San Chu, then he rushed to
seek the Jade Emperor 
to ask for his advice.
The
Jade Emperor took him in turn to see Buddha Siddhartha Gautama (Sakyamuni)
for
help.
Buddha told them this
Sutra and asked Prince San Chu diligently to Chant with dedication and
humility for several days to help him to clear his own debts (bad-deeds), which he had
accumulated in his previous life.
Prince
San-Chu's
previous life:-
San
Chu was born into a high-class family of good standing in India. His
mother had to work hard to get food on the table, since his father died
shortly after San Chu was born. One day he was hungry and yelled for his
mother to give him food, but he got no reply.
He
had earlier observed that Mothers in the Animal world seemed to exist
only to look after the needs of their young. So when his mother
eventually appeared he said: "Mum you are worse than the
Animals", yet after his Mum had served him his food, he shared his
food with a Monk who happened to be passing.
Later,
he became a Monk in the Temple, when visiting Monks asked for some food,
he replied by using foul language even saying to them that they must be
blind…. etc.
It was due to
the good-deeds (Cause) of Prince San-chu accumulated in his previous
life that gained him entry to Heaven. But he just enjoyed his life
without cultivation for further progress, then until his end of
time-limit in heaven, and he was supposed to be reborn again in order to
serve the effects of his bad-deeds before.
Cause
and Effect 
Cause:-
(the good deeds) Prince San Chu sharing his food with a passing Monk.
Effect:-
Earned him a place in Heaven.
Cause:-
(the bad deeds) His foul language, cursing to his mum and the
visiting Monks.
Effect:- He is
being punished by being reborn as ferocious Animals, suffer different
levels of hell and after that be reborn as a Human being without eyes
and in abject poverty.
Note:-
Whatever
Good deeds or bad deeds (Cause) we did, will always have consequence
(Effect). In other words what goes around comes around.
Doing
good-deeds and helping others from the bottom of our hearts without
intend will surely compensate for bad-deeds we did. Just like the Credit and
Debit book.
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