The Lot of Extinction
Extreme Inauspiciousness
尘暗秦时镜。
珉含卞氏琼。
如屈石窟内。
何日见光明。
Thick dust deprives the mirror of fortune of its shimmer. Priceless jade was once dull stone. You are like a gem in the rough, when will you decide to shine?
Meaning
The Lot of Extinction indicates doubts and anxieties.
Arguments, scandals, illnesses, and misfortunes may appear.
Your aspirations will not be attained ; your expectations will not be met.
Thus, you must be conservative, live simply and maintain the status quo.
Furthermore, you must hereafter do good deeds and study the sutras. By doing so, you are polishing your karmic slate and changing your fortune for the better.
Translator's Notes
According to Venerable Hsuan Hua, those who regularly make offerings to and bow before an image of Earth Store Bodhisattva will enjoy numerous benefits. One of them is that all their dreams will come true:
"Fifth, they will easily obtain what they want…Those in the present may enjoy benefits and longer lives, but that is other people. I do not gain anything by it. Now here is something that is good for you. Your wishes come true.
For example, one thing that most people think is most critical may be a man or a woman’s hope for a good spouse. He or she will get their wish.
This is an issue for laypeople. What about monastics? They will be good monks and nuns, getting their wish. If you say, “I’m not interested in any of these.” Find something that interests you and the related wishes will come true."
Ven. Master Hsuan Hua's Commentary on the Earth Store Sutra (Chapter 11).
Thus, even though this lot is perhaps the worst, hope is still right around the corner. Diligently do as the sutras instruct and your fortune will change in a blink of an eye.
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