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advice, on this occasion he did not take it.
For three months he meditated here and after this
decided to go to Bodhi Gaya to practice there also. He
wanted to take over the monastery there, as only an
ignorant monk was in possession at that time. He would
have to travel, then, both to Bodhi Gaya and to see the
Chinese professor who was the patron in charge of
appointing guardians to these temples.
I warned him not to go, saying to him, "Five days after
you arrive at Bodhi Gaya you will get very bad trouble."
He did not fear, saying, "I have nothing to worry about.
I will go to Bodhi Gaya; that is a very holy place." He
did not listen to me and went on. On his return journey,
the fifth day after the day of his arrival at Bodhi Gaya,
he was standing near the door of his overcrowded train.
Falling down to the ground, he was killed by the train.
This was caused by the evil karma of destroying the
Guan Gong image. Should we not respect the gods so
that they help us, rather than offend them and thus
produce bad karma?
B. Re-appraisal of Christianity
The purpose of our book is mainly to guide Western
readers and, in that part of the world, religious power
lies with the Christian and Jewish God, Jehovah. We
should not hurt him in any way for he may certainly
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