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- A man was so obsessed praying to Goddess of Mercy
- That day and night his heart was only for her
- He mistreated his mother at home
- And could not care much for her
- Except for the Goddess of Mercy
- One day he heard that at a certain temple
- Up in a mountain, there was a Goddess of Mercy
- Who was very compassionate towards mankind
- And her advice and predictions were very accurate
- He rushed to the mountain
- After telling his mother that he might be home late
- On the way he met a Taoist monk
- And the monk told him
- The Goddess of Mercy was in his house now
- ‘If you see a woman in your house
- Who wears her sleeping gown inside
out
- And wears her slippers wrongly
- She is your Goddess of Mercy’
- Full of excitement he rushed home
- Upon reaching the house
- He banged on the door excitedly and asked his mother
- To open the door quickly
- His mother jolted up from her sleep, feeling dizzy
- Quickly wore her sleeping gown and slippers
- And went to open the door
- The son upon seeing his mother; saw that
- She was wearing her sleeping gown inside out
- And slippers wrongly
- Remembering what the Taoist monk had told him
- He immediately knelt down, cried and asked his mother
- To forgive him
- If you want to be good
- First be good to your own mother, otherwise everything
is false
- Before the miracle of the leaves happened to me in 1993
- I was never filial towards my mother
- Sometimes I might even mistreat her for words spoken by
her
- I was naïve and did not know it was for my own good
- The love and care I did not realize, appreciate and
value it
- Now my mother is gone and whenever I recall
- I just can’t help my tears from flowing down
- A foolish man but thank God I have shown three years of
filial piety
- Before her last breath, deep inside I cry at times
- How I wish I could do more when she was alive
- Don’t be too late, if you still have.
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