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- Touring the Sixth
Tribunal
- Interviewing Bian
Cheng Wang
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- JiGong:
The days of the years pass very quickly and we are
now nearing the Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Cake
Festival). Last year this month, Sheng Xian Tang
received an Order to write the Book “Diyu Youji” and
now in the twinkling of the eye, one year has gone
by. During the past 12 months you good fellow at
Sheng Xian Tang had undertaken the initial steps of
compiling this Book and the honor and merit are
truly very great. Human life-span is not very long;
in ancient times it was rare for human beings to
live more than 70 years but in this present day,
because of the advances of medical science and the
higher standard of living “short life” has more or
less been conquered and people are inclined to think
that life begins at 70! But really, how many people
are there who do pass their 70th
birthdays? Heaven does not restrict the life-span of
human beings but, because of avarice, alcoholism,
night clubs, vice, gambling, etc, human vitality is
wasted to a very great extent (like burning the
candle at both ends), thus bringing about
unnecessary untimely death; which in fact is caused
by oneself. Therefore, I wish to exhort human beings
to take up ascetic practices thereby saving
themselves and extending their life expectancy.
Today, we will tour Hades again; so Yang Sheng
quickly get up on the lotus flower platform.
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- Yang Sheng:
What part of Hades are we going today?
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- JiGong:
As we have more or less tour the Firth Tribunal, we
will tour the Sixth Tribunal this time. I would
expect you to be more alert during this trip.
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- Yang Sheng:
We have already toured half of Hades by now and
because of this experience, I am more confident.
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- JiGong:
Worldly matters are man-made and if you have the
confidence and can persist in your undertakings, any
matter will and must surely be successful. Quickly
get up on the lotus flower platform as we do not
have much time to spare.
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- Yang Sheng:
I’m safely seated, dear Master, we can now proceed…
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- JiGong:
We have arrived; Yang Sheng, get down.
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- Yang Sheng:
I can see the Sixth Tribunal building quite clearly
in front of us. There is a multitude of sinful souls
gathered outside awaiting investigation by Bian
Cheng Wang, the Head of this Tribunal. Suddenly,
Bian Cheng Wang is seen leaving the Court House and
coming in our direction, and accordingly all eyes of
the sinful souls are also turned towards us.
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- JiGong:
The Sixth Tribunal’s Bian Cheng Wang is coming to
receive us, so Yang Sheng, quickly step forward and
pay respects.
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- Yang Sheng:
Yes, Sir, I’ll do as instructed. Bian Cheng Wang and
Officers, I humbly pay my respects to you. I am Yang
Sheng of Taiwan’s Sheng Xian Tang and have been
ordered to follow JiGong to tour Hades in order to
gather data for the Book “Diyu Youji” so that human
beings can do good deeds after reading it. Today I
beg of Bian Cheng Wang to kindly help me in my
mission.
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- Bian Cheng Wang:
No need to stand on ceremony, please rise. I’m
rather lucky and feel happy to be able to meet you
today. For quite some time, I had been hearing about
the good deeds that had been performed by Sheng Xian
Tang. Last year, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, my
Office had already received the Order from Yu Huang
notifying that Sheng Xian Tang had been entrusted
with the mission of writing the Book
“Diyu Youji” and
now, today, you have arrived; so I would invite you
to come inside for a short rest.
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- JiGong:
Thank you very much, Bian Cheng Wang, for the
courtesy extended to us. Yang sheng, let us follow
Bian Cheng Wang inside.
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- Bian Cheng Wang:
Officer, quickly serve tea, - Heavenly tea.
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- Officer:
Yes, Sir,…..
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- Yang Sheng:
Thank you, Bian Chen Wang for entertaining us. I did
not have the privilege to drink this tea, on Earth;
the taste is sweet and pleasant and moistens the
throat.
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- Bian Cheng Wang:
This is just an ordinary tea. If anything is rare,
it is naturally costly, so you have the feeling that
this tea is very good. I am very glad that today
both of you have come to visit me. To be sure, this
present day world is indeed in great turmoil. That
being so, Yu Huang has great sympathy for human
beings and has accordingly ordered Sheng Xian Tang
to write the Book “Diyu Youji”. Because human beings
do not believe that after death, sinful souls are
sent to the various Prisons in Hades to receive
punishment, Yu Huang specially commissioned JiGong
to bring Yang Sheng to Hades to see for himself how
the sinful souls are suffering through punishment
here. During the tour of Hades, through the Magic
Eyes of small Deity Yu Xu
Tong Zi, Yang Sheng is able to see what goes
on here so that all occurrences are recorded through
the planchette writings at Sheng Xian Tang. I am
sure that many human beings will be saved after
reading this Book. Nowadays, human beings say that
because of science, there are no more spirits or
devils; therefore, we now see or hear of so many
murders, robberies, treacheries and lecheries
throughout the land, and so, people tend to live for
today and don’t care for the tomorrow; and if they
are not spotted by Government laws they dared to do
anything and everything. That is why we see so many
moral obligations being flouted everywhere. This is
what we call the material world of the present day
and that being so, it really pains the heart. When
those human beings who do not believe in the
existence of spirits and devils, and those who do
not believe in cause and effect, and those who lead
sinful lives, die their souls cannot escape the
punishment awaiting them in our Prisons in Hades.
Roughly speaking, the “net of Heaven” is very large
and has plenty of holes, yet no sinful soul can
escape. In other words, the Mills of God grind
slowly but surely – Heaven’s retribution, is slow
but sure. I am in charge of this Sixth Tribunal
which is called “Loud
Shrieking Prison”
because the suffering of the souls who are sent here
are very much worse than the suffering of those
souls who are sent to the Fifth Tribunal, thus
earning the name “Loud
Shrieking Prison”. Inside this main Prison
are 16 smaller prisons and so the souls of those
human beings who committed grave sins and lack
morality are sent here where they have to undergo
much suffering and punishment. I hope that when Yang
Sheng returns to Earth he will explain to human
beings that they should take up ascetic practices
and maintain one’s duty and self-restraint. Today, I
am highly honored and because I am happy, I wish to
invite both of you to partake of Heavenly Tea; this
is in contrast to the suffering punishment I mete
out to those sinful souls who are sent to this
Tribunal for sentence. It is all left to human
beings to choose what kind of reception they wish to
get after their death – drink Heavenly Tea or get
suffering through punishment. Now I am inviting both
of you to drink Heavenly Tea again.
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- JiGong:
Because time is running short, I hope to visit you
again next time.
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- Bain Cheng Wang:
It is OK. I will be only too happy to have the
pleasure of entertaining you next time. I will order
my Officers, etc, to line up to give you a hearty
send off.
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- Yang Sheng:
Thank you, Bian Cheng Wang, for giving me Heavenly
Tea to drink and also for your precious words of
advice. As it is getting late, I have to say
goodbye.
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- JiGong:
Yang Sheng, get up on the lotus flower platform to
return.
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- Yang Sheng:
I’m safely seated, dear Master, we can start….
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- JiGong:
We have arrived at Sheng Xian Tang. Yang Sheng get
down. Soul, return to your body.
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- End of Journey
No 36
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- The Sixth Tribunal
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