Rinpoche – Behind the Scenes 活佛背后的故事

From left to right: Jie, the boys’ cousin Jia Yi, GG their mother and her older son Hui

For the entirety of his nine years of life, Jie had never once spoken or expressed himself verbally, and no one knew why. Medical test upon test had come up negative, showing there was nothing physiologically wrong with the child.

With no answers from the doctors, all his parents could do was hope that he might one day be able to speak on his own. However, his mother GG Wan and father Chef Au knew that time was running out for their little boy. Enrolled in a regular school, they had begun to arrange Jie’s transfer into a special needs school when they heard that His Eminence Tsem Tulku Rinpoche was giving a baby baptismal.

With deep faith, GG and Chef Au submitted all three of their children’s names for the baptism – together with Jie, they submitted the names of their two older children, a 13-year old daughter and 11-year old son who have no problems with their speech, or with their studies. GG and Chef Au, who is the Head Chef of Kechara Oasis, simply intended for their children to attend the baptism as a blessing. They never knew that the event on Wesak Day would bring so many great changes for them.

The day after the baptism ceremony, GG recalled that she tried to guide Jie to recite Manjushri’s manta OM AH RA PATSA NA DHI. Jie however, was unable to memorise or recite the whole mantra.

“That’s why it came as a surprise for me when he recited it. It happened while I was driving. Jie, who was sitting in the back seat, suddenly said, “Mama, OM AH RA PATSA NA DHI!””

“It happened two days after I tried teaching him. I was driving so I said to him, “Good boy!”” said GG, who is still very excited when recalling her son’s miraculous improvement after the blessing ceremony.

“I have had more surprises after that. Once, Jie even uttered, “Mama, you crazy ah, driving dangerously!””, GG explaining that Jie said this when she tried to avoid a car in front of her which made an emergency stop.

Instead of being angry at Jie for scolding her, instead GG was very happy that her son could express his feelings precisely and with ease.

Since the baptism ceremony and his first recitation of Manjushri’s mantra, Jie has shown significant improvement. GG believes that these changes are due to the power of the Three Jewels, and that his improvements are only just the beginning.

GG and her husband suspected Jie of having speech problems when he was four years old, and no one could tell them what was wrong, except to say that he might have learning difficulties. The only sentence Jie came anywhere near to enunciating was, “Mama, I want to play computer games.” For the most part, he was incoherent, uttering incomplete sentences and noises, or relying on hand gestures to communicate – for example, to indicate his hunger, he would place his palm on his stomach.

Thus the change comes as an immense relief and joy to the proud parents who, after many years of living without any concrete hope that their son would one day speak, can now hear their son express himself perfectly…and for a parent, that is their greatest relief, to know that their son will be okay when they are gone.

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医生说不出原由，欧氏夫妇能做的只是等待儿子开口说话的那一天。无论如何，勇杰在正规学校的学习的确面对障碍，所以在父亲欧师傅听闻尊贵的詹杜固仁波切将给主持一次儿童佛教洗礼仪式加持儿童时，毫不犹豫给孩子接受加持。

母亲温彩珠和欧师傅把三名孩子—13岁的长女、11岁的长子和9岁的勇杰的名字都提交给克切拉佛教中心，单纯地希望孩子得到三宝加持。长子和长女都没有面对言语表达或学习上的障碍。目前在克切拉如意轩担任主厨的欧师傅并没有预料这个在卫塞节当天举办的洗礼仪式会给他们的孩子带来这样大的转变。
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儿童洗礼后，彩珠尝试教导勇杰念文殊菩萨的心咒—嗡啊拉巴萨那里（OM AH RA PATSA NA DHI），不过他跟不上，无法念出完整的心咒。

“所以，当他能完整念出来时，我简直是又惊又喜。当时勇杰坐在后座。突然，他对我说，‘妈妈，嗡阿惹巴扎那迪！’”

“事情发生在儿童洗礼的两天后，当时我正在开车，我赞他说‘好孩子！’’”彩珠在忆起当天的情况时还是一副兴奋又不可置信的模样。

“除了能念心咒外，他还给我另一个惊喜！有一次驾驶中，我遇见前面的车子突然刹车，结果我紧急把车子摆向一边，结果车子后座的孩子承受不小的摆荡，当时勇杰就喊出：‘妈妈，你傻的！这样危险驾车！’”

彩珠并没有生气孩子，反而开心极了！因为孩子竟然可以完整、准确地表达自己的感受！

自那天的儿童洗礼仪式后，勇杰就显露了明显的转变。彩珠相信这个转变是来自三宝的加持与祝福，而这只是一个开始，她期待更好的进展……。

在勇杰4岁时，彩珠和丈夫怀疑孩子出现语言障碍，不过没有人可以确定告诉他们的孩子到底发生了什么事。多年来勇杰表达得最流畅的就是“妈—妈，我—要—玩—电—脑”，因为勇杰最爱电脑游戏。除此之外，他大部分时候都无法用完整的句子表达内心的想法，他最常用的就是以肢体语言来表达肚子饿了—用手掌抚摸肚子……。

勇杰表达能力的增强，给多年来不抱太大希望的欧师傅和彩珠极大的鼓舞。知道孩子未来的路将走的更好，肯定是他们历年来收到的最大的母亲节和父亲节礼物。