ksitigarbha bodhisattva

• finn

  10 Jul 11, 05:18

  may i know which temple offers chanting sessions for 地è—�è�©è�¨åœ£å�· where i can join? 

  please advise if you know.. thanks

   

• Dawnfirstlight

  10 Jul 11, 16:38

  Every Thursday from 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm at Singapore Buddhist Youth Mission （新加å�¡ä½›æ•™é�’年弘法团)  in Clementi. You have to take bus 52, 105 or 106 from the bus stop at Clementi MRT station and alight at the 2nd bus stop. PM me if you need clearer direction. Chanting session is for 地è—�ç»�. It is usually地è—�ç»� plus  åœ°è—�è�©è�¨åœ£å�·. I've not come across any temple that have chanting session for 地è—�è�©è�¨åœ£å�· only.

  There will be many temples having daily chanting session for 地�� in the lunar 7th month. Besides Buddhist Youth Mission, Buddhist Lodge is one of the temple. See the link below :

  http://www.sbl.org.sg/images/stories/Events/DiZhangFaHui/dizhangxiaoqingbaoenfahui.jpg

   

• Almond Cookies

  10 Jul 11, 21:53

  wrong post
• finn

  13 Jul 11, 15:34

  Originally posted by Dawnfirstlight:

  Every Thursday from 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm at Singapore Buddhist Youth Mission （新加å�¡ä½›æ•™é�’年弘法团)  in Clementi. You have to take bus 52, 105 or 106 from the bus stop at Clementi MRT station and alight at the 2nd bus stop. PM me if you need clearer direction. Chanting session is for 地è—�ç»�. It is usually地è—�ç»� plus  åœ°è—�è�©è�¨åœ£å�·. I've not come across any temple that have chanting session for 地è—�è�©è�¨åœ£å�· only.

  There will be many temples having daily chanting session for 地�� in the lunar 7th month. Besides Buddhist Youth Mission, Buddhist Lodge is one of the temple. See the link below :

  http://www.sbl.org.sg/images/stories/Events/DiZhangFaHui/dizhangxiaoqingbaoenfahui.jpg

   

  thanks...  i will check out temples in the east/central 'cos clementi is too far for me.

  actually i m looking for chanting of 地è—�è�©è�¨åœ£å�· only. 

  i tried to chant 地è—�ç»� before but find that i can't...  gets a bit too scary on the description of hell...  how to overcome?

• Dawnfirstlight

  13 Jul 11, 22:39

  Originally posted by finn:

  thanks...  i will check out temples in the east/central 'cos clementi is too far for me.

  actually i m looking for chanting of 地è—�è�©è�¨åœ£å�· only. 

  i tried to chant 地è—�ç»� before but find that i can't...  gets a bit too scary on the description of hell...  how to overcome?

  In the past I found the description of hell and behaviour of the spirits in the 地è—�ç»�scary and disgusting. I even doubted it  but now I believe every word that is said in the 地è—�ç»�. In fact, the truth is even  scarier and disgusting than what it is being described in the sutra. The sutra is using words that are considered refine if compare to the truth. I say that because there was a non Buddhist saw the behaviour the spirit similar but worse than what was described in the sutra. She was a Muslim and of course had never read 地è—�ç»� before but she saw and could describe the behaviour of the spirit similar to that being described in the sutra but more disgusting and scarier. What it is written is truth, so to overcome it, you have to face the truth.

• 2009novice

  13 Jul 11, 23:30

  Observe the 5 Precepts... U can chant without fear Lol!

• finn

  16 Jul 11, 11:40

  actually it's not only the fear per se.  it's like the images of ghosts spirits hell death linger in the mind during and after chanting.  i find it's very depressing to imbue the mind with these thoughts.

• Almond Cookies

  16 Jul 11, 11:41

  Originally posted by finn:

  may i know which temple offers chanting sessions for 地è—�è�©è�¨åœ£å�· where i can join? 

  please advise if you know.. thanks

   

  
  If no temple chant that Pusa's name y not chant it yourself at home. Or listen to Namo Di Zhang Wang Pu Sa on mp3 and chant with the music mentally.
• Almond Cookies

  16 Jul 11, 11:44

  Originally posted by finn:

  actually it's not only the fear per se.  it's like the images of ghosts spirits hell death linger in the mind during and after chanting.  i find it's very depressing to imbue the mind with these thoughts.

  
  Lastime I saw Dante's divine commedy on history channel the hell images linger in my mind I even dream about It in my dreams. After sometime I was OK.
• 2009novice

  17 Jul 11, 23:09

  Originally posted by finn:

  actually it's not only the fear per se.  it's like the images of ghosts spirits hell death linger in the mind during and after chanting.  i find it's very depressing to imbue the mind with these thoughts.

  
  I was filled with fear after chanting... the descriptions are too vivid...

  don't be too depressed about it... think of dedicating merits to them... you feel more positive instead

• Almond Cookies

  18 Jul 11, 10:40

  Last night I listened to namo di zhang wang pu sa for a long time on my MP4.
• Leogirldreamer

  18 Jul 11, 17:52

  There is a method taught in the Sutra how to improve your memory.  Put a cup of water in front of 地è—�è�©è�¨ , chant his name for 49 days and drink the cup of water.  You will be blessed by auspicious dream and your memory will be very good after that.

  Chanting 地��� sutra will help any of your deceased family members/friends/relatives suffering in the haze/hell if you dedicate your merits of chanting to them.

  地��� sutra is the first sutra i completed (three volumes) and i have always like it.

  I chant the whole three books in a temple and the nun came to light the sandalwood sticks for me in the huge incense holder.

• Leogirldreamer

  18 Jul 11, 18:02

  Originally posted by finn:

  thanks...  i will check out temples in the east/central 'cos clementi is too far for me.

  actually i m looking for chanting of 地���圣� only.

  i tried to chant 地è—�ç»� before but find that i can't...  gets a bit too scary on the description of hell...  how to overcome?

  This temple main deity is Kitisargarbhva Bodhisattva.

  It's a very modern temple with the first eco design in Singpore.

  Poh Ern Shih (temple of thanksgiving)

  www.pohernshih.org

   

• 2009novice

  18 Jul 11, 23:27

  Originally posted by Leogirldreamer:

  There is a method taught in the Sutra how to improve your memory.  Put a cup of water in front of 地è—�è�©è�¨ , chant his name for 49 days and drink the cup of water.  You will be blessed by auspicious dream and your memory will be very good after that.

  Chanting 地��� sutra will help any of your deceased family members/friends/relatives suffering in the haze/hell if you dedicate your merits of chanting to them.

  地��� sutra is the first sutra i completed (three volumes) and i have always like it.

  I chant the whole three books in a temple and the nun came to light the sandalwood sticks for me in the huge incense holder.

  
  Cartoon~ lol

  Please watch at 2.18

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQFhA2GOh2k&feature=related

• shanfan

  18 Jul 11, 23:32

  Is the sutra about all kinds of spirits on earth and everywhere?

• Leogirldreamer

  19 Jul 11, 00:10

  Wow ! informative cartoons. Here is one for today's Guan Yin Enlightenment Day. How did Guan Yin become a bodhisattva, the origin. http://youtu.be/e9sNLcBPt5I
• shanfan

  19 Jul 11, 00:21

  Originally posted by Leogirldreamer:

  Wow ! informative cartoons.

  Here is one for today’s Guan Yin Enlightenment Day. How did Guan Yin become a bodhisattva, the origin.

  http://youtu.be/e9sNLcBPt5I

  
  My goodness, this is totally different from what I know!    I saw the movie on how Guan Shi Yin Pusa became guan shi yin pusa.   Was a her.   A daughter of the emperor.    She chopped off her hand to cure the father.   After that she became guanshi yin pusa.

  Confusing.

• Leogirldreamer

  19 Jul 11, 00:44

  That story is in another lifetime of Guan Yin. Here is another story. http://youtu.be/Eg46qNVR-lU
• Leogirldreamer

  19 Jul 11, 18:48

  Keynotes from the Guan Yin Symposium at Poh Meng Temple. "We need to understand that we ourselves can embody Guan Yin, by developing skills to actually help people, not by looking at people from a distance with some kind of abstract compassion, but by embodying Guan Yin's compassion in our own lives and in our own behaviour" - Professor Gene Reeves, keynote speaker "All happiness come from our heart, not from others" - Geshe Chonyi
• Amitayus48

  20 Jul 11, 11:16

  周廣大先生臨終念佛往生

   

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  佛教會的�修也有幾��去幫他助念，三天三夜佛號沒有�止。念到第二天，見到地��薩來了，他說出�薩的樣�，大家�他講的樣�，是地��薩。龔居士很難得，立刻�醒他，�管甚麼樣佛�薩�甚麼人，你見到都�能跟他去，一�阿彌陀佛念到底，�見到阿彌陀佛絕���以去。這一��常�常��。他回�頭來專心念「阿彌陀佛�，念了沒多久，地��薩�見了。念到第三天，他說西方三�：阿彌陀佛�觀音�勢至，從雲端下來接引他�生。這是�代人，還是在美國，真是稀有的因緣。周先生一生從來沒有接觸�佛教，臨終��到龔居士，走得清清楚楚�明明白白，他真的往生，絕��是�的。

  For general knowledge, it depends, 地è—�è�©è–© may be a demon (mara).

• Yui Hirasawa

  20 Jul 11, 11:40

  I listened to Di Zhang Wang Pu Sa name every night before I sleep.
• Leogirldreamer

  20 Jul 11, 12:00

  地��薩 has his own Pureland . It is written in the 地��薩 Sutra. The story of the dying man didn't choose to go to 地��薩 Pureland but wanted to go to Amitabhva Pureland as urged by his friend. It's very wrong to say that 地��薩 is a mara when 地��薩 is a Bodhisattva and has his own Pureland.
• Dawnfirstlight

  20 Jul 11, 12:40

  Originally posted by Leogirldreamer:

  地è—�è�©è–© has his own Pureland . It is written in the 地è—�è�©è–© Sutra. The story of the dying man didn’t choose to go to 地è—�è�©è–© Pureland but wanted to go to Amitabhva Pureland as urged by his friend.

  It’s very wrong to say that 地è—�è�©è–© is a mara when 地è—�è�©è–© is a Bodhisattva and has his own Pureland.

  
  

  地è—�è�©è–© is a Bodhisattva but at death bed, mara or karma debtors can manifest as any  Bodhisattva or Buddha to deceive the person who is dying.

  I've not heard of 地��薩Pureland. His place is in hell, some people vow to be with 地��薩 to help the hell beings but I guess there are very few. Most Buddhists vow to be born in Pureland.

• Dawnfirstlight

  20 Jul 11, 12:46

  Originally posted by Leogirldreamer:

  This temple main deity is Kitisargarbhva Bodhisattva.

  It's a very modern temple with the first eco design in Singpore.

  Poh Ern Shih (temple of thanksgiving)

  www.pohernshih.org

   

  I've been to this temple before. It is quite out of the way. It is a newly open temple. I heard from friends that the day before Kitisargarbhva Bodhisattva statue was moved in, people staying around the temple (those who stay in the landed property around the temple) saw colourful ä½›å…‰ throughout the night at the hall where the statue supposed to be. Amazing!

• Leogirldreamer

  20 Jul 11, 12:48

  Dawnfirstlight, the name of the Pureland is mentioned in the 地��薩 sutra. You can read and find it. Cui Hui Pureland. There are many 地��薩 followers who vowed to go there, fyi.