The Child Ghost
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maybe a simple yet effective practice is doing the White Umbrealla Diety practice.. It is said it protect from all negativity and strengthen the body / protected from form and fremless harm
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are these buddhist practises?
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Originally posted by Rooney9:
are these buddhist practises?
which one?Yes, Black manjushri and White Umbrella Diety are tibetan Buddhism practices
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Originally posted by sinweiy:
if got yuan/affinity/condition to meet with a highly cultivated person, they can be liberated into the upper realm, be it human or heaven or even pureland. but they must loose their attachment. if one practice now, then a yuan/condition/seed is formulated in the storage of the mind. next time, sooner or later, the seed will grow and bear fruition.
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The message is those in ghost realm can go rebirth in pureland?
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Originally posted by gorgorlokaychyong:
The message is those in ghost realm can go rebirth in pureland?
can, as in the story. in terms of their transformation bodies, i think they can go faster than us human who still have a meat body. just need to let go and have the three conditions.
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Originally posted by sinweiy:
can, as in the story. in terms of their transformation bodies, i think they can go faster than us human who still have a meat body. just need to let go and have the three conditions.
I know there are some who have done the chaodu but the decease still in ghost realm. Does this mean there is no chance for rebirth to human or go pureland ?
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Originally posted by gorgorlokaychyong:
I know there are some who have done the chaodu but the decease still in ghost realm. Does this mean there is no chance for rebirth to human or go pureland ?
all of us, one time or another had been a god, ghost, animal.. one of the being in the 6 realm....Even if chaodu, and pyayers may help the deceased shorten their stay in the lower realm and hopefully allow them to be reborn earlier in the human realm..
So the being if still in ghost relam, prayers and dedication can help that being shorten their stay in the ghost relam.
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Originally posted by "newbie":
all of us, one time or another had been a god, ghost, animal.. one of the being in the 6 realm....Even if chaodu, and pyayers may help the deceased shorten their stay in the lower realm and hopefully allow them to be reborn earlier in the human realm..
So the being if still in ghost relam, prayers and dedication can help that being shorten their stay in the ghost relam.
What you posted is different from what other buddhists told me.
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Originally posted by gorgorlokaychyong:
I know there are some who have done the chaodu but the decease still in ghost realm. Does this mean there is no chance for rebirth to human or go pureland ?
that mean the ghost very stubborn, don't want to let go. chance is theirs.i got saw a docu on 2 nuns helping a girl ghost liberate to pureland. the girl was killed in an accident. before that, another girl borrowed some money from her, and she came to create trouble, entered her body. they told her the benefit of pureland and Amitabha, ask her to believe, let go, and recite/listen to the Amitabha Sutra together with them. at first very playful, then slowly calm down and went.
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Dear Lavender,
I happened to saw your message, I hope to share with you on the following.
Being reborn into a ghost realms is already very unfortunate for the "girl" that seemed to have connection with you. I am sure that "she" is also hoping to have enough merits to be out of the ghost realms too.
What you could is as following, this is my person suggestion and may not 100% work but I believe if you do it sincerely from your heart, it may work.
Depends on which mantra or sutra that you are familar with. The mantra can be as simple as OM MANI PADME HUNG but this mantra or sutra that you chant must be one that is close to your heart and you have faith in.
Remember that chanting the mantra is not chasing the ghost away but you are doing it with compassion and generating merits and eventually when you are done, you could dedicate this mertis to "her" and all 3 lower realms that are currently suffering, may them be free from suffering and be reborn into Amitabha Buddha pureland and be there to receive teaching from Amitabha Buddha.
If you happen to attend any big Dharma event, you should even dedicate this merits to "her" and those who are suffering.
Also, all this will take some time to have an effect which depends on your faith and how deep is the karmic connection.
I hope the above sharing help.
With Metta
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Originally posted by gorgorlokaychyong:
What you posted is different from what other buddhists told me.
What "newbie" said was exactly what we have been saying.
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Originally posted by gorgorlokaychyong:
What you posted is different from what other buddhists told me.
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Originally posted by "newbie":
what did others tell you?It is fine. Earlier I was confused about you saying shorten their stay in ghost realm. After reading a few posts here I realise why you said that.
I believe it is easier for humans to go to ghost realm.
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indeed, nowadays, most will enter ghost realms. the main factor for it is Greed/attachment.
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If the spirits in ghost realm don't behave themselves, if they go rebirth will they become animals or something else?
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Originally posted by sinweiy:
indeed, nowadays, most will enter ghost realms. the main factor for it is Greed/attachment.
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like that, I think I will also become ghost. I believe I will still have attachment even at that time. Sigh! -
Originally posted by gorgorlokaychyong:
If the spirits in ghost realm don't behave themselves, if they go rebirth will they become animals or something else?
If no one dedicates merits to them, usually hell beings will get reborn as ghosts, and then as animals before they can become human again. You may ask why they cannot just as well jump from hell to the human realm. Well, besides the reason that their unwholesome karma needs to first be exhausted, it is also because it is very difficult for hell beings, ghosts and animals to accumulate merit. The conditions are not conducive for them to do good deeds in such realms; and it is also not possible to practice the Buddhadharma in realms other than the human and deva realms.
Some extracts from the Shurangama Sutra:
"And then, Ananda, after the living beings who have slandered and destroyed rules and deportment, violated the Bodhisattva precepts, slandered the Buddha’s Nirvana, and created various other kinds of karma, pass through many kalpas of being burned in the inferno, they finally finish paying for their offenses and are reborn as ghosts. 7:161
”Ananda, such a person’s fall is due to his totally emotional level of functioning. When his karmic fire has burned out, he will rise up to be reborn as a ghost. This is occasioned by his own karma of false thinking. If he awakens to Bodhi, then in the wonderful perfect brightness there isn’t anything at all. 7:173
”Moreover, Ananda, when his karma as a ghost is ended, the problem of emotion as opposed to discursive thought is resolved. At that point he must pay back in kind what he borrowed from others to resolve those grievances. He is born into the body of an animal to repay his debts from past lives. 7:175”Ananda, these are all beings that have finished paying back former debts and are born again in the human realm. They are involved in a beginningless scheme of karma and being upside-down in which their lives are spent killing one another and being killed by one another. They do not get to meet the Thus Come One or hear the Proper Dharma. They just abide in the wearisome dust, passing through a repetitive cycle. Such people can truly be called pitiful. 7:192
”Furthermore, Ananda, there are people who do not rely on proper enlightenment to cultivate samadhi, but cultivate in some special way that is based on their false thinking. Holding to the idea of perpetuating their physical bodies, they roam in the mountains and forests in places people do not go and become ten kinds of immortals. 7:194 -
If next time I go ghost realm, how to get to rebirth to human or pureland if i have nobody pray or chant for me?
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to have somebody that will help u, then u must have previously in the past cultivated the dharma or recited the sutra/Buddha name/bodhisattva name or met an enlightened arahat. this affinities will be seeded in ur stored consciousness. which later on will come into fruition. u recite once Namo Buddha/Amituofo, u will also have a seed in the mind. :) /\
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Originally posted by sinweiy:
to have somebody that will help u, then u must have previously in the past cultivated the dharma or recited the sutra/Buddha name/bodhisattva name or met an enlightened arahat. this affinities will be seeded in ur stored consciousness. which later on will come into fruition.
u recite once Namo Buddha/Amituofo, u will also have a seed in the mind.
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I am no buddhist , i do chant amituofo occasionally for myself and the deceased.
what is the dif of chanting amituofo and nan mo amituofo?
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Originally posted by gorgorlokaychyong:
I am no buddhist , i do chant amituofo occasionally for myself and the deceased.
what is the dif of chanting amituofo and nan mo amituofo?
'Namo' denotes 'taking refuge'.
Namo Amituofo
Namo Guan Shi Yin Pusa
Namo Shakyamuni Buddha, etc.
edited to add: mistake... 'Namo' denotes 'paying homage', not 'taking refuge'.
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Originally posted by realization:
'Namo' denotes 'taking refuge'.
Namo Amituofo
Namo Guan Shi Yin Pusa
Namo Shakyamuni Buddha, etc.
Non buddhist chant amituofo not namo amituofo?
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Originally posted by gorgorlokaychyong:
I am no buddhist , i do chant amituofo occasionally for myself and the deceased.
what is the dif of chanting amituofo and nan mo amituofo?
If you are chanting Amituofo, it shows that you have affinity with Buddha. It is a matter of time you will become a Buddhist. If not in this life time, it will be in your future life time. I have friends and closed ones who are like you, after chanting Amituofo for sometime, they will automatically want to take the 3 refuge. This is something very amazing, cannot be explained.
I had asked shifu this question about chanting Amituofo and Nan Mo Amituofo. Shifu said chanting Nan Mo Amituofo is to show great respect, chanting Amituofo is as if you are calling someone close to you. In fact, shifu advise us to chant Amituofo instead of Nan Mo Amituofo because it is easier to concentrate with shorter verse.
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Originally posted by gorgorlokaychyong:
Non buddhist chant amituofo not namo amituofo?
Whoops paiseh... wrong word... I meant to say 'namo' means 'paying homage'.
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Originally posted by Dawnfirstlight:
If you are chanting Amituofo, it shows that you have affinity with Buddha. It is a matter of time you will become a Buddhist. If not in this life time, it will be in your future life time. I have friends and closed ones who are like you, after chanting Amituofo for sometime, they will automatically want to take the 3 refuge. This is something very amazing, cannot be explained.
I had asked shifu this question about chanting Amituofo and Nan Mo Amituofo. Shifu said chanting Nan Mo Amituofo is to show great respect, chanting Amituofo is as if you are calling someone close to you. In fact, shifu advise us to chant Amituofo instead of Nan Mo Amituofo because it is easier to concentrate with shorter verse.
Noted. I supposed by chanting amituofo I am accumulating merits for myself.
Do you know anything about the pills from tibetan buddhism? I was given by the shifu but wonder if there is any expiry date. I don't not eat any more after so long.