[serious] how do protect house and people from the 好兄弟？

[Grieffin]

That’s y they say seven month must offer food and money to prevent such happening.

 

[maxmike]

What you can do is put a small plate of salt at one corner of your living room and bedroom. Leave it there for 7 days and remove them. Heard salt can expels negative energy. That's why you can see some shop and office put salts at their entrance of their shop or office. However someone told me can not leave it there for too long, maximum 7 days.

 

[GreatPumpkin]

It's your own house. Nowadays intetest rates how high liao?

Show the spooks who's boss. Wanna haunt better contribute to the home loan.

 

[GoodEnergy]

Yes, temptations are aplenty in the journey of cultivation. However, they can be transformed into beneficial encounters because they allow us to test the thoroughness of our practice. Personally, I leverage on single-pointedness meditation (using the breath as focus) as a fall-back for any situation. If I realise that my mind is straying and I am unable to mentally pierce a particular delusion, then the breath becomes the kill-switch for the mind (like a reset button).

Can you share more about using the breath as a focus? Is it breathe in from nose and exhale from mouth?

 

[Unic0rn]

Yes, temptations are aplenty in the journey of cultivation. However, they can be transformed into beneficial encounters because they allow us to test the thoroughness of our practice. Personally, I leverage on single-pointedness meditation (using the breath as focus) as a fall-back for any situation. If I realise that my mind is straying and I am unable to mentally pierce a particular delusion, then the breath becomes the kill-switch for the mind (like a reset button).

Yes the temptations are tests, the trials and tribulations in our journey. I focus mindfulness on my breath slow deep breathing and focusing my mind on a single point of steady calm meditation to pierce the illusion and see the truth. Sometime my mind strays and I failed like shocked .

 

[YKT^95]

In Singapore any recommendations where to start learning Buddhism, including meditation etc? Is Kong Meng San a good choice?

 

[JohannSu1864]

Yes, temptations are aplenty in the journey of cultivation. However, they can be transformed into beneficial encounters because they allow us to test the thoroughness of our practice. Personally, I leverage on single-pointedness meditation (using the breath as focus) as a fall-back for any situation. If I realise that my mind is straying and I am unable to mentally pierce a particular delusion, then the breath becomes the kill-switch for the mind (like a reset button).

You've mentioned about chanting sutras. Can we chant for our parents?

 

[Jeremy1]

Hang this

 

[左青龙右白虎]

 

[Śūnyatā]

Can you share more about using the breath as a focus? Is it breathe in from nose and exhale from mouth?

There are many forms of meditation and the method that I use is called single-pointedness meditation.

The goal of meditation is the cessation of mental noise that arises as random thoughts. These thoughts may have roots in worry, fear, anxiety, or other emotions (even what we may conventionally term positive thoughts). These random thoughts are distractions and impact our ability to focus on the present-moment i.e. what we are working on. They impair many aspects of our life e.g. performance, focus, concentration, etc.

Cessation of all random thoughts is not trivial so we set a lower bar first by focusing our mind on a single point. There would be an object of focus and that can be external or internal.

External examples include the tip of our nose, a candle flame, the ring of a bell, anything external that we can perceive.

Internal examples include a single thought, our breath, our heartbeat, anything internal that we can perceive.

I use my breath (in, out, in, out at a regular unforced interval) as the object of focus in my meditative practice.

With sufficient practice, this becomes subconscious, and there is no longer a need for a specific session. Meditation becomes simultaneous with daily activities. The key is having sufficient practice to the point where it becomes subconscious (just like learning how to ride a bicycle).

Once meditation becomes subconscious, then the object of focus (breathing in my case) can be used to "reset" the mind at any point in time.

 

[Śūnyatā]

You've mentioned about chanting sutras. Can we chant for our parents?

Yes, the mantras (or sutras) serve as a vehicle for your message that you send out from your mind into the universe (or into a specific area or individual).

 

[xlmm80]

Put this on your front door. No tracetogether token they cannot enter

 

[Full_Cream_Milk]

Paste this at your entrance

 

[holytrinity33]

just a few days ago, i did posted hearing knocks on door. now my family member saw and heard someone in the middle of night when home alone. am going to sage.

wondering should i ask monks/priests to bless the house? got any lobang?

me buddhist/taoist

师兄好..for chiur reference...hope of use:

念这一句佛号，诸佛护念，护法神保佑，一切鬼神不敢靠近你身边。民国初年，丁福保居士记载的有一桩事情，这是真的事情。有两个人是好朋友，一同出门，有一个在路上死了，一个回来了。回来之后给他家里送信，他那太太就怀疑这个朋友把他先生害死了，这个疑团始终解不开。这个先生死了之后，这个鬼很灵，还常常来找朋友聊天，他说：我家里对你怀疑，你把我太太带来，我当面给她解释，这个怀疑就可以消失了。他听了这个话，就念了一声阿弥陀佛。他这阿弥陀佛一念，这个鬼就叫起来，他说：你不能念！你念的时候，你一身都放光，我受这个刺激受不了。他听了这个话，就又念了几声，鬼就跑掉了。於是他就晓得了，他也不去给那个朋友太太解释，从此以后他就出家，一心念阿弥陀佛。他才晓得念这一句阿弥陀佛有这样不可思议的力量。那个朋友他不是一个恶鬼，念几声阿弥陀佛，他不敢沾边、不敢接近，他要离开，才晓得念佛功德不可思议。


主講人 ： 淨空老法師
阿弥陀经疏钞演义　　（第七十五集）　　1984/12　　台湾景美华藏图书馆　　档名：01-003-0075

 

[xlmm80]

then ts should put a cross in the centre of his haus, problem solved

Can install this gate at front door. 好兄弟 cannot enter but 坏人 can

 

[Śūnyatā]

In Singapore any recommendations where to start learning Buddhism, including meditation etc? Is Kong Meng San a good choice?

Yes, they conduct workshops and courses regularly:

https://kmspks.org/dharma/talk-workshop-course/

 

[holytrinity33]

师兄好..for chiur reference...hope of use:

念这一句佛号，诸佛护念，护法神保佑，一切鬼神不敢靠近你身边。民国初年，丁福保居士记载的有一桩事情，这是真的事情。有两个人是好朋友，一同出门，有一个在路上死了，一个回来了。回来之后给他家里送信，他那太太就怀疑这个朋友把他先生害死了，这个疑团始终解不开。这个先生死了之后，这个鬼很灵，还常常来找朋友聊天，他说：我家里对你怀疑，你把我太太带来，我当面给她解释，这个怀疑就可以消失了。他听了这个话，就念了一声阿弥陀佛。他这阿弥陀佛一念，这个鬼就叫起来，他说：你不能念！你念的时候，你一身都放光，我受这个刺激受不了。他听了这个话，就又念了几声，鬼就跑掉了。於是他就晓得了，他也不去给那个朋友太太解释，从此以后他就出家，一心念阿弥陀佛。他才晓得念这一句阿弥陀佛有这样不可思议的力量。那个朋友他不是一个恶鬼，念几声阿弥陀佛，他不敢沾边、不敢接近，他要离开，才晓得念佛功德不可思议。


主講人 ： 淨空老法師
阿弥陀经疏钞演义　　（第七十五集）　　1984/12　　台湾景美华藏图书馆　　档名：01-003-0075

印光大师与丁福保居士也是因佛结缘，从印书开始相识。据丁福保回忆，两人第一次见面，是在通了信函之后，双方还不十分了解。当时丁福保经营出版业，印光大师发心印行《安士全书》，就找到丁福保，把估价、排印的事情委托给他。丁福保当即核算成本，得出印一部《安士全书》需要1元银币。大师回信告诉他，可以先印5000部。丁福保为此很吃惊！因为从外貌看，大师“破衣草履，衣单萧条”，根本不像有钱之人。慎重起见，丁福保转告印局，先印1000部——若大师最后付不起印刷费，这笔费用就由丁福保自己来出，以此作为供养。谁知过了5、6天，大师告诉丁福保，要增印5000部。丁福保不太确定，只转告印局再增印1000部。但是之后，大师不断地要求增加印数，前后不到一个月的时间，数量就达到了近5万部。为此，丁福保不禁有些埋怨怪罪的心理，就前往太平寺拜访大师。见面刚交谈了几句，就有一位供职于海军的福建信徒来拜访大师，至诚顶礼。大师就和这位信徒谈起了《安士全书》，言语间非常推崇，“谓其有功于世道人心，倘肯附印，功德无量”。信徒听后，连声说愿意助印，当场取出支票，捐助1000元。丁福保若非亲眼所见，怎么也不会相信印光大师的感召力是如此之强、之大！也才确信大师印书5万部绝非不可能。

当印书的事情告一段落时，大师准备回普陀山。临行前，大师向丁福保借2元银币做路费。丁福保供养了5元银币，表示不用还。可大师不同意，只接受了2元，并说回寺后两三天内一定设法归还。起程当日，丁福保有急事要见大师，就赶到轮船上，找遍全船房间均不见人，最后在轮船的锅炉间附近才找到。那个地方非常狭隘、燥热，条件艰苦，常人难以忍受，大师因其价格便宜，“倨处其间，夷然自得”。过了几天，丁福保接到大师信函，以及汇寄的2元银币借款。大师的处事作风，给丁福保留下了极其深刻的印象：一个月能募集5万元印经书，为自己却连2元也舍不得花费，而且连个侍者也不带，这在当时除了弘一律师外，几乎没有人可以相比。


http://wuming.xuefo.net/nr/26/264342.html

 

[YKT^95]

Yes, they conduct workshops and courses regularly:

https://kmspks.org/dharma/talk-workshop-course/

Alright, will check it out. Thanks so much

 

[HustlerKing]

Are you praying in Buddhist way or Taoist way?

Taoist

 

[AUTUMN&WINTER]

Taoist

Try Buddhist teachings.