Originally posted by Black Kettle:

i wonder why he choose uob instead of other banks

one bank profit down 38%, another down 15%, uob only 5%

so it makes sense...

Originally posted by yamizi:

Trust me, $1k to $1.5k for 地藏经 is still considered within the market rate.

If you want cheaper, then opt for 弥陀经 which is less than $1k. This is how the market charge.

Last time, you have to pay extra for putting the remains into the casket; and the so call 'lifting the casket' when you move off to crematorium. But seems like they take off that charge liao. Time is bad. If the chanting monks are Singaporeans or Malaysians, I think still okay, if they from China...then good luck to you =)

Well, the main monk is local ('cos he can also speak english) and the other two are of china origin. $1k for ordinary jing as mentioned by the monk, 地藏经 is $1.5k. End of the day, still have to give them ang pows, but no matter so long they are thorough with their chanting

Originally posted by JitKiat:

If you know Chinese, you can chant Di Zhang Jing yourself and transfer merit. Or you can chant the shorter Amituo Jing (阿弥陀经） or even just the name of the Buddha/Bodhisattva (amitabha or Na Mo Di Zhang Pu Sa)。All these are preferrably done within 49 days, the sooner the better.

Think about it this way, those who charge you a heavy sum, they may not be sincere when they chant since they are after the $$$. This kind of chanting I seriously doubt the merit. Chanting by close relatives can be very powerful as they are close to the dead.

thanks for the advice, will look for this Jing. really, it's for my dad..

my grandma was member in one of the temple in telok kurau. even then, we have to pay (quite a lot too) to get the praying done.

my point is i dun expect free praying but the fees charged are getting rediculous.

nice to hear tat..it all too sudden and the pressure was to great then to organise the last rites..the tablet is at kong meng san and there will be the 49 days praying soon

anyway thanks for the thoughts..

上梁不正，下梁歪 or something like tat

happy b'day ...

in sg .. tans, lims and lees are many..

i dun want these ppl to get the sack..jus a reprimand or counselling will do. if the top do not take any action, then wat to do...

i have a question...my dad demise about three weeks ago..we had buddhist rites for him..the monk attending request us to have the ordinary chanting at $1k or a more detailed chanting （地臧王经）at $1.5k...

my burmese friend was around at that time and he was astonised that monk charged a price for these prayers. In his country, it is their duty to perform such rites and for free..afterall, temples and public donations provide for the monks 

i was dumbfound to answer him

Originally posted by NG QIBO AARON AUBREY:

she is consider my wife

u taking your wife surname???

Originally posted by QX179R:

unless the robber got record his conversation otherwise no proof wat..

or maybe his wife..oops, keep asking for money...

went to cpf board at bishan two weeks ago...to report abt some demise...

the counter lady non-chanlantly took my ic and report to make a copy and ask to wait for a month as the board will be writing to me..

i asked some questions as i do not understand some procedures...in the meantime, there is another staff who interrupts and signal this counter lady to replace her during lunch time...(at 10:15 am ???)

all this while and i was still expecting answers from this counter lady...

i guess only sinkaporeans know how to BULLY sinkaporeans

maybe somebody challenged him "if u want money go rob a bank" literally...and he did

the increase is right after the F1 event,
what this tell you? looking forward to YOG and more increases

the so called experts dun know how to look into their own backyard,

when indexes are down; oh, due to market sentiments
when it is down further; oh again,due to sub-prime etc…

what they dun tell you is the snowballing effect and our local investments companies are sucked into their fray

what happens to our local investment advisers/experts?
all our hardearned money gone…

If we are not able to provide our views, then what is the purpose of this forum and forum topic?
If everything is based on fear, then the topic would makes no sense. Then it would better be nothingness/emptiness…空是色，色是空 or something like that

If we are not able to provide our views, then what is the purpose of this forum and forum topic?
If everything is based on fear, then the topic would makes no sense. Then it would better be nothingness/emptiness…空是色，色是空 or something like that

AEN, thanks for clarifying

Found something of interest ... http://www.shareintl.org/maitreya/Ma_main.htm

Originally posted by mac^^:

How many "Mother Teresa" is there in this world? No offence.

 

I agree that Wislonhao make a good argument on Venerable Ming Yi. We should always give credit to his merituous work he has done over the years and not throwing everything down even when he is yet to be found guilty on his trial. We should not take this case in comparing with the infamous NKF saga.

 

Monks are 'naturally' poor in business management and this situation, Venerable Ming Yi may trust the wrong person for managing his charity organization.

 

In this realistic world, every charity organization is trying to run like a private organization, trying to grown and expand through the economical way; due to the fact that only the fittest one survives.

Loss in investment is also unavoidable, and I'm not sure if he has used some of the charity fund to cover that loss. That is subject to scrutiny of the court to expose this issue.

 

I beg to defer. The Ven is a very learned person. Published somewhere that he has had MBA in some learnings.

The point is that he should be in a honourably role or just a patron cause rather than directly managing the outfit. As this outfit is operating as a business organization. I still dun understand why a top person (not only in this case) can hold so many posts and be at many places at any one time. Nature is fair, we all have the same 24 hours in a day and sharing the same Sun. Not more not less. Is there no other capable people around?  

Originally posted by johntoil:

We need heroes who are upright. Father Kang, Ming Yi and others have failed to control their greed. There must be others who have resisted greed like Mother Teresa. When they shot the photo of the NKF's current CEO's 'austere' room, I found the remark comical. Whatever comments the reporter wrote about her being thrifty is no longer convincing when I saw the size of her office room.

We need heroes like Mother Teresa to debunk these failures.

Life is a cycle...when you have...

->money = more money = Power =then=money again

After years of practising; mind =spiritual, body =layman

7th storey hotel...be there before it's gone...

yes, buddhism is gaining popularity in the west and likewise, christianity is growing on the eastern side.

But before anyone feels that this is the "in" religion, it is quite disheartening that the practice and philosophy are not yet understood 

the reason i am in this thread is becos of interest in buddhism.

if you have the recent 8-days magazine, there is an interview to one mktg director comparing his Tibetan Budd against Chinese Budd.

You see, even so call buddhist cannot see eye to eye. It is very sad...