hmm, Believing is good already ,Originally posted by sinweiy:i a bit sceptical at first. as i watched the Romance of the Three kingdom. Guan Yu although was very righteous, even Cao Cao respect Him. He had an affinity with HuaTuo, went to war for the country, killed many enermies in battles etcs, but eventually He died a terible death. He got beheaded by a Wu enermy Lu Meng(?).
however scepticatism changed for the better when i heard Great Ven Hai TaoÂ’s affinity of learning Dharma and ordaining was from praying to Guan Gong. and moreover, when He met Da Bao Fa Wang (Urgyen Trinley Dorje), and He was very happy like as if He was affinity with Him. Da Bao Fa Wang told Ven Hai tao that Guan Gong is a dharma protector! u can see the face and body of Da bao Fa Wang, huge like Guan Gong. He said Guan Gong used to be a dragon, which was beheaded by Jade God becoz it protected earthÂ’s people, something like that. not sure of the detail yet. maybe post it next time when i watch the vcd.
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Nice!Originally posted by surfer188:Was lucky to have accidently visited Guan Gong Grave in China.
Heard the story there :
He was deheaded, but haunted the locals for a long time. His body was not buried at first, cause in ancient times no one dare to collect & bury the body of Emperor's deheaded. It was left to decay in the sun.
His anger rose as no one in the whole country dare prepare his funeral or even do something good for him or his body. He have risk his whole life to protect this country & not a single person gave him little respect. He have help thousands in his counrty but was turned against & deheaded where no one help him.
So a high monk came to haunted place. Guan Gong sprite appears & ask this high monk why he was in this state. The monk told him that he have killed many people during the war. His karma have come to be in this state of being deheaded & becoming lost. Guan Gong ask for solution. Was advise him to take refuge in the Dharma. Immidately he took refuge infront of this high monk. Guan Gong vow to protect Dharma for 1000 years & Vow to protect people in his homeland. These vows was dedicated to those poor deaths he have cause.
After many miracle the local experiances & was confirmed it was the deed of Guan Gong. Then his body was re-covered secretly & given a silent buried by people (Lau Pai Sing). His grave was built by many people's effort. At first was a simple & small gave. Later people experiances his good deed, re-built the grave bigger.
Then later stage of his continueous helping, temple was raise for him to help him & local people accumulate good karma.