first you must understand you have affinity with the ghostsOriginally posted by Isis:Hi,
What could you do when u discover that your new home has ghosts?
Any steps in helping urself or friends?
What if the ghosts have been affecting the occupants for some time?
Thank you
The ghosts are not there without any reason. He/she may have affinity with you since your previous life, for somereasons that you may not know.Originally posted by Isis:Hi,
What could you do when u discover that your new home has ghosts?
Any steps in helping urself or friends?
What if the ghosts have been affecting the occupants for some time?
Thank you
Last time when I was 9 years old I saw a ghost in my rented house (lived there for 8 months only, fortunately). That place is actually quite ulu and we dont know who lived in the house b4, its been vacant for 3 years. I have just finished listening to heart sutra casette (I can't fall asleep easily then, and I always listen to heart sutra until I slept) when I saw a hand coming towards me.. I was so shock and didn't dare to do anything or even shout. I close my eyes, open again, still there, then suddenly it sort of sucked away from me and disappeared. I didn't chant because I didn't have a habit of chanting at that time.Originally posted by Isis:Hi,
What could you do when u discover that your new home has ghosts?
Any steps in helping urself or friends?
What if the ghosts have been affecting the occupants for some time?
Thank you
Originally posted by An Eternal Now:Eh... sometimes not quite true. Sometimes, they appear even when ur room is completely bright, with windows wide open.
Last time I saw a ghost in my rented house (lived there for 8 months only, fortunately). That place is actually quite ulu and we dont know who lived in the house b4, its been vacant for 3 years. I have just finished place heart sutra casette (I can't fall asleep easily then, and I always listen to heart sutra until I slept) when I saw a hand coming towards me.. I was so shock and didn't dare to do anything or even shout. I close my eyes, open again, still there, then suddenly it sort of sucked away from me and disappeared. I didn't chant because I didn't have a habit of chanting at that time.
But anyway my mother just donate $500 to publishing dharma books and dedicate the merits to the spirits. No problems since then. I believe the ghost appeared asking for some help. Next you can do some chanting for the ghost, put pictures of Buddha around your house, etc.
Oh yes my dharma teacher said something... she says that it is VERY important that you let your house be completely bright in the day, meaning, [b]open all your curtains in the day. If your windows are tainted kind, open your windows. Ghosts generally are afraid of sunlight kind of light, bulb light they are OK. There is a big difference. Under sunlight you feel the warmness and is much brighter... If your house don't have sunlight but only lightbulbs then your house has become a "habitat" for the ghosts.
Last time someone told my dharma teacher her house got ghost, the first thing she said to that person is to open all your curtains. Since then the person has never seen the ghost again.[/b]
Some small ghosts hide in cupboards etc as wellOriginally posted by coolbluewater:Eh... sometimes not quite true. Sometimes, they appear even when ur room is completely bright, with windows wide open.![]()
This is true.Originally posted by coolbluewater:Eh... sometimes not quite true. Sometimes, they appear even when ur room is completely bright, with windows wide open.![]()
Appologies. I am not sure about bright sunlight. But will all lights on, they can still appear.Originally posted by coolbluewater:Eh... sometimes not quite true. Sometimes, they appear even when ur room is completely bright, with windows wide open.![]()
As long as you don't find it too disturbing should be ok laOriginally posted by jacqn:my tenant simply love to draw curtains 24 hours. she left the window open only a bit. she always has the habit of not locking her room. whenever i am in the living room in the afternoon, many a time i will hear the door of her room open with a click( the door is a heavy wooden one, similar to condo type). Surely the wind is not strong enough open the wooden door. when i close the door, it was always dark inside, but i do not feel anything wrong. i just dismiss as the door lock may be too loose to open.
another occasion is at the middle of a night, my husband was at the toilet. i was asleep when the toilet door slammed shut. again we assumed that it was the wind(although we did not find it..)
just want to share the above. Mine is a new flat just constructed. Since i didnt feel any danger or threats, there is really no harm right?
Originally posted by Isis:Yes..
Well,i stayed in hall and has heard of some ghostly encounter from some friends who can see ghosts. They all kind of recommended to me to listen to the great compassion chanting or da pei zhou every night in the first 2 weeks.
Can try to place a picture of buddha or Guan yin in a open area of your room.
btw i had dreamed of myself repelling beings by chanting amitufo in my ex-home which is vacant and kind of "yin". Apparently, this isn't my first time but then it might be nothing but a dream...But don't think about repelling spirits when chanting. The intention must be pure and compassionate.
If you want to continue to be a devoted yogi, generally you should never cling to dreams. If you do, you will eventually expose yourself to the influence of the four maras. If your dreams are positive, do not have any expectations. If we are filled with hopes and expectations, even positive things can turn negative. If your dreams are negative, don't take them too seriously. Learn to see negative dreams as illusion, not real. Then, although a dream seems negative, because we realize that it isn't real, it becomes a positive thing that prepares us for further development and realization in the spiritual path. This is the practice of a yogi.
-- from The Life of Gampopa by Jampa Mackenzie Stewart, just published by Snow Lion Publications.
I know how... JIA LIM PEI CHUI LAI !!!!!Originally posted by FBI:shout for them to come out
Erm there are many many kinds of ghosts in Buddhism (see: 36 Kinds of Ghosts)... in general, some people have bad karma and after their death their bad karma cause them to be born in the ghost realm and they suffer a lot of different kinds of sufferings. (some become hungry ghost, etc)Originally posted by thelesis:We don't called them GHOST.. they are called "Spirits"
Spirits exist when they cannot find the way to the place they suppose to go so in the end, they walk around to find something that bring back their memories...
quite unlikely because ghosts are heavy in water and wind in their makeup. usually sunlight is all you needOriginally posted by coolbluewater:Eh... sometimes not quite true. Sometimes, they appear even when ur room is completely bright, with windows wide open.![]()
how u know ghosts are heavy in water and wind?Originally posted by Xprobe:quite unlikely because ghosts are heavy in water and wind in their makeup. usually sunlight is all you need
if you can see one in bright daylight, then it must be some other entity, not necessary a "ghost" that we usually think of, and for you to be able to see it in bright day light, your karma with this entity is quite strong, so no point running away, face it and resolve it
heheheOriginally posted by marcteng:how u know ghosts are heavy in water and wind?
you seen one urelf?
you may be right that they are heavy in water and wind, but there's also this "other dimension" that co-exist with our curren realm, maybe even overlapping each other.Originally posted by Xprobe:quite unlikely because ghosts are heavy in water and wind in their makeup. usually sunlight is all you need
if you can see one in bright daylight, then it must be some other entity, not necessary a "ghost" that we usually think of, and for you to be able to see it in bright day light, your karma with this entity is quite strong, so no point running away, face it and resolve it