karma bank
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Let say you does chanting and you are chanting for someone else and you told the pusa and yourself that you are really willing to bear the suffering that person undergoes.
Will the person's bad karma be transferred over to your karma bank ?
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I don't think bad karma can be transfered.
If one meet such person that willing to bear the suffering for you. His suffering in short term may increase, but due to his compassion, not only his bad karma will not increase, but instead his merit will increase.
As for the person who receive the help.
Depends on how he think on what his benefactor did for him, if he feel grateful on his help and regret of the bad karma cause by his past mistake, then his bar karma will reduce accordingly. -
Everyone is responsible for their own karma. No one can suffer for your karma. The great compassionate Kwan Yin could have take away all our bad karma isn't it ? There are venerable who can alleviate some suffering but ultimately we are responsible for our karma. - actually i got this from someone else
AEN says that we can clear karma by chanting and repentance.
Updated: the rationalte is if you dedicate merits ur merits can play a positive impact on the person's bad karma.. if if you do good deeds, your good karma can offset bad karma in a way.
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In this releam, I do not think buddha or bodhisavatta can clear away anyone's karma..its the invidividual effort to resolve bad karma...
Chanting n repentance may or may not clear bad karma..and it greatly depend on what å› seeds you have plant to haverst what fruits...
I do not think there is a karma bank that a person can transfer, or maybe you are referring to bodhisavatta way of practise, making vows??..but in toasim there might have such karma bank practise in it...If you know someone who is quite negative and doing some bad things...if you can use your wisdom to enlighten this person to go into the positive side, you gain this good fruits from karma..and if the person whom has enlighten by you continue to spread his enlightenment to others..he too will gain...so watch what we are doing and what we are saying...speech can also score points in bad karma...
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Originally posted by Isis:
Let say you does chanting and you are chanting for someone else and you told the pusa and yourself that you are really willing to bear the suffering that person undergoes.
Will the person's bad karma be transferred over to your karma bank ?
i think it's not transferred all OVER to u. but more like u transfer ur merit/virtue of chanting TO the sufferer. this will relieve most part of their pain.transfering of merit/virtue is REAL. don't belief, can experiment. sincerity chant sutra/mantra/Buddha's name/Bodhisattva's name, then if someone u know is in pain/discomfort, secretly transfer ur merit/virtue of chanting to him/her. then ask him/her if they feel better. it'll work if u are really sincere. i tried before to my lated granny.
to transfer merit/virtue, just use our thoughts to think of the transfering will do.
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Originally posted by sinweiy:
i think it's not transferred all OVER to u. but more like u transfer ur merit/virtue of chanting TO the sufferer. this will relieve most part of their pain.transfering of merit/virtue is REAL. don't belief, can experiment. sincerity chant sutra/mantra/Buddha's name/Bodhisattva's name, then if someone u know is in pain/discomfort, secretly transfer ur merit/virtue of chanting to him/her. then ask him/her if they feel better. it'll work if u are really sincere. i tried before to my lated granny.
to transfer merit/virtue, just use our thoughts to think of the transfering will do.
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What merit can be transferred? What virtue can be transferred? It's just hope that is given.
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http://www.jenchen.org.sg/vol5no1a.htm
Volume 5 no 1
Feature
Ullambana Dharma - not Festival of Hungry Ghosts
By Venerable Shen-Kai
According to a popular Chinese superstition, ghosts are released from hell in the 7th month of the Chinese calendar for a one-month break in the human world. In order to appease them, animals are slaughtered and offered to these 'hungry ghosts', together with other food. Big feasts and other festivities are held during this month and the most 'auspicious day' is the 15th day of the month. It is so widespread that this yearly affair is dubbed the Month or Festival of the Hungry Ghosts. What is this all about?
Among the chief disciples of the Buddha was one named Maudgalyayana. He had immense supernatural powers: Deva-foot ubiquity which made it possible for him to appear at any place at will, the divine sight of Deva-eye to have unlimited vision of all things, large and small, near and distant; Deva-ear to hear all sounds regardless of the distance. Furthermore, he had the ability to read and understand whatever was in a person's mind. He also had the ability to see clearly the events that occurred in a person's many past lives aeons ago. Thus, Maudgalyayana is considered to be a Maha-Bodhisattva who is foremost in supernatural powers.
One day, his Deva-eye saw that his deceased mother had transmigrated to the realm of the hungry ghost. Her stomach was enlarged and she had tiny limbs. Her throat was as small as the eye of a needle, and as a result, it was impossible for her to eat any food or even to swallow a drop of water. Maudgalyayana could not bear the sight of his mother in such an extreme state of suffering. He immediately filled his alms bowl with food and with the immense power that he possessed, he sent it to his mother. However, she could not have the food because each time it turned into charcoal before she could put it in her mouth. It hurt Maudgalyayana to see what was happening and because of his strong emotion for his mother, it hindered his ability to see the karma that she had committed in her past lives. He went to Buddha for advice. The Buddha closed his eyes and entered into pure contemplation. With great compassion and gentleness, he said: "Maudgalyayana, your mother did not believe in the retributions arising from the law of cause and effect. She committed many evil deeds. She dishonoured the Buddha and insulted the Sangha [1], had no respect for the Three Treasures (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha), was greedy, filled with hatred, ignorant and arrogant. She was a wicked person who committed many evils, and she teased others giving them no peace. Therefore, she is suffering such a bitter consequence. Even though you are her son and your filial piety touches the heavens, these are still not able to save a person who had committed such serious evil karma." On hearing this, Maudgalyayana wept in pain.
Notes 1. Sangha
The corporate assembly of at least 3 monks; in general the term has come to mean a monk, or monks.2. Bodhi
From budh; knowledge, understanding; perfect wisdom; the illuminated or enlightened mind.The Buddha continued to console him, "It is impossible to rely solely on your own effort to save your mother from the realm of the hungry ghost. The only way is to use the combined merits of the Sangha. The 15th day of the 7th month of each year is designated "Buddha's Joy Day". This is the last day of the Sangha's summer retreat, and because of the purity with which the Sangha observed the precepts and practised cultivation, many attain the Bodhi [2]. The merits that they accumulate are immense beyond imagination, and the Buddha is most delighted. If you make an offering to these Sangha during this time, you can liberate your deceased parents and relatives from the suffering of the three evil realms (realms of animal, hungry ghost and hell) through their immense merits. If the parents are still living, then they shall be blessed with good health, happiness and a life of abundance. This is the truly marvellous method of giving salvation to the deceased." Maudgalyayana was delighted to hear this, and carried out the Buddha's advice accordingly. Thus, on the 15th of the 7th month after the offering to the Sangha, Maudgalyayana's mother was liberated from the suffering of the realm of the hungry ghost.
To give offering to the Sangha in this way is called the 'Ullambana' method. After Maudgalyayana received the benefits from this Dharma, he was very grateful to the Buddha and praised the merits of the Three Treasures. He advised people to promote the 'Ullambana Dharma'. This day, the 15th of the 7th month, can also be considered an occasion to express our gratitude and filial piety to our parents and ancestors. Unfortunately, the passage of time saw a gradual erosion in its understanding and purpose, so much so that this special occasion is not performed in accordance to the Dharma. Today, this auspicious celebration has become a day of widespread slaughter of animals to be used as offering to the hungry ghosts. The original act of performing offerings to the Sangha has become a day for feasting and making offerings to the hungry ghosts, often referred to as 'to invite the good brothers to a feast'. These practices are not only against the compassion of the Buddha, but also a let down to Maudgalyayana who had advised the world to be filial and to perform good deeds.
When we refrain from killing and protect all lives, we actually accumulate the merit of longevity and good health. It is meaningless to kill other living beings and offer them to the ghost, because they cannot benefit from these at all. Instead, those who kill shall have to repay for their action by suffering endlessly in hell. Unless we put an end to all forms of killing, the world forever shall not have peace. If the tradition of offering to the ghosts and the deceased on this day cannot be changed, the least we could do is to replace the slaughter and offer of meat with vegetarian food, flowers or fruits. It does not matter if we are not able to make offerings to the Sangha on this day, but at least we could invite them to chant the sutra for the purpose of liberating the deceased. In this way, it benefits both the living and the deceased.
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