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 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.
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...
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.
http://www.jenchen.org.sg/vol5no1a.htm