hi all..
wanna know what's the buddhist view or attitudes taken towards mediums?
Buddhism discourages mediumship. This is because by involving in mediumship, you create a karmic link with the ghost realm. The ghost realm belongs to one of the 3 lower realms. Although beings in that realm may have supernatural powers and humans may want to tap into that source for certain things, Buddhists do not wish to create any karmic links with lower realms.
As Buddhists we should not be superstitious. Be more interested in your own cultivation and practice, and unfold your own awareness and liberation, and the accumulation of wisdom and merits.
Spirit mediums is not of Buddhist origins, most of it arises from folk religion and shamanism, usually sought after by people who economically, education and politically disadvantaged. It thrive sort of "underground" in view of officially sanctioned religions.
TIf one is ordained, then he cannot engaged it as a means of likelihood, I think the AEN has posted under' The way to god 'brahma'".
oooh...cos this supposed medium(i thought).. i was standing nearby and he was talking to someone else...he was saying dunno what 'don't play play ah...u dunno i can call guanyin or (dunno what) indian deity kali ah...u sit down, close your eyes and concentrate on my face for 2 mins u tell me what u see later'
really ah? so is it ghost or real deity?
Originally posted by An Eternal Now:No it is not the real guan yin but a type of ghost-deity (a higher class of spirits or ghosts that has certain level of spiritual powers but nevertheless still belongs to the lower realm). Buddhists do not get involved with these.
Hi Mod,
Sorry I got a slightly different view... I feel that nobody has seen GuanYin before and therefore we cannot say their "GuanYin" is related to the ghost realm or something.
Nevertheless we will not encourage practising mediums but focus on our cultivation.
my 2 cents...