A Presentation of a document that tells of some true accounts of paranormal happenings as narrated by friends. For Dhamma reflections. The texts are in Chinese.
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Are there spirits, ghosts or other entities that live in another
plane after death? In Buddhism there is the teaching of
Kamma, Rebirth and the 6 Realms of Existence, namely, Hell,
Hungry Ghosts (Peta), Demons (Azura), Animals, Humans
and Gods (Devas). Is there an Intermediate State after death
before Rebirth takes place? There are two Schools of Thought:
Theravada Buddhism believes that rebirth takes place instantly
after death whereas the Mahayana School talks about an
Intermediate state. To my mind, it is probably a matter of terms
and interpretation.
Our Buddhist Association has been conducting wake services
and Buddhist Funeral Rites for more than 25 years. This is
done on a non-commercial basis. It is essentially a community
outreach sort of service. No fees are charged but usually the
family members of the deceased make a voluntary donation of
any amount to our Buddhist Association. The chanting
members don’t receive any payment.
In the early years, there were some reports of some chanting
members ‘seeing’ or perceiving the presence of the unseen. Is
there a reality in their claims or is it more of the mind
imagining or hallucinating? Who knows?
Many years back there was a ‘crisis’ in our Wake Services and
Buddhist Funeral Rites section. A member of the Sangha told
some of our Chinese Chanting members: “You all are not
‘qualified’ to conduct such services; you need Sangha
members to do so. You only observe 5 precepts whereas we
Sangha members have to keep more than 200 precepts.
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