bell sound replied by zacken99 @ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:46:58 +0800

zacken99 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:46:58 +0800

its very difficult to give cures..without knowing u and ur family ba zi and the fengshui of the house..

simple..thing u can do is go get a 愣严咒,and place it in ur house hall..

bell sound replied by ORIGAMIST @ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:55:40 +0800

ORIGAMIST — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:55:40 +0800

Originally posted by mistyblue:

Not sure if this helps. I also used to hear that once in a whole. Never though much of it as it eventually goes away. Sometimes, I go pray at temple or that I ask for the flowers that is placed at the temple to bathe in.

Why does it bother you? How come the both of you hear the sound? The things I hear/see, is usually only me. I just want to find out what are those sounds....

Actually, my children can hear also.. so we just tell them is upstair cat with bells running about ... but the sound continue into the night ... day time is even louder ..

What does your astrological weight at birth say about you? replied by BEARZAIS @ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:36:05 +0800

BEARZAIS — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:36:05 +0800

mine is this
Life will be a smooth journey for you all the way. Everything you do will be successful. You do not need to suffer or work hard. Family members that carry your surname will be famous too. You will be happy with your fortunes and the assets that you build. Wear a mystic knot to protect your good fortune luck.

not sure true anot........

Fengshui questions replied by Display Name @ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:27:12 +0800

Display Name — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:27:12 +0800

What is stone lion for?

Is it to get rid of negative energy one? maybe the stone lion of the house is very small only, a baby lion.

bell sound replied by Display Name @ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:24:24 +0800

Display Name — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:24:24 +0800

If it is only the sound that you and your wife heard, no need to do anything, not a big deal to bother to.
But since you seems not comfortable with this sound, then you should probably set up a shrine at your home, do more chanting and dedicate the merit to him.
Assuming it is someone there.

Side track a bit, sometimes I heard sound of marble bouncing on upper floor. Heard from friend that it is because little ghost / kumantong is playing the marble. Don't know is it true or not, but don't have to pay much attention to it. Life is like that, when you go out buy something, will also pass by any strangers or animals. same thing.

bell sound replied by mistyblue @ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:26:41 +0800

mistyblue — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:26:41 +0800

Not sure if this helps. I also used to hear that once in a whole. Never though much of it as it eventually goes away. Sometimes, I go pray at temple or that I ask for the flowers that is placed at the temple to bathe in.

Why does it bother you? How come the both of you hear the sound? The things I hear/see, is usually only me. I just want to find out what are those sounds....

bell sound replied by ORIGAMIST @ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:22:18 +0800

ORIGAMIST — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:22:18 +0800

hi, is there any friend to help out ???

bell sound replied by ORIGAMIST @ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:56:05 +0800

ORIGAMIST — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:56:05 +0800

My wife and I always heard bell sound - those that sound like baby wear on the ankle type.. initiately only once in a while we hear it so we just leave it .. recently it is very often and throughout the day and night can heard very clearly.

If anyone got any idea how and why there are bell sound, please advise and how we can get rid of it .. each time the bell sound, I will just think of my dead brother .. I don't know why and there is no link between the bell and my brother ...

Strong water person replied by 4sg @ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:10:23 +0800

4sg — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:10:23 +0800

Hi metblue

Yes, I was referring to amulet.

Also, I've forgotten to thnk you for your reply. Thnks!

Have done Bazi, it has certainly revealed many shortcomings of my life and things I never really know about myself. Hope more ppl, esp Chinese will pick up this ancient art.

Nan Huai Jin replied by zacken99 @ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:42:40 +0800

zacken99 — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:42:40 +0800

Master Nan Huai Jin (Nan Huai-Chin) is one of the most renowned and revered lay Buddhist Masters in China. A great teacher in all three traditions of spiritual cultivation in China, namely the Confucian tradition, the Buddhist tradition and the Taoist tradition, he has written more than 30 books in these subjects. His books are always insightful and lively. He speaks with the authority of first hand experience - being a great scholar, a great action master and a great teacher at the same time. Someone with such an aggregate of qualities are hard to find in this arid age in which words and deeds rarely match. These are no empty words! For a glimpse of his experience, we note that he studied the ancient Chinese martial arts in his youth and mastered the works of Confucian and Taoist sages at the age of seventeen. Later on he taught at the Central Military Academy and studied social welfare at the Jin Ling(Nan Jing) University. In 1942, at the age of twenty four, he went into a three-year cultivation retreat in the Er-Mei Mountains, one of the four sacred Buddhist pilgrimage sites in China. It was there that he verified his experience against the Chinese Tripitaka and composed gathas for each of the thirty two chapters of the Diamond Sutra (Published in his book What is the Diamond Sutra All About.) In 1945, he left for Tibet to learn from Tibetan Masters and was conferred the official title of Vajra Master by the Hutuktu (high ranking incarnate) Kung Ka of the Kagyu tradition. He is also the most eminent student of the renowned lay Chan Master Yuan Huan-Xian, making him an adept in both the Chan and the Tantric traditions.

His books are extremly popular in China and some of his more popular books went into 20th edition in Taiwan. There is no question that his teaching has transformed many young intellectuals and is one of the main forces of genuine buddhist resurgence in China. His books are also well respected by the academicians. In the words of Thomas Cleary, the famous scholar and translator of Chinese cultivation works."There is no question that Master Nan's work is a cut above anything else available from modern authors, either academic or sectarian, and I would like to see his work gain its rightful place in the English speaking world. ... [His] studies contain broad learning in all three main traditions of Chinese thought, Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist. Although this comprehensive purview was common to the greatest minds of China since the T'ang dynasty, it is rare among scholars today."

Fengshui questions replied by knightlll @ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:01:22 +0800

knightlll — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:01:22 +0800

That's what my friend told me. I personally didnt see it. My friend is fengshui noob like me too.

Fengshui questions replied by zaxis @ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:44:25 +0800

zaxis — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:44:25 +0800

why would someone got nothing better to do? get stone lion facing inward? must well not place them!!!

even the owner could be ba zi strong not everyone in the house!!!

Fengshui questions replied by knightlll @ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:32:02 +0800

knightlll — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:32:02 +0800

Went to meet a friend , walked past a private property ( a house , my friend told me the stone lions are facing inwards , the owner's life must be strong enough to tame the stone lions , not sure how true is this & what is the reason for the facing inward?

Here is my other general observation :

2) on the left side of the house , there is a gate-door. The one which we see in ancient china history , whereby you have to pull down the gate so that soldiers can enter the city. There are also some cravings on the exterior wall of the house , i didnt went closer to have a look , so have no idea what it is.

For someone lijke me who doesnt know about fengshui , got to say the house is beautiful. I find the gatedoor resemblies that of a fortress.

Liao Fan replied by zaxis @ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:30:57 +0800

zaxis — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:30:57 +0800

what about the movies?

did not manage to pick up last friday @ Singapore Expo hall 1

Real or Fake Amulets replied by maggot @ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:41:32 +0800

maggot — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:41:32 +0800

Hi Amulet999 your website has been down for days…

http://www.amuletmaster.com

时轮金刚 replied by knightlll @ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:08:03 +0800

knightlll — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:08:03 +0800

Can't see the picture zacken.

Recycle of feng shui items... replied by Display Name @ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:46:30 +0800

Display Name — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:46:30 +0800

hi hmsg

don't worry about that. just pass it to me. That should solve the problems :)

Head of the Dragon Tortoise should face where? replied by mistyblue @ Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:48:44 +0800

mistyblue — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:48:44 +0800

I have 2 items in office:

Bronze Dragon Tortoise. Its head is looking to the right side from the front.
Clay Horse standing on hind legs on coins and ingots

Question:

The horse is on the left side of my monitor with its head facing me. Where should place the dragon tortoise?

Should the head of the dragon tortoise face me or face elsewhere. Such as towards an obstacle?

Currently, I sit facing SE looking out towards a corridore. There's another seat behind me and after that is the windows. All I want to achieve is a smooth working relationship with my team and get the line manager off my back from picking on me. Because my manager is overseas and to my line manager, I am not critical to his success.

Padmasambhava replied by zacken99 @ Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:33:08 +0800

zacken99 — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:33:08 +0800

The mantra of Guru Padmasambhava :

Om Ah Hung Benzar Guru Padma Siddhi Hung or

Om Ah Hung Vajra Guru Padma Siddhi Hung

Padmasambhava, the Lotus-born — popularly known as Guru Rinpoche, the Precious Master — is revered throughout the Himalayan ranges as a Second Buddha. Invited from India in the eighth century to subjugate the forces inhibiting the spread of Shakyamuni's teachings, he managed to transform hitherto hostile powers into guardians and protectors of the pure dharma and, in the process, left an indelible mark on the entire Himalayan region.

In quite a literal sense, Guru Rinpoche's mark is to be found throughout the Himalayan ranges in and around the many caves he used for meditation. At these sites one can still see handprints and footprints of the Precious Master impressed into solid rock, mute testimony to the extraordinary power this fully accomplished yogi and tantric magician exercised over the external and internal elements.

Now, in the pure depth of the heavens,
Vajrasattva, allowing the Metamorphic Body to be seen,
seared upon an elephant, holding a golden vajra to his heart
with his right hand, and with his left hand
holding a silver bell at his side,
crowned with the ornaments of the Five Transcendent Buddhas,
his body covered with all the perfect ornaments,
decorated with bones at the shoulders, at the wrists,
and at the ankles, brilliant with the white glitter of crystal.
Perfectly learned in the Mahayoga, Vajrasattva
reveals as a dwelling the celestial palace of the three Baskets,
reveals as gods and goddesses the whole internal essence,
reveals as Mantra the entire murmur of the words,
reveals as enchantments everything which is of body, speech, and mind.
And he sets forth the Tantras of the Mahayoga,
which are, according to the whole classification, five hundred thousand,
and the whole of which forms the eighteen root Tantras.

Life of Padmasambhava

Guru Rinpoche embodies the ultimate attainment of the Vajrayana and the power, both temporal and spiritual, associated with this peerless attainment. These powerful attributes show Guru Rinpoche wearing an expression of great force and concentration while holding various implements of power such as the vajra scepter, skull-cup and trident staff. He is dressed not only in the robes of a monk but also in the garments of a king to indicate that he is a member of both worldly and religious royalty. Concerning his birth, Guru Rinpoche himself said:

"Some people believe that I revealed myself upon the pollen bed of a lotus in the Dhanakosha Lake in the country of Orgyen; some people believe I was born as Prince of Orgyen; and others believe that I came in the flash of a thunderbolt to the Namchak hilltop; there are many distinct beliefs held by different individuals and peoples, for I have appeared in many forms. However, twenty-four years after the parinirvana of the Buddha Shakyamuni, the Adibuddha of Boundless Light Amitabha, conceived the Thought of Enlightenment in the form of the Great Compassionate One [Avalokiteshvara], and from the heart of the Great Compassionate One, I, Padma, the Lotus Born Guru, was emanated as the syllable HRI. I came like felling rain throughout the world in innumerable billions of forms to those who were ready to receive me. The actions of the Enlightened Ones are incomprehensible! Who is to define or measure them!"

As his biography relates, Guru Rinpoche was adopted by King Indrabhuti of Orgyen who made him his heir. This set the stage for Padmasambhava, as Prince of Orgyen, to perform many of the same deeds that Shakyamuni performed as Prince Siddhartha.

Finally he met Ananda, who had been the personal attendant of the Buddha, received ordination as a buddhist monk, and practiced both the sutra and tantra aspects of Buddha's teachings. From the guru Garab Dorje, an emanation of Vajrasattva, he received instructions on the Great Perfection, "the path of directly experienced intrinsic freedom." His experience of these Great Perfection (Tib. dzog-chen) teachings has been described as follows:

Garab Dorje, good fountain of the Dharma, knew everything, and Padma assimilated it.
He concentrated on the Absorption in the Pure Void
And on the Plane of Essence which proceeds from it.
He practiced abstention from accepting or rejecting pain or Awakening.
He obtained, as fruit, salvation through oneself, free from renouncing or acquiring".

Having become proficient in subduing hostile and destructive forces, Padmasambhava manifested in many different regions of in India, China and Nepal where he established many beings in the pure practice of the buddhadharma. Because his methods went far beyond what society conventionally deemed acceptable behavior for a religious practitioner, he often outraged the sensibilities of local rulers. On one famous occasion, after rumors were spread that Padmasambhava had acted improperly while giving instructions to Princess Mandarava and her attendants, her father — the king of Zahor — ordered her to be cast into a pit of thorns and her guru to be burnt at the stake. Then, the traditional accounts relate: "All the deities and the buddhas came to Padma's aid. Some created a lake, some cast aside the wood, some unrolled the oil-soaked cloth, some fanned him. On the seventh day afterwards the King looked forth and, seeing that there was still smoke coming from the pyre, thought to himself, "This mendicant may have been, after all, some incarnation," and he sent ministers to investigate. To their astonishment they saw a rainbow-enhaloed lake where the pyre had been and surrounding the lake all the wood aflame, and at the center of the lake a lotus blossom upon which sat a beautiful child with an aura, apparently about eight years of age, its face covered with a dew-like perspiration. Eight maidens of the same appearance as Mandarava attended the child."

Today this lake remains an important pilgrimage spot and is considered a particularly blessed site for meditative practice.
Of all Padmasambhava's enlightening deeds, those the Tibetan people cherish most relate to his introduction of Vajrayana Buddhism into the Land of Snow. King Trisong Detsen — himself considered an incarnation of Manjushri—invited him to Tibet to remove the obstacles hindering the construction and consecration of Samye, the first buddhist monastery in that land. Subjugating these evil forces and transforming them into protectors of the dharma, Padmasambhava not only established Samye (c. 779) as a center for the dissemination of Buddhism throughout Tibet, but laid the foundation for what later became known as the Nyingma tradition. His twenty-five closest disciples mastered and transmitted the various aspects of Guru Rinpoche's teachings, and through a succession of such great lineage lamas as Longchen Rabjampa (1308-1363) and Jigme Lingpa (1729-1798) these teachings have been passed on and are still practiced today.

Within the Nyingma there are three lineages practiced in conjunction with one another: the Oral (Tib. ka-ma). Pure Vision (idag-nang) and Treasure Text (ter-ma) traditions. The first includes whatever was taught openly by Padmasambhava and the great bodhisattva Shantarakshita when they brought Buddha's teachings to Tibet for the first time. The second derives from visionary experiences of later masters who received instruction directly from Guru Rinpoche, Vajrasattva and so forth. And the third refers to those teachings hidden by Padmasambhava and revealed by later adepts. Because of the importance placed on this third lineage of instruction, the Nyingma tradition is sometimes referred to as the Treasure Text tradition.

Termas are teachings, usually of the highest yoga tantra level, which Padmasambhava — often assisted by his consort Yeshe Tsogyal — concealed for later discovery. Some were hidden in the earth while others were planted directly into the minds of his major disciples. When the time is ripe for the propagation of these hidden teachings, reincarnations of these same disciples appear and are inspired to discover and reveal them. Such discoverers of these hidden teachings are known as tertons, or treasure masters, and include not only such famous lamas of the past as Longchen Rabjampa, considered an emanation of Manjushri, Jigme Lingpa, and the Fifth Dalai Lama (1617-1682), but modern-day masters such as His Holiness Dudjorn Rinpoche (1904-1987), the late head of the Nyingma tradition, and the late Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991), one of the most highly revered lamas of recent times.

At the end of one of his autobiographies — itself a treasure text written down by Yeshe Tsogyal and unearthed by the great terton Orgyen Chokyur Lingpa — Guru Rinpoche explains the circumstances of his departure from Tibet. He refers to a prophesy by Shakyamuni that savages from the Southwestern Island Continent would attack this world and states his intention to subdue these would-be invaders. However, the local prince, Murub Tsempo, son of King Trisong Detsen,
"...became sad and tearful and begged me not to go, pleading that the people could not do without me. In great compassion postponed my departure in order to assist the people of Tibet and bestow upon them essential teachings for the future. . .
Then I, Padma, gave final instructions to my devotees and to those who would be reborn in the future: Future generations who cannot meet me must read this exposition of my spiritual practice and self-liberated existence in this world, and obtaining a clear view of its significance, live according to its implied command, becoming perfect in all things. . .
Having exhorted the people to aspire to buddhahood in this manner, I, Padma, mounted the magical horse and was carried aloft by four dakinis. Again, I spoke to the people: I will come to remove the suffering of the people of the world on the tenth day of every moon but especially on the tenth day of the monkey month. Do not forget to pray!
Then, turning my face towards the southwest, I departed. The Prince Murub Tsempo and his subjects returned, each to his own home, each to his own practice."

The Syllable by Syllable Commentary
Explaining the Benefits and Advantages of the Vajra Guru Mantra

By the great tertön Karma Lingpa (14th century)

The Vajra Guru Mantra is the mantra associated with Guru Rinpoche, also known as Padmasambhava. This is a draft translation of a treasure text which explains the Vajra Guru Mantra. It was originally concealed during the time of Padmasambhava in Tibet and later rediscovered by Karma Lingpa (14th century) who brought it forth from its place of concealment and copied it down on reams of gold. It is simply known as "The Syllable by Syllable Commentary Explaining the Benefits of the Vajra Guru Mantra." It begins with an invocation and then goes into a dialogue between Yeshe Tsogyal, the spiritual consort of Padmasambhava, and Padmasambhava himself.

And so, Yeshe Tsogyal begins:

I, the woman Yeshe Tsogyal, having offered to you the inner and outer mandala on a vast scale, have the following request. Oh great teacher, Pema Jungne, you have been extremely kind to us, the Tibetan people, leaving for us a legacy that will benefit us now and in future lives. Your kindness is so great that we have never experienced anything like this before, nor will we ever experience anything like this in the future. In particular, so that now even though I am a humble person, I have no doubt that I will attain enlightenment.

In the future, sentient beings will have very short attention spans and a great many things will clutter and occupy their minds. Their characters will be rough and difficult to tame. They will develop many wrong views towards the sacred Dharma. In particular, a time will come when people will cast dispersions on the Secret Mantra teaching of the unsurpassable levels of tantra. At that time, all sentient beings will suffer heavily from disease, famine, and war. Because of the spread of these three calamities, in particular, China, Tibet and Mongolia will experience the same kind of turmoil as an ant's nest when it is destroyed, and the time will come for the people of Tibet to suffer greatly. Though you have spoken at length of many skillful means to salvage what is possible from that situation, sentient beings in the future will not have the time to practice. Even though they may have some slight inclination to practice, they will encounter many great obstacles. Sentient beings will experience a great deal of disharmony. They won't be able to get along or reach any kind of accord, and in the wake of this, their behavior will become very impure. Bad times such as this will be
very difficult to avert. That being the case, what kinds of benefits and advantages would there be for those beings in the future were they to rely solely upon the Vajra Guru Mantra as their practice? I ask you to relate this for the benefit of individuals in the future who are not able to perceive this and therefore have to have it explained to them.

Then the great master, Pema Jungne replied:

Oh faithful lady, what you have said is so very true. In the future, such times will befall sentient beings and both in a temporary and in a long term sense, the benefits of the Vajra Guru mantra can be definitely be felt. Since my spiritual instructions and the methods of practice that I offer are immeasurable, I have hidden a great number of treasure teachings in the water, rocks, the sky and so forth. In these evil times, even individuals with fortunate karma will find it difficult to encounter these teachings. It will be difficult to bring together the necessary circumstances for these teachings to be revealed. This is a sign that the collective merit of beings is on the wane.

However, at such times, if this essence mantra, the Vajra Guru mantra, is repeated as much as possible, a hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times, a hundred thousand times, a million, ten million, a hundred million times and so forth, if it is repeated in holy places, in temples, next to great rivers, in areas where gods and demons abound, if it is recited in these places by tantric practitioners with pure samaya, by people with monastic ordination who maintain their vows purely, by men and women who
possess faith in the teachings, if they give rise to bodhicitta on a grand scale and recite this mantra, then the benefits and advantages and energy of such practice are truly inconceivable. This will avert all of the negative forces of disease, famine, unrest, bad harvests and all bad omens and indications in all the countries of the world, such that the rain will fall in a timely manner for the crops so there will always be a plentiful supply of water for agriculture and for human and animal life, and all regions and areas will experience prosperity and auspicious conditions.

In this life, in future lives, and in the intermediate state between death and rebirth, these individuals who practice in this way will meet with me again and again. The very best of these individuals will actually meet me in their waking consciousness. Those of middling degree of attainment will meet with me again and again in their dreams. Gradually perfecting the different paths and levels of their practice, they will attain to the ranks of the masculine and feminine holders of intrinsic awareness in my pure land in the continent of Ngayab. Have no doubt of this.

If this mantra is recited a hundred times a day, merely a hundred times a day without interruption, one will become attractive to others and will effortlessly come by food and wealth and the necessities of life.

If one recites it a thousand or ten thousand times on a daily basis, one is able to literally overwhelm others with one's brilliance, in the sense of becoming very charismatic and influential in exerting a positive influence over others, and one will gain unhindered force of blessings and spiritual power.

If one repeats it a hundred thousand or a million times on a regular basis one will become capable of effecting an immeasurably great benefit for beings, exactly as one would wish to.

If one recites the mantra three or seven million times, one is never separate from the buddhas of the three times and one becomes inseparable from me. All the gods and demons of existence will attend to one and offer their praises.

In the most excellent cases, individuals will attain the rainbow body, and the final level of attainment in this lifetime. On a more middling level, at the moment of death, the mother and child aspects of radiant luminosity will meet. At the very least, individuals will behold my face in the bardo state and all the appearances of the bardo state will be free in their own ground such that these individuals will be reborn on the continent of Ngayab and from that vantage point, be able to accomplish an immeasurable amount of
benefit to beings. Thus the Guru replied to Yeshe Tsogyal.

She responded by saying:

Oh great master, it is extremely kind of you to have spoken of these vast and immeasurable advantages of the spiritual energy of this mantra. For the benefit of sentient beings in the future however, a detailed explanation would be of enormous benefit, and so I would ask you to speak in a brief way about the different syllables of this mantra.

To which the great master replied:

O daughter of good family, the Vajra Guru mantra is not just my single essence mantra, it is the very essence or life force of all the deities of the four classes of tantra, of all the nine yanas, and all of the 84,000 collections of dharma teachings. The essence of all of the buddhas of the three times, all of the gurus, yidams, dakas, and dakinis, dharma protectors, etc., the essence of all of these is contained and is complete within this mantra. How, you may ask, does this work? What is the reason for all these being complete with this mantra? Listen well and hold this in mind. Read it again and again. Write it out for the benefit of sentient beings, and teach
it or demonstrate it to beings in the future.