Disasters

I just read a book that a monk had forseen that alot of natural disasters are coming our way. Life will not be the way like it used to be...

Humans only blame the nature for the natural disasters and blame the people for being unlucky to get involved in the accidents. Well... This is actually not the case. Everything happened for a reason.

All kinds of evil phenomena are appearing in this world as human's minds are not as they used to be, and virtue and morality have deteriorated.

One abbot of a big temple swore to a big crowd of buddhists that if anything he said is wrong, he is willing to go to hell and never come back. He said, "Over half of the human population in the world is going to perish and those who will be left will be people who culitivate the Way, who cultivate truly, those who recite the Buddha's name, those who recite Sutras, these are the people that are able to remain."

Of course this is in the buddhism context. I believe no matter which religion you are in, as long you lead a righteous life and help people, you will be saved from these disasters.

Those high monks who can meditate and enter a high level of concentration, can actually see alot of things happening before hand. He is not the first monk that actually said that these disasters are coming. I heard it alot of times from other monks too.

So lets just not to be ignorant anymore. What if all these are true? By that time it happened, it will be too late to change anything. Who will take care of ur family, wife and kids if you are gone? Don't be so selfish and think for your family. Start to do good and repent for your wrong doings.

Humans are born without money and we can't take any money with us after we died. No point trying so hard now to backstab people to get that promotion or that little money. So what if you are very rich? An accident may just take your life away tomorrow.

There is only 1 thing that we can take with us after we pass on... Thats only wisdom. We should be working hard to gain it instead of money! Think it through...

Jesus

It was not the nails that held christ to the cross, but his love for you and me....

Just remember that all the religions are the same. Teaching us to do good and be righteous. Don't look at it differently. Its the people inside that are making us dislike each other's religion.

Jesus didn't ask his followers to condemn buddhism. Its all humans speaking in the name of Jesus. Humans.... Not Jesus. Don't fall into the wrong path..

Poor Kids

As singaporeans, if we look around us. We are considered very lucky and fortunate.

In 3rd world countries, humans are dying every single second due to illness and starvation. I just received a mail appealing for donation. Those african kids are becoming blind because of drinking stagnant water that are dirty.

This illness can be easily cured by an inexpensive tube of antibiotic ointment. But they can't even afford it. Imagine that your children are going blind and as a parent, you cannot do anything to save them.

Whenever i tell my friends around me about donation, they will find thousands of excuses to hold that penny in their pocket. $6 to you might be only enough to buy a Macdonald's meal. But it can save a human life in other country. So please cut down on your macdonalds and donate some money to those poor kids. Macdonalds only give you more health problems that you can imagine.

When you are fortunate and eating well, please spare a thought for those people that don't even have anything to eat. Share your happiness around and let them smile for once...
I thank you on behalf of those poor kids.
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Thailand Trip

Its been some time since i came back from my thailand pilgrimage. Haven't updated anything on the trip yet.

Alot of strange and spiritually stuffs happened during the trip. May sounds too magical or mysterious to majority of the people. So i'm not going to say anything on that.

First day, we went to a certain temple in bangkok to find a monk. His name is Su Na and his title is Chao Kun. Chao Kun is a title given to high ranking monks. We couldn't find him at the temple and so we went asking around among the monks. We were told that Chao Kun had left for retreat in the border of thailand, near Cambodia.

We arranged a mini van and a monk to visit Chao Kun the next day. It was a long trip.. Took around 4hours plus to reach the temple. Its a nice hut with serene surroundings. Felt so peaceful over there. We had problems communicating with Chao Kun as he only know abit of english and my friend only speak abit of thai. Its hard but most of the questions we managed to get across to him by body language. Haha.

He gave us quite a number of items to bring back with us. Statue, amulets, pendants and holy water. He invited us to stay in the temple when we come to thailand again. I think the main purpose is to meditate for a few days. He took our telephone numbers and namecards in order to contact us when he comes to singapore. Very kind and friendly man. I think he is around 70 over years old.

The next day we went to a temple in the outskirt of bangkok. A driver in the hotel took us there. He can speak english pretty well. So we got him to interpret for us. The monk name is Luang Phor Wank. Luang Phor is a title for Teacher or father in thai. Chao Kun is higher than a Luang Phor. This monk knows quite alot of things but couldn't tell us much. I think most probably is because of his ranking. He kept emphasizing that Monks also have their code of conduct. So he cannot say much. In the end, we just walked around the temple and saw the remains of his teacher. Died quite long ago already but his body is still intact. His body didn't rot and was placed in a glass coffin for people to see.

When a person achieved enlightenment, there are a few phenomenon that one could observe. When a body couldn't rot, thats one of the phenomenon. Anyway it was a fruitful and enjoyable trip. We learnt quite alot of things over there.

Laughing Buddha Quote

Industriously planting young sprouts in the fields, lower your head and you'll find the skies in the water. One's purity of mind is of utmost importance, a step in retreat is in fact advancement.

This is the quote from Laughing Buddha's book. Or some people may call him Maitreya.

Whatever things happen, just laugh it away.. Tackle hard problems with soft techniques. E.g When Maitreya Buddha was spat on the face from some gangsters, he didn't get angry. He merely just laughed out and walk away.

This explains the sentence,"A step in retreat is in fact advancement." You have good anger management and have attained a higher level of tolerance.