Fire Puja with Rinpoche at Bukau

The date was 13 May 2012. In this post, I am going to share my Buddhism life. I am just sharing my knowledge and if i gave wrong information please forgive me as I am also in the learning process. This post might sound boring to some of my readers but I just felt that I want to blog it. :D

My aunt Bee is very lucky to have the opportunity to invite a Tibetan Rinpoche to come our old house at Kampung Bukau to do Fire Puja. Usually, tibetan monk is known as Lama. But Rinpoche is more higher in stage than ordinary Lama. 

General information to readers, there are three major types of Buddhism in the world, Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrana. 

My aunt told me that my family is practicing Mahayana Buddhism. Translation in my own words, Theravada is the old Buddhism practice the old history of the buddhas such as in Thailand, Mahayana is such as practicing buddhas wisdom in daily modern life such as Msia and Taiwan. Vajrana is more to magic and rituals such as the Tibetan. Well, this is based on my understanding lah. All of these three major Buddhism have many small division. But basically all have the same target.

According to Aunt Bee, there are many types of Fire Puja. Most people did Fire Puja to increase their wealth. However, there are certain people that do Fire Puja to dispel the black magic cast of them. Well, translate in malay "kena buatan orang lain, toyol etc." translate in chinese "jiang tou".

So that day, we wish to disperse all the evil spirit that may approaching us. Sounds creepy ho?

Rinpoche is preparing the flour to do some "pagoda".

This is it. Very campin' o kan? 

All of these "pagodas" have their own function in the ceremony.

This is how the table looks like.

The Buddha surrounded by pagodas and offering.

These offering have their own meaning.

Flower - Beauty

If you offer many flowers in the temple to the Buddhas, the next life you will be born pretty.

That is the karma means.

and....pity me.

I only know flower represent beauty.

Others offering such as rice, light, tea, water, fruits. 

I forgot what it mean.

Going to consult Aunt Bee next time.

Offering have lots of advantage.

No matter you offer to your own people or other races.

The karma is very big.

Some people are being stingy their whole life, they may have save up that RM5 not to help other people. But in their life after 5 years, 10 years, next reincarnation....

their loss is bigger than that RM5.

*p/s this is in Buddhism view lah...

ok continue 

Other offering.

All these offering represent long health, good wealth, wisdom and so on.

General information, offering are not given in meat form.

People have misunderstood that when they saw Chinese ceremony, 

they concluded it as Buddhism.

In Buddhism, there is no ayam or pork offering.

All vegetable and fruits.

Rinpoche starts the opening ceremony.

Chinese knows well that we have the God of Land.

God of Land is to control everything happen on the land.

So before starting any ceremony, 

the Rinpoche may need to ask permission from the God of Land to borrow their land.

Asking permission as well as protection from the God of Land while conducting the ceremony.

After the opening, Rinpoche starts the Fire Puja ceremony.

The food offering is throw into the fire.

If you wonder why....

Fire Puja is to offer food to the spirit.

The theory is such as...

 (*my understanding)

The food offering have been blessed by Rinpoche.

During Fire Puja, spirit are invited from all direction to come eat these offering.

Normally, the spirit will not full by eating food such as at road side etc (*like u saw in movie).

So this ceremony invite them come eat.

Why give them food eat, we will disperse black magic?

Because we give them food to eat that blessed by Rinpoche.

As I mention earlier, Rinpoche pangkat is higher than normal people.

The blessed food will reduce spirit bad karma so that they will early leave reincarnation of spirit.

If we help them to become human again faster, we have done a very good deed.

These good deed by the help of Rinpoche can help to turn to dispel the black magic.

Which in normal day, we cannot do it without the help of Rinpoche as a religious leader.

So basically...

to help the spirit is to help ourself in dispel the black magic.

You want something, You have to give something in return.

Yes. This is the theory that i basically understand from my Aunt Bee.

Am i getting you more blur? 

Please enjoy the next following pictures.

Imagine everything bad will follow the oil and flow out from the body.

Rinpoche in action.

Rinpoche with His Tibetan equipment.
The praying conducted around 1-2 hours.

 Last one, blessing by the Rinpoche.

Believe and confidence is very important.

Without it.....we basically have nothing.

This is us.

Thank you for reading my sharing.

It might not contain full information.

Target in life. 

Wish travel to Tibet in 10 years time.

Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu

莽原佛種

ARGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I missed out a special event - The Malawi Kids came to KK on 31 August At Yayasan Sabah!!!

ARGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How can I forget it!!!! Keep reminding myself going to bring family go but i was in the midst of festival celebration mood and i forgot....

Now just reading the report.

Nicole.

The Alms Giving | 14 August 2011

Every year, I will post about this event in my blog.

However this year is an exception.

Because the date clash with the Mt Kinabalu climb's date.

=(

Nicole's confession : 

I am not a Holy Buddhist.

I am not a full time vegetarian. (* but I try to reduce my consumption of meat)

I do kill some small lifes (*ants, termites, mosquitoes...)

I lazy to do daily chant. (*only pray when i am in difficulties)

I am really not Holy although I try to.

But somehow, I do it today, I lazy to do it the next day.

I really hope I can be like my dad, my aunties and uncles. ( *Jen, Bee, Kiong, Leong.....)

But myself esteem not that good.

one word : LAZY!

Although myself should be my main reason 

to chant...

to walk...

to live....

to do good deed...

in a way a Buddhist shall do,

the main people that helps me to deeply in love in this religion are these people.

People whom I called family.

These people passion towards the Buddhism influences me a lot.

Thank you, everyone. (*dad, aunties & uncles.)

Here are some pic spamming :

Sources :

Wesley Teo's Facebook.

& 

OneOne Chai's Facebook.

Activity : 结夏供僧庆典@ End of Vassa Retreat Celebration

Location : Santavana Forest Hermitage

Date : 14 August 2011

 The Alms Giving.

Buddhist followers on this day will come here and give anything useful to the sifus.

(* rice, bread, pen, biscuits, notebook etc that a sifu can use in his/her daily life..)

Friendly reminder :

Monks don't go out and take money from people.

Those are fake monks.

If they really in difficulties, they will only ask for water and food from people.

And exactly not money.

Please spread this out.

Thank you.

 These are my family and friends.

Dad, Aunt Jen, Aunt Bee Uncle Leong and family, Cikgu Yu, & lovely cousin Kewei.

There are some family friend there also.

Cikgu Jimmy and family.

See....I am Jealous to the max!!!!!

Want follow so much~

Any friend interested to go?
Just tell me...
Next time I bring you go. =)

Sadhu sadhu sadhu.

Nicole.

The End of The World

The End of The World

Today attended a talk organised by Santavana Forest Hermitage.

2pm- 4pm @ Promenade KK.

Its about the perspective of Buddhism about the End of the world.

My dad would want to join this but sadly my big aunt coming back from KL.

So him, Aunt Jen & Uncle Kiong need to accompany big aunt back to Beaufort.

Cousin Kewei also want to come but due to time constraint she cant.

All of you sure got fate to join activities like this again in the future.

Dont disappointed okay?

Back to topic...... 

 We came quite early just to avoid the crowded registration and to get nice seat.

 Mr. Randy.

He is very interested and motivated to come.

I'm glad that he come.

Its a good karma to go such activities.

I know that he dont understand the Buddhism term.

So i try to explain to him what I know.

Then I remember one of the sifu's saying, 

You come to this talk.

Does not mean you are better than other people.

Does not mean you live longer than other people.

Does not mean you can avoid the end of the world.

etc.

But we hope you can increase knowledge.

get wider perception about the end of the world.

YES!

I like that!

 Satisfied post of the day.

Then the talk also discuss....

Every religion have their own world end day.

Christian is millennial.

Muslim is......

Hindus is.....

Buddhism is after 56million years later.

I forgot the years told by the Professor.

But for sure.....

The 2012 had gave a wrong mind set to the human being.

 Selamat Menyambut Bulan Puasa to all the Muslim friends...

There are a lot new knowledge that i learnt from the talk.

Of course mainly focus on Buddhism point of view.

Some other knowledge I already know,

but the talk stress it out so it made me more emphasized on the knowledge.

In Buddhism point of view:

Even tomorrow is the end of the world.

the earth is no longer exist.

Reincarnation is wont stop.

Means...

Buddhists will live in another new planet and continue with the reincarnation.

Cousin if you reading this...

we shall continue this sharing once we meet..

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

sadhu sadhu sadhu.

Nicole.