What would you ever encounter a Ghost?
What would you do if you ever encounter a Ghost?
What would you do if you ever encounter a Ghost?
Last edited by SarathW on Thu Sep 23, 2021 8:34 am, edited 1 time in total.
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
Re: What would you ever encounter a Ghost?
I would probably scream, but how is this relevant to Theravada Buddhism?
And the Blessed One addressed the bhikkhus, saying: "Behold now, bhikkhus, I exhort you: All compounded things are subject to vanish. Strive with earnestness!"
This was the last word of the Tathagata.
This was the last word of the Tathagata.
Re: What would you ever encounter a Ghost?
Fear, anger, etc.
By the way, why do you scream? Will you scream every time you see a stranger?
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
Re: What would you do if you ever encounter a Ghost?
Observe it. See if it is real or just shadow.
I think this topic should move to Personal Experience.
I think this topic should move to Personal Experience.
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sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
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sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.
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Re: What would you ever encounter a Ghost?
A stranger is not a ghost.
And the Blessed One addressed the bhikkhus, saying: "Behold now, bhikkhus, I exhort you: All compounded things are subject to vanish. Strive with earnestness!"
This was the last word of the Tathagata.
This was the last word of the Tathagata.
Re: What would you do if you ever encounter a Ghost?
Maybe i teach Dhammå to ghosts.
Or run (50:50).
Or run (50:50).
Bahagia Tidak Harus Selalu Bersama
Dhammapadå 370
"Tinggalkanlah 5 (belantara) dan patahkan 5 (belenggu rendah),
Serta kembangkan 5 potensi (4 iddhipādā + 1 ussoḷhi).
Bhikkhu yang telah menaklukkan 5 kungkungan (belenggu tinggi),
Lebih layak disebut 'orang yang telah mengarungi air baih (saṃsārå)'."
Dhammapadå 370
"Tinggalkanlah 5 (belantara) dan patahkan 5 (belenggu rendah),
Serta kembangkan 5 potensi (4 iddhipādā + 1 ussoḷhi).
Bhikkhu yang telah menaklukkan 5 kungkungan (belenggu tinggi),
Lebih layak disebut 'orang yang telah mengarungi air baih (saṃsārå)'."
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Re: What would you do if you ever encounter a Ghost?
I want to see a ghost!
I have never seen anything like that, and I would be very interested and want to talk to it, ask it questions about what happens after death, and maybe offer it some food or dedicate some merit to it.
Unfortunately the only people who have told me about their ghost experiences, were credulous, simple types of people, usually with low education, or a general cultural belief in ghosts.
It seems like if people don't believe in ghosts first, then they never see them.
I have never seen anything like that, and I would be very interested and want to talk to it, ask it questions about what happens after death, and maybe offer it some food or dedicate some merit to it.
Unfortunately the only people who have told me about their ghost experiences, were credulous, simple types of people, usually with low education, or a general cultural belief in ghosts.
It seems like if people don't believe in ghosts first, then they never see them.
Re: What would you do if you ever encounter a Ghost?
Actually, I do not believe in Ghosts but I had at least six experiences I still think about what happened.JamesTheGiant wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:25 am I want to see a ghost!
I have never seen anything like that, and I would be very interested and want to talk to it, ask it questions about what happens after death, and maybe offer it some food or dedicate some merit to it.
Unfortunately the only people who have told me about their ghost experiences, were credulous, simple types of people, usually with low education, or a general cultural belief in ghosts.
It seems like if people don't believe in ghosts first, then they never see them.
These experiences are too short, perhaps 2 to 3 seconds, so I did not have time to get my head around it.
They appeared as white smoke, dark hand, glowing color, etc.
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
Re: What would you do if you ever encounter a Ghost?
It would help establish faith in rebirth, I would try to talk to it to learn as much as possbile about it, see if it's a hallucination, etc..
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Re: What would you do if you ever encounter a Ghost?
Yes, exactly.
So cool! I want to see. Maybe there are not so many ghosts in New Zealand because people have only lived here for 800 years.SarathW wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:35 am
Actually, I do not believe in Ghosts but I had at least six experiences I still think about what happened.
These experiences are too short, perhaps 2 to 3 seconds, so I did not have time to get my head around it.
They appeared as white smoke, dark hand, glowing color, etc.
Re: What would you do if you ever encounter a Ghost?
Don't say that. New Zealand could be one of the most haunted places.JamesTheGiant wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:38 amYes, exactly.
So cool! I want to see. Maybe there are not so many ghosts in New Zealand because people have only lived here for 800 years.SarathW wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:35 am
Actually, I do not believe in Ghosts but I had at least six experiences I still think about what happened.
These experiences are too short, perhaps 2 to 3 seconds, so I did not have time to get my head around it.
They appeared as white smoke, dark hand, glowing color, etc.
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
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Re: What would you do if you ever encounter a Ghost?
Ask the ghost to help me uncover the physics of ghost world. Do experiments, try to get the ghost to go to various electromagnetic detectors, see what shows up. Why can ghost be visible to some, not to others? What light is that? What's the physics behind it? And dedicate merits for them to be able to be freed from that realm.
Re: What would you do if you ever encounter a Ghost?
Try meditate on graveyards continuously for few months i am sure when the mind attain certain samadhi , the ghost would show up .
The ghost cant help anyone in most circumstances but needs worldly people sharing merits .
The ghost cant help anyone in most circumstances but needs worldly people sharing merits .
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Re: What would you do if you ever encounter a Ghost?
.... heard long ago that you could invite a ghost to come. Wonder if recalling long gone ancestors brings them up and or around....guess we peoples do that around the globe on a daily basis...what a great group....
Re: What would you do if you ever encounter a Ghost?
I would make a post on DW about that for Sarath to know
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