What would you do if you ever encounter a Ghost?

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What would you ever encounter a Ghost?

I will say hello
6
33%
I will run
2
11%
I will hit it
0
No votes
I will scream
2
11%
I will take a selfie with it
1
6%
I will recite Buddho.
0
No votes
Any other please give reasons
7
39%
 
Total votes: 18

SarathW
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What would you do if you ever encounter a Ghost?

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What would you ever encounter a Ghost?

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I would probably scream, but how is this relevant to Theravada Buddhism?
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Bundokji wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 8:29 am I would probably scream, but how is this relevant to Theravada Buddhism?
Fear, anger, etc.
By the way, why do you scream? Will you scream every time you see a stranger?
:D
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Observe it. See if it is real or just shadow.

I think this topic should move to Personal Experience.
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SarathW wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 8:33 am Fear, anger, etc.
By the way, why do you scream? Will you scream every time you see a stranger?
:D
A stranger is not a ghost.
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This was the last word of the Tathagata.
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Maybe i teach Dhammå to ghosts.
Or run (50:50).
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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.
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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.
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.
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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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un8- wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:36 am 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..
Yes, exactly. :anjali:
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.
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.
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JamesTheGiant wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:38 am
un8- wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:36 am 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..
Yes, exactly. :anjali:
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.
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.
Don't say that. New Zealand could be one of the most haunted places.
:D
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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.
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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 .
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.... 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.... :jawdrop:
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I would make a post on DW about that for Sarath to know
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