The Child Ghost

last SG · 2011-10-04T13:38:29+00:00

How I wish I see the phenonmenon.

LavenderWu SG

In Buddhism, ghost realm is one of the six realms too.

With reference to the recent post of “how to get rid of ghost”, I saw that most of the answers provided is call Shifu, ask for Shifu, chant and dedicate merits or try to co-exist with them.

What if the ghost is in our office? And is a Child Ghost somemore, as you know, children are very stubborn.

I worked in a Child Care Centre and happen to saw in a fleeting moment a child ghost – teenager-like, long hair and wearing all white apparel. She even follow me back to my home, on a Saturday hot afternoon as I was cooking in the kitchen, she just float behind me. I quickly ran to my room and chanted the Shurangama Mantra. As I chanted, she just stood an arm length across from me, I was so scared that I chanted even louder and louder. After chanted finish, I didn’t see her – at least not in my house anymore.

But then at my work place, she still carry on give me a case every week. And she like to choose Thursday or Friday to give me a case. As in every Thursday or Friday, a child under my charge would accidentally got injured then I would have to bear responsibility.
If not the children get it, it is me who gets it. Every Thursday or Friday, I would get injury or either I quarrel with a colleague or offended my Supervisor.

1) If you ask me to get a Shifu – its impossible, its a workplace and the Principal won’t allow too, not when there’s children around.

2) Chant sutras or mantra? Yes I have been chanting the Great Mantra and Vajrasattva mantra during break time inside the centre softly. Doesn’t work too.

3) Throw some sweets on the floor for her – I dare not try yet. Once you did it one time, you have to carry on or else one day you don’t do it, you’ll gonna get double dose.

4) Ask me to resign? Yes thinking and planning about it. Sometimes in life, the best way if you couldn’t beat your enemy is to retreat, to withdraw. I raise my white flag now, surrender.

5) Co-exist with her? Huh, if I adopt her as my daughter, what if she follows me back home again, I’ll faint. And adopting is a life time thing. Think carefully before you do. One day you got your own children she’ll be jealous and wreck havoc in your family.

I guess the reason she stick around the child care centre is because there are plenty of children around and also plenty of toys to play with. But why target me? I recall maybe because she saw me reprimanding one of the kids in the centre for being naughty.

Any other suggestions?

Rooney9 SG

why dun u chant metta and ratana sutra?

dedicate merits to her.

Rooney9 SG

the child ghost may have affinity with you previously in your past lives. maybe you can enlist the help of a buddhist monk and act as a go between, ask her what she wants from u. a buddhist monk can help her chanting and tranferring of merits to her to do the trick.

LavenderWu SG

Hi Rooney
I have just google search “The Ratana Sutta” The word Sutta is Pali, this sutra is Pali tradition. Its a Jewel Discourse given by the Buddha to Ananda to help a city plagued by famine and evil spirits. I also went to youtube to listen to the chants and see the meaning of the wordings on this discourse too. Its too chimp for that childghost lah. She won’t understand the words if I chant softly during break time to her in the child care centre.

If asking a buddhist monk to help, I would have done so long time ago but this is a child care centre, I can’t bring any monk or ghost buster inside you see.

But I doesn’t want to harm her, just asking her to leave me alone. There was one period where she did leave me alone but then it came back again because as a Child Care Teacher, on and off, I’ll be reprimanding naughty children. Maybe she doesn’t like this.

LavenderWu SG

Currently in the centre I already chant the Great Mantra (Mahayana traditiion) and the 100 syllables Mantra (Vajrasattva Vajrayana tradition)

Now if were to add on a Pali one – the jewel discourse, I think I going crazy liao. Hahahaha.

Rooney9 SG

u must know how kamma works. you must have an affinity with her in one of your past lives. why doesnt she show herself up to other people, except you in the child care centre. metta sutra is about loving kindness. although she wont understand, but she will feel the loving kindness if you chant metta sutra. try do a good deed and transfer merits to her. maybe she wants you to help her in her situation.

LavenderWu SG

I don’t even know her name, how to transfer merit to her? what if If I transfer merit to her, she likes me even more? I big case already.

Rooney9 SG

I don’t even know her name, how to transfer merit to her? what if If I transfer merit to her, she likes me even more? I big case already.

no need name lar. use your mind instead. actually even though the ghost doesnt know pali, but chanting of sutra is thru the mind, not the words though. try chanting metta sutra mentally. if u dunno the pali chanting, use your mind and heart, use loving kindness to transmit to her. she will feel it. you can rehearse this mentally, may you be well and happy for a start in office.

Leogirldreamer SG

your third eye chakra is opened ?

An Eternal Now SG

I also see ghost before. You should attend pujas (fa hui) and dedicate merits to the spirits in hope that they can be reborn in higher realms.

Don’t establish relationships with lower realm beings.

Rooney9 SG

I also see ghost before. You should attend pujas (fa hui) and dedicate merits to the spirits in hope that they can be reborn in higher realms.

Don’t establish relationships with lower realm beings.

how do they look like? do they have a race, like indian ghost, caucasian ghost, malay ghost etc? they all wear white apparel isnt it?

LavenderWu SG

Thank you An Eternal Now. Yes you are right we shouldn’t establish any relationships with lower realm beings.

To Leo : hey choy, hahahaha, I don’t have 3rd eye lah. If I have 3rd eye I would see lots of other ghost too, not just that child.

To Rooney9 : ok, I will try using loving kindness. But I will still stick to the Great Mantra and Vajrasattva mantra but will dedicate merit to her and like you say, use my mental mind, no need to know her name then.

Dawnfirstlight SG

In Buddhism, ghost realm is one of the six realms too.

With reference to the recent post of “how to get rid of ghost”, I saw that most of the answers provided is call Shifu, ask for Shifu, chant and dedicate merits or try to co-exist with them.

What if the ghost is in our office? And is a Child Ghost somemore, as you know, children are very stubborn.

1) If you ask me to get a Shifu – its impossible, its a workplace and the Principal won’t allow too, not when there’s children around.

2) Chant sutras or mantra? Yes I have been chanting the Great Mantra and Vajrasattva mantra during break time inside the centre softly. Doesn’t work too.

3) Throw some sweets on the floor for her – I dare not try yet. Once you did it one time, you have to carry on or else one day you don’t do it, you’ll gonna get double dose.

4) Ask me to resign? Yes thinking and planning about it. Sometimes in life, the best way if you couldn’t beat your enemy is to retreat, to withdraw. I raise my white flag now, surrender.

Any other suggestions?

Besides you, do your colleagues know about the spirit's existence? May be you can wear some Buddha pendant to protect you. You should recite Amituofo often. I understand that people who recite Amituofo will have "Buddha light"佛光. Those spirits are afraid of the light and they also respect people who recite Amituofo. There are also dharma protectors protecting people who recite Amituofo.

LavenderWu SG

Thank you Dawn. Besides me, no other colleagues saw this child.
As for wearing Buddha Pendant, I am considering to wear the black tourmaline gemstone. Google search it is good for expelling negativity.
I dare not anyhow buy those buddha pendant from Si Bei Lou (buggis street or queens street) I heard some thai or other country master got chant certain power into the pendants and these pendants actually got “ying ling” (spirits) inside then.

After buying the pendants, you want to return back is difficult already.
A chinese proverb saying “Qin Shen rong yi, song Shen nan” meaning its easy to invite the gods into your life, but once you no longer wants it, its difficult to get rid of it.

gorgorlokaychyong SG

I have question if buddhism help. Lavendar try other source.

whylikethatah SG

(16) Statues and pictures: The more life like in size is a statue, the more likely spirits will inhabit it. So, in a home or more likely in temples, where many robbers, murderers and other evil people come to pray everyday, the chances are that the statues will be inhabited. The spirits follow these bad hats into the temple, and they see so many people praying to those statues, they would also like to be prayed to. So they remain behind in the temple when the murderers and robbers leave the temple and inhabit the statutes. Some huge portraits may also contain ghosts, especially if the paintings are of good quality.

from http://www.kktanhp.com/Spirits,Ghosts.htm

so you all don't happy happy think your statues very safe to pray or pay your respects to

gorgorlokaychyong SG

from http://www.kktanhp.com/Spirits,Ghosts.htm

so you all don't happy happy think your statues very safe to pray or pay your respects to

Has what you posted got to do with christianity?

LavenderWu SG

Thank you gorgor, but what other source would you suggest.

To : whylikethatah – my centre don’t have statues, but thanks for the info.

whylikethatah SG

Has what you posted got to do with christianity?

no? not that i know of. u may want to email the author of that website.

Dawnfirstlight SG

No, I don't mean buying pendant from shops. I mean those pendants distributed by temples or you buy from goldsmith shop and ask shifu to chant.