I have something to share. I am in Sales and I have been
having obstructions in my work. My mum brought me to this
temple in Geylang for what they call 'Altar Candle Service' at the
Temple. My name was written on a red paper with my birthdate
and my prayer request was for a smooth career and good sales.
The monk who did chanting for me updated me once in a while.
There was a day when the candle was not burning well and the monk I
adopted advised me to release 9 birds. After that I did
much better in my job and it definitely helped me a great
deal. 2 years ago my grandma was down with cancer and my mum
did the same thing for grandma at the temple. Miraculously
though grandma passed away but she died peacefully with no pain.
She was at her fourth stage of cancer but grandma did not suffer
any pain. Thank to the monks at the temple who chanted and
prayed for grandma. Recently my sis had some issues with her
husband, almost contemplated divorce and the Shifu at the
temple advised my sis to change the direction of her bed and with
the power of the candle burning at the altar both husband and wife
are pretty fine now.
If any of you are having problems, love, health, financial
problems, issues at work why not try this altar service at the
temple I mentioned. It is really worth a try. Check
their website:
http:www.foxin.org.sg/foxin_007.htm
Cheers
Thank you for your sharing and kindness. Glad it have
worked for you and lessen your dfficulties inlife, Hope it have
brought you closer to Buddhism also.
I would also like to share with you the Four Noble Truths, the
teachings of Lord Buddha and may you take some time to contemplate
on it.
The
Four Noble Truths
1. Life
means suffering.
2. The
origin of suffering is attachment.
3. The
cessation of suffering is attainable.
4. The
path to the cessation of suffering.
1. Life
means suffering.
To live means to suffer, because the human nature is not perfect
and neither is the world we live in. During our lifetime, we
inevitably have to endure physical suffering such as pain,
sickness, injury, tiredness, old age, and eventually death; and we
have to endure psychological suffering like sadness, fear,
frustration, disappointment, and depression. Although there are
different degrees of suffering and there are also positive
experiences in life that we perceive as the opposite of suffering,
such as ease, comfort and happiness, life in its totality is
imperfect and incomplete, because our world is subject to
impermanence. This means we are never able to keep permanently what
we strive for, and just as happy moments pass by, we ourselves and
our loved ones will pass away one day, too.
2. The
origin of suffering is attachment.
The origin of suffering is attachment to transient things and the
ignorance thereof. Transient things do not only include the
physical objects that surround us, but also ideas, and -in a
greater sense- all objects of our perception. Ignorance is the lack
of understanding of how our mind is attached to impermanent things.
The reasons for suffering are desire, passion, ardour, pursuit of
wealth and prestige, striving for fame and popularity, or in
short: craving and clinging.
Because the objects of our attachment are transient, their loss is
inevitable, thus suffering will necessarily follow. Objects of
attachment also include the idea of a "self" which is a delusion,
because there is no abiding self. What we call "self" is just an
imagined entity, and we are merely a part of the ceaseless becoming
of the universe.
3. The
cessation of suffering is attainable.
The cessation of suffering can be attained
through nirodha. Nirodha means the unmaking of
sensual craving and conceptual attachment. The third noble truth
expresses the idea that suffering can be ended by attaining
dispassion. Nirodha extinguishes all forms of clinging and
attachment. This means that suffering can be overcome through human
activity, simply by removing the cause of suffering. Attaining and
perfecting dispassion is a process of many levels that ultimately
results in the state of Nirvana. Nirvana means
freedom from all worries, troubles, complexes, fabrications and
ideas. Nirvana is not comprehensible for those who have not
attained it.
4. The
path to the cessation of suffering.
There is a path to the end of suffering - a gradual path of
self-improvement, which is described more detailed in theEightfold
Path. It is the middle way between the two extremes of
excessive self-indulgence (hedonism) and excessive
self-mortification (asceticism); and it leads to the end of the
cycle of rebirth. The latter quality discerns it from other paths
which are merely "wandering on the wheel of becoming", because
these do not have a final object. The path to the end of suffering
can extend over many lifetimes, throughout which every individual
rebirth is subject to karmic conditioning. Craving, ignorance,
delusions, and its effects will disappear gradually, as progress is
made on the path.
http://www.thebigview.com/buddhism/fourtruths.html