Thanks. I had finished watching the 5 parts video clips. I have
things which I don't understand :
1) Why the prayer is leading the person to the rebirth of the 6
realms and not Buddha's land ?
2) Forests and caves are animals realm, yearning is ghost realm,
anger is hell realm, what about human realm and heaven realm ? I
watched twice but I still did'nt get it.
If a person is in Bardo stage, can the person still continue to
chant Buddha's name ? Will the person still have a chance to be
reborn in Buddha's land ? Very curious to know what can a Buddhist
do during the Bardo stage if Amitabha did not fetch him at his
deathbed.
i roughly watch only, as i multitasking.
1) i also wonder why they did not use the phowa, perhaps
generally Vajrayāna practice to reborn in human realm to continue
practice their bodhisattva path, and advocating to help others.
phowa is more recent and not so popular yet.
2) might not be in the video, i learn, human realm is practice
certain level of Ten wholesome deeds while heavenly realm is
practice advance level of Ten wholesome deeds. more info is in the
below link, under "cause of rebirth".
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sagga/loka.html
To enter into the Bardo stage, mean there's some attachment or
some karmic retribution involve, if not, one should be reborn
immediately to pureland or karmically drag into hell realm if
his/her karma is heavy. Bardo stage is sort of a not sure
where to go stage. i think it depends on how
habitual is one's practice in nienfo. and if there
are supportive reciters reminding the person to nienfo and let go
of his/her attachment. if involve karmic retribution, can the
supporters help to resolve the deptors' issue by mean of chanting,
transfer merit, eat vegetarian for 49days, free life etc.
at night u can also look at your dreams and see what are the
karmic seeds that one is still having. our dream stage is a
form of Bardo stage. can u remember to
practice nienfo in your dream when u have bad dreams?
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