Hi
My husband and his family has been regularly attending this
temple in Geylang. It is a Buddhist temple and they practice
"meditation" which they call pinyin xue2 fa3. I suppose its
meditation since Im not sure how to rightly translate xue fa into
english.
The thing is, during this meditation, their hands will move
subconsciously. The shifu does not teach them how to meditate, he
said that all students will have a personal Buddha teacher, coming
down from "heaven" to teach them.
They also have mantra water and stuff like that.
My question is, is it an orthodox kind of meditation? They
believe this "fa" has powers to create an invisible "shield" to
protect them from evil. And also, if you learn long enough, you are
able to heal others.
Anyone heard of this?
This is a Chi practice, with one exception, when the mind is
singularly focused, the chi flows all over, and initially ,
one is not aware of one,s movement, rather like spiritual kung fu
or "shen ta". The movement are rhythmical and circular in motion.
Usually upon practice, the body develop "wei chi" which is like and
energy aura protecting the against the weather. This has a very
Taoist element in theory and explanation.
Comment on the Sifu's lineage is important as suggested by the
moderator, also whether is this a preliminary practice, which
eventually leads to more indepth Buddhist principles and
practice proper, is also important!
Without these two considerations in mind, one cannot place
judgement!