Hi, my dharma friend emailed me this
"There are papers with
Sitatapatra Mantra (also known as White Umbrella Deity) being
burnt. All these are tantric in nature. There are provisions for
this in the terma tradition.
The main idea is that the smoke created by burning the mantra paper
also contains the blessings from the mantra, since a Buddha's or
Bodhisattva's blessings can not be destroyed. Therefore disasters
can be averted, as the causes for the disasters are purified by the
mantra-filled smoke."
can burning of mantras paper avert disasters?
how is it different from burning of josspapers?
is this a buddhist practise or neo-buddhist?
hope people here can help me, thank you.