what steps will u carried out when there r ghosts in ur hm

Isis SG

Hi,

What could you do when u discover that your new home has ghosts?

Any steps in helping urself or friends?

What if the ghosts have been affecting the occupants for some time?

Thank you

Darkness_hacker99 SG

call in the ghost buster. Laughing

mase101 SG

Then its time to call in the professionals. If you DIY, if the ghosts get too powerful, you buay tahan and drop dead with talisman in your hand, then how the coroner write report.

Please think of the coroner.

bohiruci SG

first you must understand you have affinity with the ghosts

with compassion for him/her

you should invite Rinpoche to recite sutra for 3 /4 hours ,not to drive him/her away ,but calm his/her transformation(ghost also suffer from transformation due to destructive karmic forces at work

then Hang photo of Buddha and Mantra pictures to "educate" him/her

i went to a fren house to "exorcise" ,with the help of Karma Kagyud Rinpoche

Cool Cool

then you should do light offering in dedication for him/her so he/she can find the way to rebirth

for your fren advise him /her to invite a katha from rinpoche and place at the room

or a bhupa dagger

Chinese mahayana is invite venerable to give chanting

and perform yoga fire ritual to give "food" to the ghost
and u must recite Great Compassion Mantra 84,000 to allow the ghost to gain merit to reborn successfully

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coolbluewater SG

The ghosts are not there without any reason. He/she may have affinity with you since your previous life, for somereasons that you may not know.

Whatever it is, chant for them, dedicate merits to them. (If you are too lazy to chant, u can play chanting CDs, it helps to a certain extend). They will understand the mantra, and of course, your goodwill.

You don't have to make friends with them, but no harm trying. They are just like the rest of us and need help in the path to buddhahood, just that they are borned in the different realm.

jay_rocks SG

invite them to lim kopi

An Eternal Now SG

Last time when I was 9 years old I saw a ghost in my rented house (lived there for 8 months only, fortunately). That place is actually quite ulu and we dont know who lived in the house b4, its been vacant for 3 years. I have just finished listening to heart sutra casette (I can't fall asleep easily then, and I always listen to heart sutra until I slept) when I saw a hand coming towards me.. I was so shock and didn't dare to do anything or even shout. I close my eyes, open again, still there, then suddenly it sort of sucked away from me and disappeared. I didn't chant because I didn't have a habit of chanting at that time.

But anyway my mother just donate $500 to publishing dharma books and dedicate the merits to the spirits. No problems since then. I believe the ghost appeared asking for some help. Next you can do some chanting for the ghost, put pictures of Buddha around your house, etc.

Oh yes my dharma teacher said something... she says that it is VERY important that you let your house be completely bright in the day, meaning, open all your curtains in the day. If your windows are tainted kind, open your windows. Ghosts generally are afraid of sunlight kind of light, bulb light they are OK. There is a big difference. Under sunlight you feel the warmness of the sunrays and is much brighter... To them, the sunrays are like deadly radiation and they will try to hide under shades. If your house don't have sunlight but only lightbulbs then your house has become a "habitat" for the ghosts.

Last time someone told my dharma teacher her house got ghost, the first thing she said to that person is to open all your curtains. Since then the person has never seen the ghost again.

FBI SG

shout for them to come out

coolbluewater SG

Originally posted by An Eternal Now:

Last time I saw a ghost in my rented house (lived there for 8 months only, fortunately). That place is actually quite ulu and we dont know who lived in the house b4, its been vacant for 3 years. I have just finished place heart sutra casette (I can't fall asleep easily then, and I always listen to heart sutra until I slept) when I saw a hand coming towards me.. I was so shock and didn't dare to do anything or even shout. I close my eyes, open again, still there, then suddenly it sort of sucked away from me and disappeared. I didn't chant because I didn't have a habit of chanting at that time.

But anyway my mother just donate $500 to publishing dharma books and dedicate the merits to the spirits. No problems since then. I believe the ghost appeared asking for some help. Next you can do some chanting for the ghost, put pictures of Buddha around your house, etc.

Oh yes my dharma teacher said something... she says that it is VERY important that you let your house be completely bright in the day, meaning, [b]open all your curtains in the day. If your windows are tainted kind, open your windows. Ghosts generally are afraid of sunlight kind of light, bulb light they are OK. There is a big difference. Under sunlight you feel the warmness and is much brighter... If your house don't have sunlight but only lightbulbs then your house has become a "habitat" for the ghosts.

Last time someone told my dharma teacher her house got ghost, the first thing she said to that person is to open all your curtains. Since then the person has never seen the ghost again.[/b]

Eh... sometimes not quite true. Sometimes, they appear even when ur room is completely bright, with windows wide open. Rolling Eyes

An Eternal Now SG

Some small ghosts hide in cupboards etc as well Laughing as they are the really really 'safe havens'.. There are real cases about this.. But generally it will help a lot if you open all your windows etc.

And if the ghost keeps appearing at night, it could be your close relative, etc. So even you open your curtains, they still return at night. What I am saying are those 'small ghosts' that just take refuge in your house. If the kind of ghost you're talking about is 'yuan qing zai zhu' then isn't such a simple matter anymore.. or perhaps some relatives that are still attached to their family, etc.

Thusness SG

This is true.

Thusness SG

Appologies. I am not sure about bright sunlight. But will all lights on, they can still appear.

jacqn SG

my tenant simply love to draw curtains 24 hours. she left the window open only a bit. she always has the habit of not locking her room. whenever i am in the living room in the afternoon, many a time i will hear the door of her room open with a click( the door is a heavy wooden one, similar to condo type). Surely the wind is not strong enough open the wooden door. when i close the door, it was always dark inside, but i do not feel anything wrong. i just dismiss as the door lock may be too loose to open.

another occasion is at the middle of a night, my husband was at the toilet. i was asleep when the toilet door slammed shut. again we assumed that it was the wind(although we did not find it..)

just want to share the above. Mine is a new flat just constructed. Since i didnt feel any danger or threats, there is really no harm right?

An Eternal Now SG

As long as you don't find it too disturbing should be ok la Laughing Otherwise you can seek a venerable's help.

Isis SG

Well,i stayed in hall and has heard of some ghostly encounter from some friends who can see ghosts. They all kind of recommended to me to listen to the great compassion chanting or da pei zhou every night in the first 2 weeks.

Can try to place a picture of buddha or Guan yin in a open area of your room.

btw i had dreamed of myself repelling beings by chanting amitufo in my ex-home which is vacant and kind of "yin". Apparently, this isn't my first time but then it might be nothing but a dream...

An Eternal Now SG

Originally posted by Isis:
Well,i stayed in hall and has heard of some ghostly encounter from some friends who can see ghosts. They all kind of recommended to me to listen to the great compassion chanting or da pei zhou every night in the first 2 weeks.

Can try to place a picture of buddha or Guan yin in a open area of your room.

Yes..

btw i had dreamed of myself repelling beings by chanting amitufo in my ex-home which is vacant and kind of "yin". Apparently, this isn't my first time but then it might be nothing but a dream...

But don't think about repelling spirits when chanting. The intention must be pure and compassionate.

Isis SG

Ahh yea, when i chant namo amitufo to repel, i can't really concentrated. My mind was kind of struggling. There was afew weeks ago when i decided to visited my old house again but i dropped the idea later on.

My vacant house has only one bed with bedsheet cover and blanket. I used to stay there during the weekend and mostly alone. There was once, i was dreaming of myself, talking on a fone while lying on my bed.

Then there was this auntie, appearing @ my door-way... telling me " you took my bed where can i sleep ?" in chinese... I still can remember the flower patterns on her shirt and her short till now.

Then i actually go after her when she leave to the toilet and grab her hands and talk her to chant with me namo amitufo and keeping telling her that buddha will help u buddha will help u. The funny thing is i actually dreamt of myself as amitufo when releasing that hand mudra- >the palm facing forward and she kind of sucked into my hand in there split seconds.

There was real physical sharp pain on my palm. I was awoked up it in my semi-awake state but slumbered back to lalaland but i remember dreaming of a dark figure standing near my bed. Then a hand took a brown color seed that dropped off from my palm.

My dream in there vacant house is always in darkness.

ok lah this is only a dream so no need to take this seriously ah...

An Eternal Now SG

Ya, I think we shouldn't take dreams seriously. They are usually caused by strong imprints in the 8th consciousness.. whether they have any meaning I think it is not necessary for us to seek an answer..

If you want to continue to be a devoted yogi, generally you should never cling to dreams. If you do, you will eventually expose yourself to the influence of the four maras. If your dreams are positive, do not have any expectations. If we are filled with hopes and expectations, even positive things can turn negative. If your dreams are negative, don't take them too seriously. Learn to see negative dreams as illusion, not real. Then, although a dream seems negative, because we realize that it isn't real, it becomes a positive thing that prepares us for further development and realization in the spiritual path. This is the practice of a yogi.

-- from The Life of Gampopa by Jampa Mackenzie Stewart, just published by Snow Lion Publications.

thelesis SG

I know how... JIA LIM PEI CHUI LAI !!!!! Laughing

thelesis SG

We don't called them GHOST.. they are called "Spirits"

Spirits exist when they cannot find the way to the place they suppose to go so in the end, they walk around to find something that bring back their memories...