Originally posted by An Eternal Now:
Just for interest sake.
I noticed something interesting on newspapers yesterday.
Back in August 2001, just months
before he took the Fema job, the organisation issued a routine
strategic report that pinpointed the three potential catastrophes
Americans were most likely to face: a terrorist attack on New York
City; a hurricane in New Orleans and [b]an earthquake near San
Francisco.
and then...
The initial report must still
make for especially uncomfortable reading for those living in San
Francisco, since an earthquake there remains the last of Fema's
three predictions still to come to pass.
At the beginning of the year, I have posted a letter sent by a
follower of the well known Buddhist master Lama Zopa Rinpoche,
which warned that a major earthquake will strike California this
year:
http://buddhism.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=112440
Interestingly, shortly after Lama Zopa Rinpoche announced it, there
was a warning from the Geologists that a large earthquake would
occur soon.
"There is a now major MT shift in
progress. Most likely it indicates a strong earthquake is in final
preparation, and deep crustal resonant harmonic energy is surfacing
along the Pacific and North American Plate boundary. The high
priority level warning encompasses the San Andreas fault from
Gorman to the Salton Sea, including the Mojave Desert and the San
Jacinto Fault Zone from Wrightwood to Mexicali. and the Imperial
fault from Brawley to Northern Baja, Mexico. Southern and Central
California should now be on advisory from Bakersfield to San Diego
to expect a strong seismic event (M6+) within the next several days
along one of the major faults in the region." Frank Condon
Date: January 12, 2005 at 14:57:54
From: Frank Condon,
Subject: Major MT Shift in Progress: WARNING
I will post a portion of the text here. Basically it first warns
about the impending major earthquake about to occur in California
that year, and recommended a few practises in order to try to avert
a catastrophic outcome.
> Friends,
> I know that this news is pretty shocking....the
only
> other thing I have
> to compare this with was when the Nechung Oracle
> (State Oracle of
> Tibet) told the Tibetan Gov't in exile led by HH the
> Dalai Lama that if
> they didn't do something fast and strong there would
> be a devastating
> earthquake that would destroy Dharmsala. His
> Holiness had his Lamas
> recommend rites and rituals for the monasterys and
> the laity to do and
> everyone got very busy. The earthquake when it came
> was very mild.
> We have never seen Lama Zopa do something like this
> before.
> May our beautiful California and its people be
> protected.
> prema
>
> >
> >> Dear Friends,
> >>
> >> Rinpoche has been checking the possibility of
a
> Californian
> >> earthquake for some years now and thinks a big
> one can happen in
> >> 2005. Rinpoche says it is difficult to stop an
> earthquake but things
> >> can be done to minimise it.
> >>
> >> 1 Taking 8 Mahayana Precepts
> >>
> >> 2 Reciting the Ksitigarbha mantra as much as
> possible (see below) as
> >> well as hanging a picture of Ksitigarbha
> (available at Land of
> >> Medicine Buddha) in a prominent place in your
> house.
> >>
> >> 3 Reciting the reqesting prayer to
Padmasambavha
> >>
> >> There are also 2 practices which will be done
by
> qualified monks:
> >>
> >> 1 A fire puja
> >> 2 Reciting of the Kangyur, two times
> >>
> >> These practices will be organised by the local
> centers. However, we
> >> will be asking for donations to help cover the
> costs of doing these
> >> practices. Once we have more details of the
exact
> costs, we will let
> >> you know, so you can have the opportunity to
> donate.
> >>
> >> Rinpoche is advising us how to prevent and
lessen
> the damage, - the
> >> practices need to be done as much as possible
and
> as widely as
> >> possible. This information is not to cultivate
> fear, but to help us
> >> to prepare.
> >>
> >> Rinpoche said last night that we need to let as
> many people as
> >> possible know about the practices they can do
to
> help reduce the
> >> effects of the earthquake, even if they aren't
> Buddhist, because
> >> everyone does not want to suffer.
> >>
> >> Rinpoche also said that its better to do
> everything as soon as
> >> possible and to cultivate as many people as
> possible to participate
> >> because the earthquake could be earlier and
would
> be very
> >> unfortunate if we didn't do these things in
time.
> >>
> >> Consequently, we have organised a full day of
> practice at Land of
> >> Medicine Buddha on Sunday, January 16. This day
> will include
> >> practices to help minimise the effect of the
> earthquake, as well as
> >> prayers for World Peace and for the victims of
> Tsunami. Please try
> >> to bring as many friends along as possible to
> participate. You are
> >> welcome to participate in all, or part of the
> day. Here is the
> >> schedule: (the list is available in the
webpage).
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But by 18/1/2005 seems it already had good effect:
Dear Friends,
Regarding the possibility of earthquake happening in
California:
Many thanks for your good response, helping to do prayers at home
and also to those who joined our practice day yesterday.
Following Rinpoche's advice, we ordered the recitation of Kangyur
(sutra-words of the Buddha) at Kopan in Nepal. The Kopan monks and
nuns in Nepal (over 500 of them) did the recitation last week and
that seems to have a good effect already! See the lastest message
from Rinpoche.
The good news is with Kangyur recitations etc... the
situation for earthquakes doesn't look so serious for this year 05
any more. But still good to do these practices (of
Ksitigarbha and Guru Rinpoche prayers)...
Five months later, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake, largest in several
years, occured in California.
http://buddhism.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=137384
I hope that would be the last earthquake to occur there this...
hopefully the 'Big One' that everyone's fearing is over.
[/b]
i am also not sure , suppose the earthquake he mentioned is
something metaphorical ??
like the typhoons of katrina ?
we are not at his stage of practice , so we cannot see what he can
see
just like when 3 communist guards attacked the famous chan master
Hsu Yun during the cultural revolution with steel rod 3 times
everyone thought he is dying
but that night he travelled to Tusheeeta(not meant to spell wrongly
,but the heck with auto vulgar language removeal) that cause
spelling error) Heaven to listen to Bodhisattva Maitreya
the word Bodhisattva Maitreya spoken to him reflect on the problems
of Buddhism in times to come after WWII
it is recorded in the book known as Empty Clouds
and He nevertheless able to live for another 3 months