noahnoah SG I rem while i was taking the MRT train some time ago, i saw this monk simply just simsply standing on the train and utter words without moving at all for nearly 40 mins Everyone was staring at him.... IS he trying to bless the train or wat ar I mean is it true when one come to mediate really so call out of this world liao~~ dun really know wat is happening in his surrounding area ?
duckling SG I think u mean meditate. Meditate hor, need to block out everything so maybe lor. Maybe got someone die on the tracks that day and he just chanting to soothe everyone... Speaking of monks... got a lot of fake monks around ler. Wear slippers and ask for money. Cannot tahan them, they give buddhism a bad name.
Spirit of Fire SG Should go straight up & tell the monk, “It’d be better for you to go some African or other third world countries & help the impoverished people over there, rather than just meditating, you’re not contributing & not helping anyone.”
AndrewPKYap SG mediate or meditate? meditate or chanting? or you mean mediate by chanting as in mediating with ghosts? WHAT?
syncopation_music SG in the western country , i see Eastern Orthodox monk on the train .. ppl just not concerned with him and do their own reading or typing on their own laptop why we asian so concerned with monk in eastern countries ? isnt convent nun and convent pastor look weird perhaps have to look at ur own heart..issit clean or not i suggest u should go to buddhism forum to try to understand buddhism before u post on buddhism
An Eternal Now SG Sorry fireice... Even though many Buddhist monks can levitate (even one of my friend -- a forummer in sgforums -- experienced this phenomena from meditative experience and concluded levitation is truly possible), they cannot do that in public because under Vinaya vows given by Buddha, monks are not allowed to show supernatural powers for publicity stunts. Hindus and other religions still can show because they don't have rules forbidding their display.. and furthermore Buddhist teachings always downplay the significance of such powers. Here is an example of a documented case of a real yogi levitating -- quite well known, http://www.amazingabilities.com/amaze8a.html
