In 2018, actor Yuan Li broke the news on Weibo and rushed to the hot search, she said: "I tell a ghost story in the entertainment industry: In order to become popular, some female stars eat fasting and chant Buddha every day, begging the Bodhisattva to give themselves an international role.
Some people even go to Thailand to invite imps, please come back, it can help you do anything, the role is a trivial matter! Some female celebrities use S oil to make lipstick, and it is said that they are applied and kept red!"
Around 2010, Thai Buddhist plaques, Kuman Thong and other sacred relics began to prevail in China, which is inseparable from the trend of celebrities from all walks of life.
At the end of 2012, the release of the movie "Thai Embarrassment" added another fire to the popularity of Thai Buddhist cards.
For a long time, there have been many urban legends on the Internet that celebrities ask for Buddha cards and raise ghosts, and Yuan Li's revelations have been officially certified by insiders themselves, so it is conceivable that her comment area immediately exploded.
So can you really transfer a Buddhist card? Is it true or false that those urban legends of celebrities raising little ghosts and being attacked are true? Today, let's talk about some horror and talk about the story of Thai Buddhist cards.
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Thailand is a Buddhist country, more than 90% of the inhabitants believe in Buddhism, and their beliefs are not simply lip service. Almost every household in Thailand has a Buddhist hall, and there are temples everywhere.
From weddings and funerals, to moving, buying cars, and taking exams, Thai people like to worship the Buddha before doing anything. It is no exaggeration to say that in Thailand, the probability of encountering a temple on the road is even greater than the probability of encountering a bank.
The amulet plaque has a history of more than 1,000 years in Thailand as a "sacred relic of the south".
The reason why it is called "Nanchuan holy relics" is because Theravada Buddhism, which is practiced by Thai people, belongs to Nanchuan Buddhism, and spread from India to Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand and other places.
Theravada (Pali), which means "elder" in ancient Indian Pali, is believed to be a lineage that preserves the original teachings of the Buddha.
There are many theories about the origin of the Buddha card, but because of the long history, the authenticity of various theories is no longer verifiable.
The first theory is that in ancient times, when there were many wars in Thailand, the monks would mix sutra powder, metal and other materials into the clay in order to continue the Buddhist culture and at the same time to make it convenient for the believers to worship the Buddha, and then carve the image of the Buddha on the clay, thus making the prototype of the Thai Buddhist plaque we see now.
It is then blessed with chanting and then buried in the stupa so that it can be passed on.
The second theory is that in ancient times, there was a highly respected official in Thailand, who believed in Buddhism, had a large Buddha statue at home, and worshiped it every day.
One day, there was a drought somewhere in Thailand, and the king was so anxious that he sent a high-ranking official to deal with the disaster. Because of their belief in Buddhism, the high-ranking officials wanted to bring the Buddha statue to the disaster area, but the Buddha statue was too large to move.
At night, the high-ranking official dreamed that the Buddha asked him to make a Buddha out of the soil in the temple and make a sign to hang between his neck, so that he could bless the safety of the people in the disaster area.
The senior official did so. After arriving in the disaster area, in addition to the disaster relief, the senior officials also sincerely recited Buddhist scriptures, and the disaster situation really improved quickly. Later, when the high-ranking officials were old and returned to their hometowns, they gave the Buddha card to the king to bless the country with peace and well-being.
After retirement, high-ranking officials traveled around and continued to make amulet plaques, which gradually entered the lives of Thai people in this way and have been passed down ever since. Thais believe that by wearing a Buddhist card, they will receive the blessings and blessings of the gods and Buddhas and the Master.
Regardless of the theory of the origin of the Buddha card, which is true, it is certain that the Buddha card was originally evolved from the Buddha statue for the convenience of worshipping the Buddha.
So broadly speaking, as long as there is a Buddha statue, we can all say that it is a Buddha card. Later, in the process of evolution and inheritance, the Buddha card was divided into positive and negative cards.
The difference between the straight and negative cards is mainly whether the material used in the production is "yin". The so-called yin material refers to "bad things", such as bones, hanging ropes, ashes, and so on.
Most of the materials used in the production of genuine brands are temple soil, sand, incense ash, pollen, warp powder, gold, silver, copper, iron and other metals.
Moreover, most of the genuine cards come from regular temples, and most of the monks or decent monks of regular temples are blessed with genuine cards (that is, what the Thai call white-clothed Azan), and most of the blessings of the yin cards are Yeluzi Venerables, which is commonly known as "black-clothed Azan" by Thais.
The representative types of genuine cards include Chongdi, Bida, Pharmacist, Long Po series and so on. Among them, the Chongdi Buddha is often considered by believers to be the king of Thai Buddha cards.
The Buddha statue in the Chongdi Buddha card has no face, and many people mistakenly think that this Buddha is called Chongdi Buddha, but it is not.
Chongdi is the name of a monk who made Buddhist plaques, and his real name is Pà pú tā zàn (Somdej Phra Buddhacharn Toh Phomarangsi), and Thai folks prefer to call him Master Azando.
The Buddha image on the Chongdi Buddha card is actually a dharma aspect of the Buddha Shakyamuni meditation.
Born in 1788 A.D. in 2331 A.D., Azando was the first abbot of Wat Rakhang, a famous temple in Thailand, and is said to have become an arhat.
Around the year 2382 of the Buddhist calendar (1839 A.D.), Master Azando was meditating when he suddenly heard the voice of the master, who said, "Disciple, the sunrise tomorrow morning is very special, get up early and go to the beach to have a look!"
Azando did not dare to slack off, and ran to the beach before dawn. Strange to say, the sun had not yet risen, but a white light slowly appeared in the east.
Azando looked at it, and it turned out to be the light and shadow of the Buddha's meditation. There are three layers of Dharma seats under the Buddha's body, which represent the perfection of the three treasures of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, and also symbolize the three worlds of heaven, earth and man.
Light and shadow have no facial features, implying the supreme realm of the Buddha without face and self.
Azando burst into tears with emotion and said loudly, "Thanks to the guidance of the Master, this Buddha statue will definitely bring happiness and peace to people, and I will give it to everyone, and whoever wears it or worships it will have good luck and good karma." 」
After that, he bowed to the light and shadow three times, and then hurried back to the temple and began to make the light and shadow he saw into a Buddhist plaque. This is the origin of the Chongdi Buddha card.
Legend has it that Master Azando made a total of 84,000 Chongdi Buddha plaques during his lifetime, and whenever the Admiralty Temple held a puja, he would give the blessed medals to the devotees who came to pray for blessings for free.
More than 100 years after the death of Master Azando, a plague broke out somewhere in Thailand. Someone grinded a little powder from the Buddha statue in the Buddha card and soaked it in water to drink, and the epidemic was cured.
This is because Master Azando added powder ground from dozens of herbs when making the amulet plaques. The little Buddha card has saved countless lives.
The then King of Thailand posthumously conferred the honorific title of "Chongdi" on Azando, which means "sublime", Di means "enlightener", and "Chongdi" represents "revered enlightener".
Nowadays, there are only a few "Chongdi Buddha Cards" made by Master Azando, and it is said that a genuine Azando "Chongdi Buddha Plate" can be sold for 10 million baht.
Later, many masters with cultivation also made blessings of "Chongdi Buddha Cards".
The effect of the "Chongdi Buddha Card" is to make people turn evil into good fortune, have a sixth sense of danger, help the cause, and avoid disasters. The famous martial arts star Jackie Chan once brought Master LP pae to supervise the blessing of the Chongdi Buddha card in the year 2517 of the Buddhist calendar and the year 1974 of the Gregorian calendar.
In 1986, Jackie Chan fell from a high altitude during the filming of "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother", resulting in cerebral hemorrhage, a sunken skull, and a brush with death, but picked up a life, it is said that Jackie Chan was carrying the Chongdi Buddha card at that time, and because of this, Jackie Chan began to believe in the protective effect of the Buddha card.
In addition to the genuine Buddha card, there are many people who like to bring the yin card, because the yin card is much faster than the real card. Gu Man Tong, Shoot Baby, Kun Ping Buddha Card, Ghost Mother Mei Nanping, etc. are all Yin cards.
Although the yin card works quickly, there are many taboos, and improper cooperation is afraid of backlash.
The Mystery of the Backlash
On a midsummer evening on July 31, 2002, a tragedy occurred in an apartment building in Jing'an District, Shanghai. The female deceased has a beautiful face and is incomprehensible, she is the famous Hong Kong star Chen Baolian.
Chen Baolian died at the age of 29, and she chose her birthplace in Shanghai, ending her short and tragic life. Pity her only son, who was born just over 40 days ago, and lost his mother forever.
The police found a suicide note she had left for her mother at Chen Baolian's residence, which read in part like this:
"Mommy, please call the young master for me and tell him: Baolian is gone, take good care of your body! Baolian still loves him all the time when she is dying. I will not allow anyone to slander him. 」
"Say goodbye to Tsang Chi-wai, Leung Ka-fai, Wong Pak-ming and Chan Pak-cheung on my behalf. There are some things that friends can help with, and there are things that friends can't. 」
The young master is Chen Baolian's nickname for Taiwan's wealthy businessman Huang Renzhong, and for a while, Chen Baolian's death for love was very loud.
In 2005, Xiao Panpan, one of Huang Renzhong's daughters, broke the news to the media that Chen Baolian had raised "little ghosts" before her death, which added a bit of fantasy to Chen Baolian's death.
Chen Baolian, born in Shanghai in 1973, has no love from her parents in her childhood memories, only endless quarrels and the crisp sound of pots and pans falling to the ground when they are broken.
When she was 4 years old, Chen Baolian's parents divorced, and her father disappeared from her life. Soon after, her mother also thought she was a burden, so she left her to her grandmother and went to Hong Kong alone.
When she was a child, Chen Baolian grew up with her grandmother. It wasn't until he was 12 years old that he was taken to Hong Kong by his mother. But her mother, who is addicted to gambling, regards the slim Chen Baolian as a cash cow.
At the age of 15, Chen Baolian, who was 175cm tall, was recommended by her mother to work in a modeling company. Mother said, it's useless for a girl to go to school, you go take pictures to make money to pay off your debts.
In 1990, her mother signed up for the "Miss Asia" contest for Chen Baolian, although she failed to get a ranking, Chen Baolian's tall and beautiful appearance still attracted the attention of film and television companies.
After the competition, her mother signed a contract on behalf of Chen Baolian for the Fengyue film "Liao Zhai's Lamp Grass Monk". That year, Chen Baolian was only 17 years old, not yet the age to sign an independent contract.
According to friends, she often wiped her tears on the set and started work after crying. Some people say that Chen Baolian in "The Monk of Lamp Grass" always has a faint sadness in her eyebrows.
Now it seems that it is nothing more than the externalization of the real pain in her heart. After "The Monk of Dengcao" became famous, her mother signed 8 Fengyue films for Chen Baolian one after another, and since then Chen Baolian has never returned on the road of "taking off".
It wasn't until 1994 that she played a female agent in the movie "Domestic Lingling Paint" directed by Stephen Chow, which was the first time she wore her clothes back in front of the camera. Chen Baolian in "Domestic Lingling Paint" is sexy and glamorous, and a few turning shots impressed the audience.
thought that this was a good start to transformation, but at this time, Chen Baolian was suddenly diagnosed with uterine blisters and had to stop work to recuperate.
A year later, the illness recovered, but the acting career returned to the original point: there was no filming, and there were no advertisements, and the production companies that occasionally came to the door were still the same as before.
In 1993, Chen Baolian and Hong Kong actor Mo Shaocong became attached to the drama ("Sword Slave") and began to film, but Mo Shaocong is a well-known "scum".
Soon after, Chen Baolian was hacked, she publicly reprimanded the man for being a "hypocrite", and the two officially broke up.
At the trough, Taiwanese businessman Huang Renzhong began to pursue Chen Baolian fiercely. Huang Renzhong is the only son of Kuomintang veteran Huang Shaogu, known as "Huang Dashao", and is also a romantic playboy.
has been married 4 times in his life, and there are more than 100 girlfriends, confidantes, goddaughters, and female apprentices around him, and some even live directly in the Huang family.
Huang Renzhong's family has a huge living room sofa, which can accommodate 20 or 30 people at the same time. Every time he travels, he is surrounded by many stunning beauties. He has a mantra: "Women are the driving force of my life, and no woman cannot eat." 」
Chasing girls, Huang Renzhong not only uses sugar-coated shells such as flowers and gifts, but also knows how to "attack the heart" strategy. For example, he once promised Chen Baolian that he would help her get rid of the title of star, and also taught her how to behave in the world.
Chen Baolian, who had never felt father's love and was never cared for so much, fell all of a sudden, and she willingly stayed with Huang Renzhong, who was 33 years older than herself, and became his "goddaughter".
In front of outsiders, Chen Baolian called Huang Renzhong "godfather", and privately called her father or young master.
At the beginning of the relationship, Huang Renzhong was obedient to Chen Baolian and spoiled her. All kinds of brand-name clothes and bags can be bought casually, and the luxury goods that Chen Baolian did not take off the tag at home once became a small mountain. Huang Renzhong also gave Chen Baolian a jade necklace worth 20 million.
Not only that, a friend of Huang Renzhong revealed that once Huang Renzhong asked Chen Baolian for dinner, Chen Baolian was late for a long time because of work, and Huang Renzhong waited for her and didn't move his chopsticks.
However, for a big man like Huang Renzhong, what he wants is the sea of stars and the whole forest, and he can't always favor Chen Baolian.
When Huang Renzhong brought other women home, Chen Baolian began to suffer from gains and losses, and her emotions and behaviors were out of control. Drinking, beating people, and going crazy in the Huang Mansion, Chen Baolian constantly challenged Huang Renzhong's bottom line.
In the end, Huang Renzhong gave Chen Baolian a breakup fee of 3 million yuan and let her go to the UK to study. But Chen Baolian did not go to school, and after just two months in the UK, she squandered all the money.
Later, he returned to Taiwan to find Huang Renzhong to reconcile, but Huang Renzhong did not agree. Since then, there have been rumors that Chen Baolian wore a yin card to raise a ghost in order to save the heart of her "godfather".
In April 1998, when Chen Baolian was interviewed by a weekly magazine in Hong Kong, she suddenly pulled down her evening dress and let reporters take pictures, claiming that she had a ghost to protect herself.
In June of the same year, Chen Baolian attended the premiere of the ethical film "Sensory World". In an interview, she said: "Over the years since I came to Taiwan to develop, there have always been some scandals around me, and I am also a person, so I can't stand a lot of pressure. 」
After that, in front of a group of reporters, he took out a small blade, and the scene was out of control for a while.
In March 1999, Chen Baolian went to Huang Renzhong's house to knock on the door, wanting to see Huang Renzhong. After being turned away, Chen Baolian actually took off her clothes and swallowed medicine at the door of Huang Renzhong's house, but fortunately was rescued by a neighbor. After that, Chen Baolian became even more delirious.
In October 1999, Chen Baolian took a plane from Taipei to Japan, but was denied entry to Japan because she was carrying sleeping pills, and was subsequently deported back to Taipei Airport. After landing in Taipei, Chen Baolian made a big fuss at the airport.
Not only at the airport, but also in the police station and the local prosecutor's office, there have been out-of-control scenes of Chen Baolian making a fuss.
A generation of "sexy goddesses" has thus become a "trance queen". At the end of the 90s, Chen Baolian and Lan Jieying, Hong Chaofeng, and Cai Fenghua were known as the "four crazy kings" in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
In 2001, Chen Baolian became pregnant, and the biological father of the child was unknown. There are reports that it is a DJ with the surname Tu. The following year, Chen Baolian gave birth to a baby boy. It's a pity that as soon as the child was full moon, Chen Baolian died.
Until her death, Chen Baolian did not forget Huang Renzhong, and her diary was full of thoughts about Huang Renzhong, one of the pages read, "Cherish the people in front of me, I cherish my father, I LOVE YOU DAUGHTER KISSES FATHER HUANG RENZHONG".
Huang Renzhong heard the news of Chen Baolian's death, was silent for a long time, and then returned to the room alone.
At the memorial service, the reporter interviewed Huang Renzhong, and he said, "Chen Baolian was the most beautiful, lively, and lovely time, I just had the opportunity to be with her, and I miss her very much. 」
Huang Renzhong also said that if the father of Chen Baolian's child is unwilling to support him, he can pay to raise him.
However, Huang Renzhong soon became deeply involved in a tax evasion case, and his health deteriorated, and he died of illness in 2004. Chen Baolian's orphan was later adopted by Faye Wong's agent Qiu Likuan, and now she is an adult.
It is rumored that Chen Baolian later acted crazy because of the backlash against raising a little ghost.
In 2005, Xiao Panpan, one of the daughters of Huang Renzhonggan, who had competed with Chen Baolian for favor, revealed to the media that Chen Baolian would take her "little idol" with her wherever she went before her death, and feed it red unknown food every day.
This revelation seems to confirm the rumors of Chen Baolian's "raising little ghosts".
It is worth mentioning that the imp is fundamentally different from Kuman Thong. Although Kuman Tong is a negative card, the mage will still maintain a cautious and pious attitude when making it.
They will sit and watch in silence, imploring the souls of children who have passed away unexpectedly in the fourth dimension to enter the Kuman Thong form. If refused, the mage does not force it.
The donor also needs to make offerings to Kuman Thong without violating the law and the precepts of Buddhism, and Kuman Thong must also make good use of his mana to benefit mankind and accumulate merits, in order to enter reincarnation as a human or become an immortal as a god as soon as possible.
The imp is different, the mage who makes the imp will forcibly lock the child's soul into the material through spells. Because of the compulsive element, the imps are often extremely resentful and aggressive.
In the bizarre entertainment industry, the star who is rumored to wear a yin card to raise a little ghost is far from Chen Baolian alone. In 2013, Hong Kong Next Magazine reported:
Cecilia Cheung's beliefs are confused, she believes in Jesus for a while, worships Guanyin for a while, and in order to enhance her marriage and career luck, she also went to the side door to worship the "ghost boy".
Originally, everything was going well, but in recent years, he has been hit by the black, divorced Nicholas Tse, and became box office poison, and his value has declined, Cecilia Cheung suspects that it is a "ghost boy" and turns around.
Recently, he converted to Christianity again, and asked Gao Haozheng, who is known as the "High Bishop", to ask for help through a friend to drive away four "ghost children" for her.
Cecilia Cheung, born in 1980, is known as "the last Hong Kong actress who has the ability to unify the public's aesthetics". Her beauty is like clear water out of hibiscus, naturally carved and decorated.
Cecilia Cheung was at the peak of her debut, and at the age of 18, she played the heroine Liu Piaopiao in the movie "The King of Comedy" directed by Stephen Chow. The following year, he won the Best Newcomer Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for the movie "Star Wish".
In 2004, 24-year-old Cecilia Cheung won the Academy Award actress crown with "Can't Forget", becoming the youngest Academy Award actress in history.
In 2006, Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse walked into the palace of marriage hand in hand, and the two were once known as the golden boy and girl in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
However, only two years later, Mr. Chen's "nude photos" incident broke out, and for a while, Cecilia Cheung became the "adulteress" referred to by Qianfu, and her life entered the darkest moment.
At first, in the face of turmoil, Fengzhi and the others always chose to clasp their fingers. Nicholas Tse also said that I have known Cecilia since I was 18 years old, and since I chose her as my wife, then I will definitely accept all her past.
But the world is unpredictable, in 2011, the marriage of the two still came to an end. After the divorce, Cecilia Cheung came back to filming, because she valued the salary, and most of the films she took over were bad movies.
"The Military Order of the Female General of the Yang Gate", "Speed Angel", "Priceless Treasure", "The Strongest Thing", "Dangerous Relationship", every movie Cecilia Cheung participated in was dismal at the box office and had a poor reputation, and Cecilia Cheung has also been called "box office poison" since then.
And Hong Kong Next Magazine blamed Cecilia Cheung's marriage and career waterloo on the "ghost boy" out of control. Next Magazine said in a 2013 report that Cecilia Cheung went to Thailand as early as 2003 to invite "Kuman Thong" to go home to worship.
Over the years, Cecilia Cheung has raised as many as 4 Kuman Thong, and from time to time she will go to Thailand to ask senior monks to bless Kuman Thong to enhance her fortune.
In recent years, Kuman Thong has frequently lost control and began to disobey his master. Cecilia Cheung once asked her younger brother to find a master in Hong Kong to exorcise ghosts, but she didn't want to, the master she found turned out to be a magic stick.
The money was not spent, and things were not done. Later, Cecilia Cheung asked for help from the "High Bishop" Gao Haozheng.
Although the weekly report said that there was a nose and an eye, Cecilia Cheung soon came out to refute the rumors. On April 6, 2013, Cecilia Cheung's official Weibo post on Chinese Net said, "Next Magazine's report is seriously out of fact, completely irresponsible, and misleading readers.
It is hoped that this evidenceless smear will stop there. Gao Haozheng, known as the "High Bishop", also clarified on Weibo that "Cecilia Cheung has not contacted me, and I publicly deny this report".
It is hard to say whether Cecilia Cheung's raising of Gu Man Tong is chasing after the wind and shadows, but it is an indisputable fact that Cecilia Cheung likes to wear Buddhist cards. I believe many people have seen these photos of Cecilia Cheung wearing Buddhist cards.
However, if we look closely, we can easily find that this is not a side of the door of the Yin card, but a genuine Chongdi Buddha card. It is rumored that Cecilia Cheung donated millions of baht to a temple in Thailand to create karma and obtain this Buddha card.
After talking about female stars, it's time to talk about male stars, after all, wearing Buddha cards, worshipping Kuman Tong, or raising ghosts are not the patent of female stars.
In 2013, a report in "Huashang Daily" pointed out that Zhang Jiahui, the winner of the Academy Awards, had openly complained in front of the media that Kuman Tong was not as effective as rumored.
In July 2013, at the Beijing press conference of the movie "Guild Wars", Zhang Jiahui complained that his leg was injured due to filming, and he searched for medical treatment everywhere but could not be cured.
Cheung Ka Fai said, "The doctor couldn't heal my leg injury, so I went to Thailand to ask Kuman Thong for him, but the leg injury still hasn't healed. Zhang Jiahui's wave of self-confessing operations is really dazzling.
In addition to Cheung Ka-fai, Hong Kong star Cheung Yiu-yang, who played the role of "Crow" in "Crazy Boy", was also exposed and supported Kuman Thong.
His cultivation method is also quite peculiar, not to carry Kuman Tong with him and provide it in a corner of the house, but to plant it in the thumb of his left hand, which is the legendary "flesh and blood cultivation method". However, this rumor has not been confirmed by Zhang Yaoyang himself.
There are many more bizarre rumors related to Thai amulets, such as the 2018 infant corpse theft. Since the content is too scary, we have the opportunity to talk to you in the member video.
Under the leadership of Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Cecilia Cheung, Guo Degang and other stars, the Buddhist card craze reached its peak in China around 2013, and has a tendency to decline in recent years.
Some people say that it is all kinds of supernatural rumors, which have caused a psychological shadow to the public and made people dare not ask for Buddha cards anymore. This may be one of the reasons, but the real cause of the bursting of the bubble is not the supernatural event, but the market chaos caused by unscrupulous dealers.
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Earlier we mentioned that Thai Buddha cards are divided into positive and negative cards, in fact, there is another kind of card, we did not say, that is, commercial cards.
Commercial cards, as the name suggests, are brand dealers for the purpose of making money, through the factory mass production of Buddha cards, generally have gorgeous shapes, exquisite patterns.
A better commercial card will be taken to a Thai temple and asked the monk to bless it. But the vast majority of commercial brands are sold directly on the market after leaving the factory, and they are just works of art at best.
Also, blessings are not the same as blessings. Blessing is a blessing ceremony for a person who is invited to a person, and it often takes only a few minutes to complete.
And blessing is when a monk uses his own mana or the power of the sutra seal of the gods and Buddhas in the upper realm to infuse an item with certain special abilities.
Buddhism believes that "blessings" are very physically and mana intensive, so the number of amulets that a high monk can bless each day is extremely limited.
In 2013, a report by Phoenix.com pointed out that "China's domestic amulet market is mixed, and it is difficult to distinguish between genuine and fake cards. Many types of amulets that do not exist in Thailand are extremely popular in the country. 」
A man surnamed Zhang, who is engaged in the sale of Buddhist cards, told reporters, "In Thailand, there are no butterfly cards, nine-tailed fox cards, spider cards and other Buddhist cards that are very popular in China.
These are all so-called commercial brands, concocted specifically for foreign markets, produced by factories, and the prices are also messy. 」
In fact, spending money to buy a commercial card that has no effect is not the worst, the worst is to invite an unknown Yin card, the money is spent, not to say, the heart is still diaphragm.
Some people may say, then I go directly to the Thai temple to ask for a Buddhist card, and what I invite must be a genuine card, right? If you really think so, it is too young, too naïve.
In November 2019, a Thai netizen took a video in front of the Nong Ket Yai Temple in Pattaya, which sparked heated discussions in Thailand.
The Thai netizen wanted to enter the temple to pay respects, but was stopped at the door, and the temple told her, "This is only for Chinese tourists. 」
What is the reason why Thai temples cannot be entered by Thais themselves, and are only open to Chinese? Back in 2015, a temple in Chiang Rai, Thailand, briefly announced that it would prohibit Chinese tourists from entering the temple because it was dissatisfied with the uncivilized behavior of Chinese tourists.
How is it that in just four years, the status of Chinese tourists has changed dramatically?
The abbot of the Nong Ket Yai temple in Pattaya was later interviewed by the media, and it turned out that the reason behind this was that "money can make ghosts grind". "Chinese tourists are legally renting temples with permission from government agencies.
When there are no Chinese tourists, the temple is closed. The income from Chinese tourists will be used for the development of the temple. 」
Not only this temple in Pattaya, but also temples in many places in Thailand have long been turned into "Buddhist brand stores". Originally, it was just a small village temple that was occasionally used by local villagers to make merits, but after it was rented by merchants, a carload of tourists was sent every day.
The tour guide led the team in front, and the temple was full of people. Buying incense and candles, praying for blessings, accepting blessings from monks, buying Buddhist plaques and other holy relics, a complete set of assembly lines, the arrangement of tourists is clear.
I have to sigh that the psychology of the Chinese is still best understood by the Chinese.
In 2013, an article titled "Thai Buddha Cards Are Extremely Dangerous!" was widely reposted, arguing that the Buddha cards have nothing to do with the word "Buddha", but are an evil thing that brings endless trouble.
In my opinion, this article is also a bit of a generalization. The amulet has been circulating in Thailand for thousands of years, and it has its own reason and value. It's just that some brand dealers have turned faith into a tool to collect money, making Buddhist cards a fast-moving consumer product.
The report from Phoenix.com also pointed out that "it is difficult for even sellers to tell whether the Buddha is authentic or fake. A certificate, a photo with a monk, is not enough to prove the origin of the amulet.
"Basically, there is no one that can tell consumers a particularly complete information, the whole market is relatively chaotic, and for the vast majority of consumers, it is almost impossible to identify the authenticity of the Buddha card. 」
In fact, in the view of Buddhism, good fortune is a fixed number, good fortune is also cultivated, only cherish the blessing and cultivate the blessing, and strive to accumulate virtue and do good deeds in order to change the fate. Let's talk about the early death of Hong Kong star Chen Baolian.
Many people say that she was eaten by the little ghost, but they ignore her young but already broken heart.
Chen Baolian's suicide note also has this passage: "I am not in a trance, I am very conscious, but I am too painful. I long for family affection, I long for love, but it's a pity that in this life, I have failed both. 」
According to a friend of Chen Baolian who did not want to be named, the rumored little ghost raised by Chen Baolian is actually a small Buddha statue given by a Thai master.
The master said that as long as you cherish the Buddha statue, it will bring good luck. Chen Baolian is convinced, cherishes the Buddha statue as a baby, and will talk to the Buddha statue in her spare time.
Chen Baolian once said to a friend, "I worship Guanyin, how can I do something that traps the souls of children so that they can't cross over!"
It's a pity that the Buddha statue given by the master failed to reverse Chen Baolian's fate, and she still embarked on the road of no return. Chen Baolian has never received the love of her parents since she was a child, and she has lacked love all her life, which causes her to get a little warmth from others, and she will redouble her dedication.
Similarly, when she can't get any more support from her loved ones, she breaks down quickly. Chen Baolian's tragic fate seems to have been written in her childhood.
Among the overwhelming rumors of raising ghosts, there is one news that has been ignored by many people, that is, Chen Baolian may suffer from postpartum depression.
She had turned to psychiatrists several times before her death, hoping to treat her uneasiness. This may be the real reason why she embarked on the point of no return.
At the end of the video, I would like to share with you an interesting fact. Many years ago, Zhu Longguang, the actor of the Buddha in "Journey to the West", bought a Buddha card when he traveled to Thailand, which is said to have been blessed by a senior monk, which is very effective.
But after buying it, after taking a closer look, I found a problem, the Buddha statue in the Buddha card turned out to be the Buddha he played.
I bought a piece of my own, is this okay?
But on the other hand, isn't everyone's biggest protector himself? As long as he doesn't give up on himself, then there are infinite possibilities in life.
This may be the reason why when buying amulet cards, the store always emphasizes that "if you want the amulet to work, you must cooperate with your own efforts and good fortune". It is better to complain about others than to feel sorry for yourself, and it is better to seek others than to seek yourself.
There is a Buddha in your heart, and everything you see is a Buddha, so why cling to a small brand?