Archive for April, 2012
Lord Setrap dispels Evil Snake Spirit!
by admin on Apr.30, 2012, under Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
As Amitabha’s emanation, Lord Setrap uses his wrathful outer appearance to subdue evil spirits. At the same time, when Buddhist practitioners need help, Lord Setrap will appear as a great hero to help to clear the obstacles.
This true story is about a boy and a snake spirit. This is a classic story of how Lord Setrap dispels evil spirits.
There is a very famous Thai temple called Wat Tham Khao Rup Chang which accepts a lot of short-term monks from the South East Asia region.
A few years back, there was a guy named Ah Hau who was a short-term monk at that temple. He was around 18 years old, very good looking and quiet but was always depressed and unhappy.
Ah Hau was a gentle person, but when he had his ‘outbreak’, he would totally transform into a different person with very terrifying temperament all of a sudden. This started since a few years back when Ah Hau was seemingly possessed by evil spirits without known cause. He had sought help in every religious ways he could but no one was able to help him. Well-known doctors were also not able to diagnose the cause. He even spent a fortune to seek help at China’s WuTaiShan, all to no avail.
Out of desperation, Ah Hau decided to become a short-term monk at the Thai temple, hoping that by being a monk, holding vows and doing spiritual practice days and nights would eventually get rid of the evil spirit. But after becoming a monk for quite some time in the temple and even with the help from the high monks there, his condition was still the same.
Just when he felt hopeless and desperate and was about to give up, Ah Hau met Tsem Rinpoche who came to the temple to do retreat and meditation. When Rinpoche witnessed Ah Hau’s ‘outbreak’ and his whole body moved like a snake, Rinpoche immediately knew that this had something to do with snake spirit. Ah Hau must have somehow offended a snake spirit and the spirit was there for a revenge, not letting go of him no matter what.
When Rinpoche investigated further, Ah Hau finally recalled that he had killed a snake with a stick at his garden back home. After he killed the snake, he played with the dead snake’s carcass, tossing and turning it for the fun of it. In the end, he threw the dead snake into the drain and left.
Without further delay, compassionate Rinpoche did a divination for Ah Hau and found out that the snake had more than hundreds years’ of practice, and had become a snake spirit.
After so many years of being tortured by the snake spirit, everyone gave Ah Hau a nickname “the snake boy”. Ah Hau never thought that the snake he that killed and mistreated was a snake spirit. Upon knowing that, Ah Hau was terrified and begged Rinpoche to help him to get rid of the snake spirit.
Rinpoche whose main focus is always in benefiting all sentient beings, agreed to Ah Hau’s request. Rinpoche started to ask more details from Ah Hau. Ah Hau told Rinpoche how he had sought many help from doctors and religious masters all over the places and ended up becoming a short-term monk at the temple. Without hiding any details, Ah Hau told every single detail to Rinpoche whom he had never met before and he trusted Rinpoche. At that moment, deep inside his heart, Ah Hau felt a strong sense of hope and his intuition told him that Rinpoche was able to help him, and he then felt much more at ease.
When Rinpoche learned that Ah Hau would be possessed by the snake spirit three times a day and every time Ah Hau would lose his rationality and consciousness, Rinpoche felt the urgency and immediately and personally taught Ah Hau to recite Setrap’s mantra to control the snake spirit from possessing Ah Hau easily.
Rinpoche explained that, due to the fact that the snake spirit had possessed and troubled Ah hau for quite a period of time, the snake spirit had already absorbed his aura and it could not be easily get rid of in a short period of time. Ah Hau must recite Setrap’s mantra day and night to battle the snake spirit. If Ah Hau could complete one million Setrap’s mantra in the shortest time possible, his condition would improve significantly.
Rinpoche was doing retreat in a cave in the temple, and everyday Rinpoche would do 4000 to 5000 Setrap’s mantra, and after that Rinpoche would call Ah Hau to his presence and blow the mantras onto Ah Hau, it lasted around 25 days, according to Rinpoche, because the possession was very strong in this case.
One night, after the puja at temple ended, everyone was exhausted and went back to their room to rest. Suddenly Ah Hau’s roommate noticed something wrong with Ah Hau. Ah Hau curled up at one corner and was not diligent in reciting the mantra like before. Ah Hau’s kind-hearted roommate approached him and reminded him about Rinpoche’s advice on reciting mantra. But before he could finish his sentence, the snake spirit instantly possessed Ah Hau and showed a fierce expression, like wanting to swallow him. Within a few seconds, the snake spirit already had total control on Ah Hau’s mind.
Ah Hau’s body would then move like a snake with his mouth opened widely trying to attack his roommate. His roommate was terrified and screamed for help. Cheah Song Peng who was serving Tsem Tulku Rinpoche upstairs heard the scream and rushed down. He poised himself in front of Ah Hau and followed Rinpoche’s instruction to recite Setrap’s mantra gently but firmly.
In just a few minutes, the fierce snake spirit appeared to back down and escape, and Ah Hau collapsed. After a while, Hau managed to gain his consciousness. Ah Hau’s roommate was really stunned and amazed by the power of Setrap’s mantra.
Ah Hau recalled that the most dangerous incident of possession by the snake spirit was a time when he lost his rational mind and ran up to the top of the temple, wanting to commit suicide by jumping down. Ah Hau said at that time, under the influence of the snake spirit, he felt very depressed and just wanted to end his life once and for all.
At that time, everyone around him shouted at him to wake him up from jumping off the edge, and he could feel that there was a force trying to him back…
But his consciousness was fully control by the snake spirit and he was not able listen to any advise. He shouted back that he must jump down from the building! When he raised his foot wanting to do it, suddenly he felt something hit the back of his head and woke him up, and he changed his mind immediately. Recalling the incident, Ah Hau was very certain that the hit was from Setrap which made him regain his consciousness and saved his life.
After the incident, Ah Hau felt that he had just returned from the brink of death. With the wish of getting rid of snake spirit the soonest possible, Ah Hau recited Setrap’s mantra with even more sincerity and diligence.
After about two months, Ah Hau realized that the snake spirit no longer possessed him. Ah Hau was extremely happy and thanked Rinpoche profusely. Ah Hau did not dream for once that he could get rid of the snake spirit so effortlessly. Ah Hau felt like ages ago when he recalled those days when the snake spirit was possessing him.
There are too many unexplained phenomena in this world, for example the case of Ah Hau and the snake spirit. Ah Hau had traveled all the way to WuTaiShan in China, and to many temples in Malaysia and Thailand, and yet he still could not get rid of his problem. But he was very fortunate to have met Tsem Tulku Rinpoche and had Setrap’s oral transmission given by Rinpoche. This enabled him to get rid of the prolonged disturbance by the snake spirit with much ease. This phenomenon could not be explained by science.
Just such a short mantra can send out such sacred and mysterious power. This proves the undeniable existence of the great Lord Setrap.
Sentenced to 72 years in jail, came out in 2 months…
by admin on Apr.30, 2012, under Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
This is a true story that happened to me…
I was born in a farmer’s family in a village in Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia.
My family worked as rubber tappers in a rubber estate.
After Form 5 graduation (18 years old) I worked in a garment factory and then I also went to work abroad…my life was quite stable and smooth, but around 1995, when I was 29-year-old,my life became harder and harder…
I did business but always failed…
I got to know of Tsem Rinpoche when my brother became a monk in Thailand.
One day my brother called me saying that if I want to become rich, please come to Thailand to pray to this guru Tsem Rinpoche…(editor’s note: this motivation was not exactly right but this is how it was…and at that time Tsem Rinpoche was doing a retreat in Wat Tham Khao Rup Chang in Thailand)
In 1999, my life became worse…I went to Thailand with my friend because he needed to recruit Thailand workers, before I left for Thailand, I seek advice from Tsem Rinpoche, Rinpoche advised me to contribute $100 to make offering because I had “little people” (a local slang meaning bad people who will harm us), but I did not do it because I did not have money…
When I went to Thailand, I got into trouble because I did not have license to recruit the workers, it became a crime of “human trafficking”, so I was caught by the Thailand police.
On Dec 28 1999, I went to jail.
My brother who was a monk in Thailand then came to help me, he helped me to seek advice from Tsem Rinpoche, Tsem Rinpoche through his divination asked me to pray to Palden Lhamo while I was in prison, and I was released after 2 months, my initial sentence was 72 years in jail, yes, 72 years, and I was released just after 2 months, with the help of Tsem Rinpoche…
After I was released from prison, I still faced financial problem, even $10 of milk I also could not afford to pay.
That time I needed a job badly….Tsem Rinpoche advised me to recite 100,000 times of Vajrapani mantra, and he said I will get a job that I wished after that…and I really found a job as a USA garment buyer’s Q.C. personnel, even with no experience at all, it is really a MIRACLE for me to get this job.
Now my life becomes better, thanks to Tsem Rinpoche….
Wong Kok Peng
March 2012
Setrap vs Maoshan Magic!
by admin on Apr.30, 2012, under Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
When the thangka was hung up, Rinpoche looked carefully at the thangka and commented that the thangka was very beautiful and sacred. Suddenly, the light in the room flickered three to four times, the students were scared, but Rinpoche became even more excited and instructed his students to prepare an impromptu Setrap puja. Only after that, his students understood that that was the signal sent by Setrap as a respect to Tsem Rinpoche. Setrap would like to express his honor of being brought all the way from India to accompany Rinpoche in spreading the Dharma. That was the ‘living thangka of Setrap’. This experience was very unusual and could not have happened without great merits.
There was one time when Rinpoche was at Singapore teaching the Dharma, Rinpoche met a student with a Dato title together with his friends (Dato in Malaysia is a title honored by the King or Sultans). One of Dato’s friends is an experienced ‘Maoshan’ master. This ‘Maoshan’ master felt uncomfortable and envious when Dato showed high respect towards Rinpoche and he was worried that Dato would not be sponsoring him further.
Frustrated and angry, this ‘Maoshan’ master invoked black magic to disturb Rinpoche. During that time, Rinpoche sometimes felt a huge black shadow surrounding him and realized that someone was doing black magic on him. Thus, Rinpoche asked Setrap on the ‘living thangka’ to solve this.
One day during an event at the Dharma centre, the Oracle suddenly took trance of Setrap, he showed a wrathful facial expression, and on one hand he was seen repeatedly grabbing something from the air and putting it into his mouth. He chewed hardly on the “things” that he placed into his mouth. The expression was very scary. It seemed like Setrap was catching and eating spirits sent by the ‘Maoshan’ master which was sent to disturb Rinpoche.
After the incident, Rinpoche did not bother to pursue this further. But after a few days, the ‘Maoshan’ master requested to meet up with Rinpoche with guilt. The compassionate Rinpoche knew every single detail about this beforehand but still was willing to meet him.
When the ‘Maoshan’ master was invited to take a seat, he picked the seat where the back of the chair was facing the ‘living thangka’ of Setrap. When he was about to sit down, suddenly it seemed he was pushed forward and fell down. When Rinpoche asked him what happened, he said someone pushed him from behind. But behind the chair it was only a wall where the ‘living thangka’ of Setrap was hung on.
The ‘Maoshan’ master told Rinpoche that his sister was infected with a weird sickness out of a sudden. She was unwell but the doctors were not able to diagnose the cause. Therefore he seeked Rinpoche’s help, and compassionate Rinpoche advised the ‘Maoshan’ master to do Setrap puja. After a while, the ‘Maoshan’ master’s sister recovered.
That was a true story that happened a few years ago.
It was found out later that when the spirit sent by the ‘Maoshan’ master failed to disturb Rinpoche, it went back trying to harm the ‘Maoshan’ master but was unsuccessful, so it went on the harm his sister instead.
Rinpoche always advises his students to practice Setrap in order to remove inner and outer obstacles in Dharma practice.
(note: there is nothing wrong with ‘Maoshan’ pratice, it is the person who used it wrongly)
click here to read more about Protector Setrap: http://blog.tsemtulku.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/kechara-13-depts/why-setrap-in-kechara.html
Tsem Rinpoche conducts wedding ceremony for Colin Tan!
by admin on Apr.30, 2012, under Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
On 10/03/2012, Tsem Rinpoche conducted a wedding ceremony for the son of Rinpoche’s long time student Dato’ Eric Tan. Dato’ Eric and Rinpoche have known each other for a very long time. It was during Rinpoche’s years spent in Singapore that Rinpoche met Dato’ Eric… that was in the year 1992…
Tsem Tulku Rinpoche loves feeding stray dogs…
by admin on Apr.30, 2012, under Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
Tsem Tulku Rinpoche always brings along dog food in the car, and whenever Rinpoche sees hungry stray dogs, Rinpoche will stop the car and feed the dogs…
Update on Little Gabriel
by admin on Apr.27, 2012, under Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
Update Arpil 13, 2012 (by Cynthia lee):
Hi everyone,
Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers. The good news is Gabriel is getting better. They did an EEG today which tracks brain waves, and it shows that he is having fewer seizures. It means that he is responding to the new medication from the doctors, and the treatment is working.
To everyone who prayed for him, thank you.
Please continue to keep him in your thoughts and prayers.
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Update Arpil 19, 2012 (by Pastor Ngeow):
This afternoon did prayers for Gabriel with David , Thierry, Adeline, Yoke Fui, Su An. I feel hopeful when touching Gabriel head talking to him and he responded by rolling eyes.
His mom said Drs slowly reducing steroid and …optimistic. He can breathe on his own now without oxygen
support.
Dear Rinpoche,
This evening, Ellena (Gabriel’s mom) came to Kechara House to join the Medicine Buddha puja.
After prayers, Dr Lanse, Mdm Lim & Prof Choi went with me to visit Gabriel. Ellena informed that 2 days ago, dooctor reduced further sedative medication. Gabriel didn’t show physical signs of seizures.
This Friday, doctor will evaluate the steroids dosage if it should remain or be reduced.
Gabriel was awake when we arrived. He responded by fluttering his eye lids when we stroke his head. His parents are hoping for more medication to be reduced in his next evaluation.
Love
Susan
