Emperor's New Clothe: Tomb edition

In 2014, the Chinese town government of Doumenzhen (Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, 绍兴斗门镇杨望村) had ordered the cadres of Yuecheng Village to "re-green" (“复绿”, afforestation) a hill that is occupied by tombs.

That hill is so overcrowded with tombs that it becomes arid with few trees and look "ugly".  It does not reflect well on the local government because national Highway 329 passes through that area and the tombs and barren hill are visible.

The Chinese Communist Party is democratic and considerate.  They gave the local people 3 choices without bothering them for their input:
1.  relocate the tombs 
2.  bulldozer the tombs and plant trees on top of it
3.  remove the tombs, rebury the remains deep below and plant trees ("re-green") on top

The town government officials would inspect and evaluate the result of this "re-green" effort.

No budget is given for any choice.  The locals have to pony up money to do it.

Local villagers did not like any of these choices. Some tombs are pretty old to relocate, not to mention Feng Shui concerns.  But they cannot disobey the great socialist government.

The hill is so barren that it will be difficult to plant trees even if the tombs were removed.

The cadres focused on the "re-green" part and suggested the villagers to paint the tombs facing the Highway 329 green, so that the hill looks "green" from the highway.  The villagers agreed and collected RMB$50,000  (US$ 8000) to buy green paint.

150 tombs facing the highway were painted green.  Even the tombstones were painted green.  It looks as if they let their ancestors celebrate St. Patrick's day or pretend they were immigrants from Ireland (green is the theme color of St. Patrick's day).

This is another proof of "the wisdom of working people" according to Chairman Mao.

Someone has taken pictures of these green tombs and posted it on micro-blog.  A reader comments:
"You ungrateful descendants give your ancestors a green hat!".

River "turns" green during St. Patrick's day

"Give someone a green hat" is the slang for sleeping with someone's wife.

In terms of Feng Shui,  the villagers may give birth to little green man (just kidding!).   They may have some strange skin problems or wood related problem like liver sickness.

Today is March 17.  Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Ken Lai

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Let the bank "rob" you or you "rob" the bank?

It's over a month and no one answers the questions from my previous blog on "Mad rush to deposit money..." in the Spring Begins Day.   Below are my answers to close this case.

Can you figure out the logic behind why specific hour for deposit money is good for person with certain animal sign? Is the logic correct or not?   

Answer:  The "very auspicious" option is based on "6-combinations" or "semi-San-he (3-unities)" between depositor and hour animal signs.  The "auspicious" options are just between animal signs that have no clash.  The logic is marginally correct. Combinations assume "friends" and friends will help you with money.  This is a very risky assumption because friends will also take your money and run. In Chinese metaphysics like Bazi, friends are under the category of Bi-jian (比肩,parallel) and Jie-cai (劫财,wealth-robber).  The act of depositing or "giving" money to your banker is like being "robbed".  To turn the table around, you should withdraw money and not deposit money during the Spring Begins Day.  So the banker gives you money or he is being "robbed" by you.  This is a symbolic gesture of "making money" during an auspicious day.  Anyway,  you still look stupid waiting in a long line to deposit or withdraw money during that day.

Does wearing a red top make sense or just BS?
Answer:  Red color means celebration in Chinese culture.  Wearing a red top is for your banker to celebrate you bring him the money.  If not, this is just BS.

Can you guess the background of the person(s) who cooked up this table? 
Answer:  Either someone with bank stocks or the banker association.

Can you make this "animal sign/ deposit" table more logical and comply with rules of  Chinese metaphysics?  So that it may somehow work.
Answer:  Yes, it is pretty simple.  In Chinese metaphysics, what you control is your wealth.  By applying this principle to animal signs like the following:

For people with:

• Rat or pig sign,  deposit/ withdraw money during snake or horse hour or day
• Tiger or rabbit sign, deposit/ withdraw money during dragon, dog, ox, ram hour or day
• Dragon, dog, ox or ram sign, deposit/ withdraw money during rat or pig hour or day
• Snake or horse sign, deposit/ withdraw money during rooster or monkey hour or day
• Monkey or rooster sign, deposit/ withdraw money during tiger or rabbit hour or day

With the above data, you do not need to force yourself lining up to deposit or withdraw money in a Spring Begins Day. You can do it in any one of your wealth days or wealth hours.  Here is a little secret for you:  your chance of winning lotto or slot machine will be higher if you withdraw your money during your wealth day and hour and use that money to buy the lotto or play the slot  (To keep the winning coming, donate 15- 25% of your winning to charity).


Ken Lai

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Mad rush to deposit money.....

Li-Chun or Spring Solstice usually arrives at February 4 in the western calendar.   It signals the beginning of a new solar year based on the relative location of the earth to the sun.    Some Chinese metaphysics systems like Feng Shui and Bazi use Li-chun as the demarcation or beginning of a new year.  It is considered an auspicious day of the year.

Some geniuses have posted something interesting about depositing money in a Li-chun day within certain hours to bring good luck in the social media:

http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/mad-rush-deposit-money-auspicious-li-chun-day

Long line had showed up in the banks to deposit money last Wednesday (Feb. 4, 2015) in some Asian countries. 

Why giving your hard-earned money to someone else (your banker) during an auspicious day and hour considered  good omen for you?  Shouldn't it be the other way round:  the bank should give you money (but not the money that you have deposited)!  It is just like going to a casino, you hope the casino give you money to be considered "lucky".

"Ken!  Wake up!  You want your banker give you free money?  You are lucky if the bank does not screw you for over-drafting and other ridiculous service charges!"

Well, there is a way if there is a will.  And I don't mean you go rob a bank.  But you need to answer the following questions before I give you this top secret.

Can you figure out the logic behind why specific hour for deposit money is good for person with certain animal sign? Is the logic correct or not?  (hint: the relationship between the animal signs)

Does wearing a red top make sense or just BS?

Can you guess the background of the person(s) who cooked up this table? (not me)

Can you make this "animal sign/ deposit" table more logical and comply with rules of  Chinese metaphysics?  So that it may somehow work.

Good answer will get an authentic Daoist method of enhancing wealth. (Bad answer will make you wear a red top for a week)


Happy New Year! 

 
Ken Lai

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2015 Grand Duke Talisman Charity Drive

This post is based on last year's "Grand Duke Talisman charity drive" with updates for 2015.

If you have read my old message about functions of Grand Duke, you know that there are two Grand Dukes watching over your shoulder, counting the good and bad deeds that you have done and executing rewards and misfortunes accordingly. This is a major rationale that donation to get your Grand Duke talisman.  When your talisman is grounded with a charitable deed, GD is less likely to execute any misfortunes due from your karma account. Another rationale for donation is the exchange of energy-- using a charitable deed in exchange of protection energy from Grand Duke.

2015 GRAND DUKE GENERAL YANG XIAN   
2015 is Yi-wei or year of wood-ram. Grand Duke for the year is General Yang Xian who was a military officer in Song Dynasty (960- 1279).  Yang was interested in alchemy and metaphysics since his childhood.  He had traveled and lived as a hermit in various holy mountains.  A government official Master Zhu had invited Yang to stay in his home for a few years.  Yang could predict future very accurately.  One day, after a banquet, Yang suddenly told Zhu that he will leave the earth. Yang had died later without any sickness.  

Two years later, on his way to the capital, Zhu ran into Yang suddenly.  They had chatted like old acquaintances.  Zhu had inquired about what had happened, but Yang did not answer.  later, Zhu had returned to his hometown and went to check Yang's tomb.  He had opened the tomb and found the tomb was empty.


2015  GRAND DUKE TALISMAN 
Yi-wei or year of  wood-ram can be challenging for people with Ji-chou or xin-chou pillar in their Bazi charts because these pillars "fan-yin" or "battle" with both the stem and branch of the Grand Duke.  It is especially serious if your day-pillar is  Ji-chou or xin-chou pillar because it means something may happen to you or your spouse.

Here are the four groups of people who need Grand Duke Talismans:
1. "Fu-yin" or same animal sign of Grand Duke 值太岁-- people with RAM sign
Birth years: 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003
Symptoms: obstacles, stagnation or running "reverse" instead of forward and not suitable for travels.

2. "Fan-yin" or "clashing" the animal sign of Grand Duke 冲太岁-- people with OX sign
Birth years: 1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009
Symptoms: big fluctuations in luck, accident, sickness, surgery, losing competitions/wealth, moving, death, changing job

3. "Hai" or "harming" the animal sign of Grand Duke 害太岁-- people with RAT sign
Birth years: 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008
Symptoms: backstabbing at work, and success slips away in the last minute

4. "Xing" or "penalizing" the animal sign of Grand Duke 刑太岁-- people with DOG sign 
Birth years: 1910, 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006
Symptoms: legal problems, accidents, injuries by knife, disloyalty from lover, subordinates, coworkers and friends (penalty of ingratitude)

GRAND DUKE TALISMAN FOR FENG SHUI REMEDY
If your house faces Wei mountain or SW1 direction, you need to put up a Grand Duke talisman facing that direction and avoid construction, earth-digging and demolition there.

If your desk or wherever you sit for an extended time faces Wei mountain or SW1 direction, you can put up a Grand Duke talisman there for protection.  It is not auspicious to face the Grand Duke direction.  It weakens your competition power in business/career and examinations. However, if you arrange your seat so that SW1 will be at your back (and put a Grand Duke talisman there), you will get Grand Duke as support and is good for competition and business.

GRAND DUKE TALISMAN OFFERS
This year we use digital delivery of Grand Duke Talismans because "snail mail" is slow and prone to losses.  Ken Lai will create a GD Talisman with user name, city and country imprinted, bless and "activate" individually on screen digitally.  This unique activated GD file will be emailed to you.  You can print as many copies as you want (but for one unique-named person only).  In this way, you can replace soiled or damaged talismans.  You can carry one talisman in your wallet and post one in your home and/or office for Feng Shui remedy.  You get more "mileage" from a single donation this way. 

The offer is the same as last year: your charity donation of US$30 or more to any legitimate local or international charity will get you a specially blessed Grand Duke talisman. Here are some examples of donations already done:

• homeless shelter
• Save-the-Children (www.savethechildren.org)
• UNICEF (United Nation Children's Fund)
• Smile Train (www.smiletrain.org)
• children hospital
• food shelves/soup kitchen
• Red Cross
• animal shelter/ humane society

Donation made to help alleviate an urgent human/ animal need or suffering (e.g., feeding the hungry, tornado/ typhoon victims or homeless) gets you more karma credits than donation for public good or improvement of public life like church/ temple or public radio/TV.

If you are worried about privacy issues and future solicitations-- please be assured that I will not email you in the future. You will send me NO money. You send your money directly to your favorite local or international charity.  You do NOT need to purchase any additional item from me or anyone else. No future solicitation of any type will be sent to you.  This offer is for people who have no access to Daoist temples.  Please support your local temple if you have access to one.

If you need more than one Grand Duke Talismans, here is the discount schedule:
 --one talisman US$30 donation (US$5 if you are unemployed/under-employed)
 --two talismans US$50 donation ($10 if unemployed /under-employed )
 --three talismans US$60 donation ($15 if unemployed /under-employed )
(you may go to www.xe.com to calculate the equivalent of US$30 to your local currency)

Talisman that is grounded with a charitable event works more effectively because it has an exchange of one type of energy for protection energy.

To claim your talismans and application instructions, please forward your donation receipt with the talisman recipient names and address to kenlai88@yahoo.com with the following info:
1.  user name:
2.  city
3.  country
4.  printer info:  color?   black and white?
5.  paper size used:  eg.  Letter, A4, etc

Get your Grand Duke Talismans before Feb. 4, 2015 if possible.

Thank you for participating in this drive.


 Ken Lai

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Minimal Feng Shui Guide for 2015 year of Wood Ram

Yi-wei or year of Wood Ram will start in a few weeks.  You may want to fix the regions that will become "dangerous" to fix or dig after Feb.3, 2015 now.

This year I make things "visual" by putting the locations of Grand Duke, Sui Po and San Sha directly on the 24 mountains template with the annual star chart for the Year of Ram.  

2015 Annual Chart and Feng Shui Sha locations.
Click picture to enlarge

Annual chart is based on Purple White Method which holds that 1, 6, 8 and 9-star locations are auspicious. 2-black sickness and 5-yellow disaster star locations are inauspicious.  Therefore, for current year, Southeast sector with 2-black sickness star is the second inauspicious.  West sector with 5-yellow disaster star is the most inauspicious, especially one of the San Sha is also there.  

Tai Sui or Grand Duke sits on Wei mountain or SW1 and Sui Po or Year Breaker in Chou mountain or NE1.  You definitely do not want movements and especially "moving earth" (digging or construction) in these regions.  

If the annual star chart of your house has 2-sickness star in the SE, you need to put metal or coin-solution cure there, especially if you have a door there. Same scenario and remedies and precautions if you have a 5-yellow disaster star in the west sector of your house. 

"Minimal Feng Shui" is to fix only 2-5, 5-5, and 9-5 star combinations in regions with activities. Also keep these areas clean and no piles of clutters or garbage (because this becomes the "form" to activate the bad stars).  You don't need to put up remedies or Feng Shui monsters in all 9-palaces of your house, especially in region of no activity like storage room and guest room.  

OTHER PRECAUTIONS:
Grand Duke is at Wei mountain (SW1) -- minimize movements and avoid construction or digging. If your house is facing Wei mountain , your house is said to be "Chong" or clashing Grand Duke. You may want to put a Grand Duke Talisman there for protection or at least minimize movements there. It will help your competitive power if you sit with your back facing Grand Duke (but NOT yourself facing GD!)

Sui Po or year-breaker is at Chou mountain (NE1)-- avoid construction or digging.

San Sha or 3-killings are at Shen (SW3), You (W2) and Xu (NW1) mountains -- avoid construction or digging.  You may face San Sha locations but not sit on these locations with your back facing them.

5-yellow disaster star at Dui palace (W)- avoid construction or digging and movements. San Sha sits in Dui palace with 5-yellow-- definitely be very careful when you do constructions and movement here!

Yang nobleman sign for this year is Shen (monkey).  Yin nobleman is Zi (rat).

You need to do a good date-selection if you need to do construction in any of the above locations (mountains/ palace) or better doing it before end of the current year (horse year).

People with ox and ram zodiac sign should avoid seeing putting corpse in coffin or burial for this year.

Happy New Year! 

Ken Lai

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This cat can wait

A few evenings ago, Jerry Wang of Taiwan had filmed and posted a 24 seconds video of a cat waiting for her "mom"-- an old lady with signs of osteoarthritis, who picks recyclables like bottles and paper on the streets.  This video generates over 100K views within 48 hours.  Here is the video link:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=4536493626355

In the video, a cat with black and white hair was meowing eagerly while waiting for someone at a cross-junction with traffic.  The cat's tail was waving at "full mast", signaling her happiness of seeing "mom" approaching her in a few seconds.

The cat's owner, an old lady, was staggering across the junction while pushing a cart with recyclables.

"This feline had been there for a long time, waiting for someone." Wrote Jerry.

"Their interactions-- had stopped the activities of all the people in the junction, gazed at the old woman and her cat."

When the cart was moving near the cat, the cat had turned around and walking elegantly with her "mom" into the alley.

A reader wrote:

阿嬤與貓   (Old woman and cat)

牠在馬路的另一頭，喵喵的叫著，
She is meowing on other side of the street.
迎接主人阿嬤的到來。
Welcoming back her old mom
感情是一種很直接沒有修飾的流露，
Love is a direct manifestation without elaboration
它超越了語言和種類，
It transcends language and species
人如此，動物也是如此，
It is same for human and animals
二者是一樣的，身異而情感不異。
The two are identical; experiencing the same feeling and love regardless of body forms
只要善待牠們，你就可以感受到那簡單且滿滿的愛。
Treating them well and you will experience this simple but fullest love

This short video could have elicited heated arguments on social injustice and poverty.  Instead, people see beyond the negative and appreciate the bonding and  simple love between two species.

Go adopt a homeless cat in your local animal shelter.


Ken Lai

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Karma Credit Windfall of the Year

Hi Pals,

The  message below wakes me up from my extended summer hibernation.  It shows you the best deal for getting huge positive karma credit with minimal effort. 

According to Tibetan Buddhism., whatever good deeds (and bad deeds too) that you do during a lunar or solar eclipse will be multiplied by 700 billion to 100k billion times 

Whether you believe in Tibetan Buddhism or not, this is a "one to billion" deal that is too good to miss. Your "good deed" can be as easy as chanting a simple mantra or as "painful" as donating a few dollars to your favorite charity (and getting the karma credit for 700- 100k billion of dollars, even beating Bill Gate). 

This is the best opportunity to dedicate substantial merits from this good deed to your karma creditors, your ancestors, your aborted children, suffering souls and the likes. 

Karma creditors are the primary source of one's suffering and misfortunes. Appeasing your karma creditors will make your life easier and may be richer.

If you don't believe in this karma credit thing, you at least be a good boy or girl during the time periods specified below. So that you will not be in big trouble if this is the real deal.

Best Wishes!

Ken Lai

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On Monday, 29 September 2014, 16:23, Buddha Dordenma Image Foundation wrote:

Dear Dharma Brothers & Sisters:

I urge you to chant Buddha mantra during total lunar eclipse period on Oct 8, 2014 and partial solar eclipse on Oct 23, 2014. Any deeds, good or bad, committed during a lunar eclipse period can multiply up to seven hundred billion times, while a solar eclipse up to a hundred thousand billion times. Please take advantage of this rarest opportunity to cultivate great virtues and clear obstacles from previous innumerable lifetimes by chanting Buddha mantra of your choice.

For convenience, consider chanting Chenrezig (Guanyin) mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum" for as many times as you can. Chenrezig practice essentials have been concisely compiled for you here. After the chanting session, dedicate your virtues to all sentient beings, which will further augment the total benefits received by all.

Chanting must be performed during the course of eclipse:
Total lunar eclipse on Oct 8, 2014 at 08:17-13:32 (UTC)
Partial solar eclipse on Oct 23, 2014 at 19:38-23:52 (UTC)

Remember to convert the UTC to your own timezone. For example, if you reside in Hong Kong/ Malaysia/ Singapore, then use UTC+8 hours (= Oct 8, 2014 at 16:17-21:32 and Oct 23, 2014 at 03:38-07:52). You can also convert the timings to your timezones at www.timeanddate.com.

May you and sentient beings benefit from the immeasurable virtues that you cultivate.

Buddha bless us all,
His Eminence Trizin Rimpoche
Founder & Chairman __._,_.