{"id":71921,"date":"2018-03-18T02:28:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T02:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huazangsi.org\/en\/?p=70090"},"modified":"2018-03-18T02:28:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T02:28:39","slug":"answer-31-on-day-31-of-the-lunar-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/answer-31-on-day-31-of-the-lunar-year\/buddhist-books\/important-replies-from-holy-virtuous-ones-and-eminent-monastics\/","title":{"rendered":"Answer 31 On Day 31 of the Lunar year"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 R<\/span>egarding Presenting a Petition to a Bodhisattva, the first thing is to see the subject of the petition. For example, is it about establishing an Inner-tantric Mandala? Is it about the holy selection of a particular Dharma? Or is it about determining whether a specific mantra or discourse is upright or evil? Based on the subject of the petition, at least a non-retrograde Bodhisattva is invited to perform the\u00a0determination by holy selection<\/i>. For instance, Maitreya Bodhisattva or Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva may come to accept the petition. The Greatly Holy Guru stands at a distance far away; the petition paper written in public is placed on a table before the disciples. Right after the disciples have chanted \u201cOm Ah Hom,\u201d the petition document will transform into a rainbow to fly into the sky and disappear. Such a holy state proves that the Holy Selection content is accepted, and everything is done correctly. If the presented petition does not transform into a rainbow and fly away, then it means that the Bodhisattva does not approve it and therefore has not taken the petition document. That is, the Yidam, who is a Buddha or Bodhisattva, does not accept the petition paper; it means it is incorrect or evil.<\/p>

The Inquiry Center of the World Buddhism Association Headquarters
Written on behalf of great holy virtuous ones to answer questions raised
March 18, 2018<\/p>

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\u00ab Important Replies from Holy Virtuous Ones and Eminent Monastics<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Regarding Presenting a Petition to a Bodhisattva, the first thing is to see the subject of the petition. For example, is it about establishing an Inner-tantric Mandala? Is it about the holy selection of a particular Dharma? Or is it about determining whether a specific mantra or discourse is upright or evil?…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":74644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[589],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-replies-from-holy-virtuous-ones-and-eminent-monastics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t