Hero had always been a staunch Buddhist for most parts of his life but today.... he did something which none of us could ever have imagined!! I can still vividly remember how he locked Mat out of the house when he found out that she had been going to the church with her classmates while in uni.
Hero had a portrait of a certain Deity in the hall which he would spend hours daily cleaning it, wiping the area around the altar and doing 'horticulture' with the 'legs' of the joss sticks & the ashes in the urn. He is so devoted that he would go vegetarian twice a month, visit the temple pretty often to offer prayers, etc...
However, since his operations last year, he had been cutting down on the above activities gradually.... First, he stopped going vegetarian twice a month. Next, he also visited the temple less often. Today, the last straw come in... he actually 'invited' the Deity back to the temple from our house and he took that portrait back to the temple!
When asked, he said he had a dream sometime ago about him 'inviting' the Deity back to the temple....I don't know how credible is such a theory but my sister, Mat prefers to attribute this phenomenon to his weekly visit to her church since the op....
I hope the event today is not to be followed by anything untowards.... if you know what I mean....
Hero had a portrait of a certain Deity in the hall which he would spend hours daily cleaning it, wiping the area around the altar and doing 'horticulture' with the 'legs' of the joss sticks & the ashes in the urn. He is so devoted that he would go vegetarian twice a month, visit the temple pretty often to offer prayers, etc...
However, since his operations last year, he had been cutting down on the above activities gradually.... First, he stopped going vegetarian twice a month. Next, he also visited the temple less often. Today, the last straw come in... he actually 'invited' the Deity back to the temple from our house and he took that portrait back to the temple!
When asked, he said he had a dream sometime ago about him 'inviting' the Deity back to the temple....I don't know how credible is such a theory but my sister, Mat prefers to attribute this phenomenon to his weekly visit to her church since the op....
I hope the event today is not to be followed by anything untowards.... if you know what I mean....
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maybe only becos he dun hv as much time/energy to go temple/vegetarian/do up the bai bai thing at home, so decided to put it back to the temple.
dun worry so much.
yah, looks like to be the case. thanks for your concerns :)
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