Hello Wolves , often a medium is "shared" amongst a few deities. He will usually have 2 main deities from the heavenly and hellish realms.

To quote , medium A would have a heaven main deity , shan cai tong zi as well as a deity from the hell realm , 7th dian tua dee ya pek.

Any deity can possess the medium but of cause there are some deities which do not go into mediumship , like , the Jade emperor , The three pure ones aka san qing , Buddha. Reason I am not sure why.

Criteria , deities often possess the medium to conduct consultation sessions for devotees to solve their worldly problems as well as some deities possess them to dispel evil lingering around or onto the devotee in question.

I hope I have cleared your doubts.

This post has been edited by sales.convenience: Jan 10 2015, 11:52 PM

送神 is around the corner , anyone would be sharing what will they be offering to the deities ?

Hi , I would like to share abit on self-mortification.

As per knowledge, self mortification is usually done by a deity who is of lower ranking to himself in the presence of a higher ranking deity as an act of saying " I am not worthy / am your humble servant ".

Usually , self mortifications are perfomed by heavenly deities but some hell deities does do that too. Seldom I would say.


Weapons of choice : For Heavenly Deities .

1. Swords
2. Spiked balls
3. Blades / guan dao
4.Bladed and spiked throne chairs
5.Spiked batons.

Weapons of choice: For Netherworld deities,

1.Abacus
2.Abacus with blades and spikes
3.Chains


Self mortifcations are curb in places in Malaysia and Singapore as compared to Thailand and Taiwan where often it will lead to a bloody mess. I would like to say , from personal experience , I have never seen a kitong left injured after the session. He will have mortal scares but pain is to minimum or to none.

Hope I have shared something that might have contributed to some doubts some might have.

Cheers.1

This post has been edited by sales.convenience: Feb 3 2015, 11:59 PM

Hello , maybe I would want to touch abit on datuk kong with help from Wikipedia.

Origins

According to local legends, all Datuks were once humans who had a standing in society either for their position or special attributes. They could have been an important leader, a renowned healer, a silat warrior, a pious man or even a shaman. Upon their death, locals and their followers would sometimes offer prayers at their gravestones, in line with the concept of keramat. Local Malay culture prior to the arrival of a more conservative brand of Islam practised the paying of respects to guardian spirits or penunggu which is believed to reside in seemingly 'unusual' natural formations; a unique shaped rock, an ant mount, a snake's nest, an extraordinarily large tree etc.

With the arrival of Chinese immigrants who carried along with them the Confucianist belief of ancestor worship, both practices converged and formed a new micro-culture as observed today. Datuks, referred to in Chinese as Na Tuk Kong (earth spirits), is considered a localised form in the worship of the spirit of the land, along with Tu Di Gong.

The worship of Datuk among Malays and Indian Muslims declined steadily after Islamic authorities started clamping down on such activities. By that time, Dato worship have taken root in the local Chinese spiritual beliefs.



Just to add abit of self-knowledge , as we are migrant Chinese , we are not the indigenous people of the land , If you noticed in our

地主公 tablets , locally in malaysia and singapore we usually see 唐番地主 and in Hongkong / Taiwan 前后[COLOR=red]地主

Reason being , I am not very sure of why the stark difference but 唐番 means , Dizhu from 唐 ( china ) 番 ( current land of occupancy ).

For mortifications , this is another type , piercing with Heads of commanders and other spiritual weapons / generals / soldiers.

These enable the deity in question to borrow the strength of the spiritual weapons/soldiers to boost their strength to as per task their are doing.

Eg. Cleansing someplace , yew-keng processions such and such

very informative! Thanks for clarifying, cheers !

I would like to know your primary concern before I can advise you further on the alternatives.

hi , if fire hazard is a concern , I would like to suggest a alternative to incence burning.

This incense holder is made of metal , when you burn your incense sticks , you place it lying inside followed by a cover on top.

This will decrease any chance of creating a fire hazard.

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Thank you so much !

I doubt it symbolizes anything in the sintua scene, but I can't vouch for buddhism aspects.

I doubt it symbolizes anything in the sintua scene, but I can't vouch for buddhism aspects.

anybody keen on abit of thai-buddism ?

马府千岁


為瞭解「開臺馬府」神尊的靈源及歷史功業，信眾們把握住「開臺馬府」降靈問事時機，請「開臺馬府」指示祂的相關訊息，經多年來的降靈指示，祂是海外線的神祇，擁有八千年的靈，在千年以前曾下凡人間。
祂自稱：「我府有九粒神頭頂宇宙，十八神手開天地，本是只有靈，靈則轉主，後在三清開凡間天。我府本是化天馬一隻，會飛天、也會鑽地，會轉、會翻，在還沒有朝代就有我，後來由玉皇皇兄(天公)請我輔佐天庭，玉皇登天後我府再回宇宙，飄飄渡渡遊凡間再遊去。從此玉皇皇兄封稱我「馬府爺」，我就自稱「馬府」。我府本是北巡神駕，遊北駕再南渡海道來。我府化相有打花臉、白線邊、花貢線、眼神邊是血光線此線叫血光花面線、鬍鬚長、全甲全鱗盤身、中手頂日月、雙手右手拿珠左手拿缽、前中手盤十合掌串田中、雙腳踩雙獅。護法神駕文官是現今南勢王，武官有三頭六臂，現投凡佛教是陀羅尼佛。我的金身是由一位壯丁，將我的畫像帶在身邊，後來叫人雕刻神尊，奉祀於東北泰山中。歷代帝王在改朝換代或天下太平、國泰民安，且天降祥瑞之時前往泰山封禪祭拜天地，當前往玉皇頂設壇祭天，途經那裡會去祭拜。明末顏思齊之父遊居東北經商，得知我府是先天海外無極神駕，為歷代皇帝求拜之神，而從小廟攜出在船上、海上雲遊經商，每逢八月十五日祭天地。三百九十多年前隨顏思齊等漂漂渡海到水林鄉後尖山，古時叫做尖山崙，奉祀在顏厝寮。清朝後、日據時代，我的金身都放置於當時的保正(村長)處，由各庄、厝、寨，每年擲筊輪流參拜。最後，我定居在水林鄉土厝村陳厝寮



A brief introduction of the above mentioned deity.
Ma fu qian sui is an entity whom has said to have 8000 years of existence in cultivation. Even longer accounts of his existence dates back to pre-historic times before heaven – earth and hell was separated. His existence is said to be immeasurable.
After Pan gu created separated the heavens from the ground , ma fu qian sui is said to have manifested into a heavenly horse , a unicorn in western contexts. He had the ability to soar through the heavens and rummage through the depths of hell. Also , the ability to flip , and turn.
Upon the accession of the Jade Emperor , he ( jade emperor ) requested that ma fu qian sui to dedicate his service to the heavenly celestial court. He was then conferred the title , duke of the ma residence or 马府爷.
Ma fu qian sui’s appearance as told by him , he has 18 arms and 9 heads . With each hand carrying a weapon , he was hailed a deity that dynastic monarchs prayed for safety and abundance for their empire / kingdom.


This post has been edited by sales.convenience: Apr 7 2015, 04:52 PM

Tales of the mysterious Toa Payoh God Tree

It is believed to be more than 100 years old. It was approximately six storeys tall.

The tree collapsed on Sept. 11 2013 at around 2 p.m. during a storm.

Urban legend has it that when work began to develop Toa Payoh New Town in 1965, the bulldozers sent to flatten the area allegedly malfunctioned when they approached the tree.


The history

The bulldozers could only move in reverse, but not forward towards the tree.

Religious leaders offered prayers to the tree but it “refused” to budge.

The authorities then decided to leave the tree alone.

Residents believe the government took the tree into consideration when planning Toa Payoh town’s layout.

The initial plan to build a long row of shophouses was abandoned. Instead, the government split the development in two to accommodate the ficus.


Current buildup




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sharing a video of a recent festivity in Sg

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Bro Natch and I were chatting and he came out with a couplet.
In dedication to the 9 netherworld warriors
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And I came out with one too ,
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This post has been edited by sales.convenience: Jun 20 2015, 12:51 AM

Bro Natch has surely conveyed much of the needed to be said information readily available.

I shall post a link here to a Taiwanese program that emphasizes on various temples in Taiwan as well as TWO temples from Malaysia.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXl9sDSuh4w

Chanting also helps in reducing negative karma for us as well as our departed family and friends .

Natch is right , a vegan meal , offerings would suffice.