Showing posts with label praying. Show all posts
Showing posts with label praying. Show all posts

Sunday, July 5, 2009

雷公庙 @ Rasa Kuala Selangor

雷公庙 Today went to Rasa somewhere in Kuala Selangor to pray for number (4 ekor) in this 雷公庙.  Direct translation to English is the Temple of Thunder God.

This temple is well known giving  out money for people who visit it.  You pray and you might be the NEXT LUCK PERSON to strike number.

I went there after someone i knew strike BIG after praying there.
By 12.20pm i am at the LDP Petaling Jaya Toll near Sunway.   Traffic was slow passing through Kelana Jaya.
After Kolej Damasara Utama (KDU) somewhere near TTDI, turn left toward Kayu Ara and you will reach EXIT 1106 Persimpangan Damasara Utara Toll.
Exit 1106 Persimpangan Damansara Utara Toll Going forward you will reach a Y junction where you turn right, you are going back to Kuala Lumpur whereas you turn left, you go towards Ipoh and Sg. Buloh.
Turn Left to Sg. Buloh
LDP Toll By the time i reach this Toll Damansara it is about 12.45pm and it is 13km away from the Sunway Toll.
Y road


Around 12.50pm, 7 km away from the toll, you will see the BIG ROCK that’s where you turn to the left toward Ipoh and Sg. Buloh
You go straight and you will see EXIT 113 Sg. Buloh.  Further north will be EXIT 114 Rawang Utara follow by EXIT 115 Persiaran Rawang Selatan which is also Lebuhraya Guthrie.  Next will be EXIT 116 Rawang.
After the Rawang R&R, you will see the EXIT 118 Bukit Beruntung sign board.
EXIT 118 Sign Board   EXIT 118 exit
After the toll plaza traffic light turn right.  You will see a Petronas petrol station on the left follow by ESSO petrol station.
Sign Board near Petronas


You will finally reach a T-junction and turn right.
1 turn left RASA

You will see a plant nursery.

2 turn left RASA
You will go through small hilly road up and down the hill.  Please beware that at this area, you hand phone might not have any signal at all.
around small road 1 around small road 2
Turn right to RASA and you will be passing through houses and then old shops.
old shops KTM Rasa road
Before you reach KTM Rasa, you will see a police station on the left.
KTM Rasa Station
Turn left and follow the temple yellow sign board.
temple 1 temple 2 
notice board
Notice board with newspaper cutting on how much people strike after praying at this temple and that number on the top left is an open number for all.
The Rock Around 1.15pm after 40km journey from the BIG ROCK, finally reach the Bukit Beruntung Toll Plaza.
 Bukit Beruntung Toll 2 Right in front of ESSO before the traffic light, turn left and then go straight follow the road.
1 turn right RASA Then you will reach another T-juction and this time, turn left.
Plant nursery

You will reach a T-junction again and this time turn left.

small road small road2

After going through all this you will finally reach this junction.
turn to RASA Right after the old shops and before the tunnel, you will see the sign board of KTM Rasa. This sign board was block by a lorry.
before tunnelJust follow this KTM Rasa sign board.
KTM Rasa 2  
Right in front of the station, you will see a big tree with a Dato prayer under the tree. 
Big Treetemple 3 Time reach the temple is around 1.50pm and it is about 60km away from the BIG ROCK.
Method of Praying.
You buy incense from the temple (RM 5).
Pray to 雷公 (the GOD) and all other GODs in the temple.
There are many GOD's to pray for number but normally people will pray from the main God 雷公 or the Dato.
First ask permission from the GOD to ask for number. You throw the 胜杯 (put it high up above your head and let it go). If both are closed mean disagree.  If both open mean laughing at you but if one open and one closed, it means you got approval to ask for number.

How much is it cost ?  Only RM 5 for the incense and whatever amount you like for donation into the donation box.
求签 胜杯 
         求签                             胜杯

After getting approval then you start 求签. You shake the tube until one number come out and it will be your first number.  Repeat this until you get all your four number and buy it in sequence.  But when you shake and many come out at once, just put it back and shake again.

Let’s pray that i strike empat ekor this week and i will surely going back there to thanks GOD.

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Saturday, April 4, 2009

清明 (Ching Ming) 2009

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清明 is a day for the Buddhist to visit and pay respect to ancestor. For this year 清明 it falls on 4th April 2009. In Chinese believe, we can go to the grave yard to pay respect to our ancestor on the actual 清明 day or 1 month before and 1 month after the actual day depends on our schedule.

This year, i will go to my great grand-parent grave first, then follow by my grand-parent. The next day only i go to my father grave to pay respect.

On 清明 day, i will be up by 4.00 am. Ready and go out by 5.30am. Why i go out so early ? This is all because of traffic jam. That was one time, we (me and my late father) went out around 6.00am and by the time we reach my great grand-parent grave, it is almost 12.00 noon. Six hours in the car. Normal day to reach there is about 15 minutes.
On 清明 day, i predict i will be at the entrance of the grave yard around 6.00am. Hopefully no jam. I will be waiting over there until 7.00am as too early, it’s very dark with haze and scary to go in.
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When we reach the tomb, we normally will clean the surrounding and try all minor repair for the tombs. Then, we will put one whole chicken (steam cook), one big slice of pork (also steam cook), some Chinese cake (fat kow) , fruits, three glass of Chinese tea, three glass of wine. With all this in place, we will burn incense and candle to pray. We will put incense and candle around the tombs (for the decease to EAT) and also pray at all their neighbors. After one hour of EATING the chicken and others, we will burn a big suitcase of money(only can be use in the spiritual world, some paper cloths, a big car and others for them to have it. All this are the same as our human world, they have Plasma or LCD TV, DVD player, mobile phone, massage chair, cars, house, maid, VISA or MasterCard, air ticket and many more. After burning all those NECCESSITY to them then we clean up and bring the chicken and slice of pork for the next grave, my grand parents grave and do the same too.

After praying for my grand parents, we don’t go home straight. This is to prevent those spirits (don’t know which spirits) might follow you home. Normally we will go to a crowded place like a shopping mall to OFF LOAD those spirit before heading home.

Then, the night, we will pray again to our ancestor offering food again. Then only we will eat together as a whole family just like a gathering dinner.

I am an old fashion man and i insist of doing this year after year. I will not forget my ancestor as without them, where am i. My advise to others is, please take care of your parent while they are still alive, spend time and happiness with them and not just go and burn money and pray for them once a year.

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