I had a dream of dad again yesterday night. Before i slept I followed the instructions from a buddhist forum to chant the heart sutra 3 times before chanting the mantra behind the sutra for 21 times. This the post suggests will have immeasurable power.
the mantra goes:
Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate bodhi svaha
As instructed I chanted the sutra 3 times and started the mantra, but because i was too sleepy, i probably lost count at 15 and fell asleep.
Can't remember how my dream of dad started, but it took place in the day, and some room, and myself and my family seem to be around him. Again in the dream, he has passed away and we were preparing to set up the ancestral tablet in my house, with him lying on the floor. I went to check on him and found that he has not yet passed away but was closed to dying. he then sat up but knowing that death was imminent I started chanting amitabha in chinese to him, he seems very happy and he chanted along.
In the dream he was quiet up till that moment, and it seems that after chanting amitabha he started opening up, crackling, and seem to be in a high spirit talking. Once again i wrapped my arms around him, something i had never done when he was alive.
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