In here, you all will be watching a Video Clip on the Taiwan Lv Shan Sect Taoist Priest performing the Dotting for Xuan Tian Shang Di (玄天上帝).
Till today, myself can said that this is the Best Dotting Ceremony I ever come across.
From the Enhancing of the Spiritual Objects to the Dotting & Last the Invitation. All these Steps are very Skillful and Well-trained.
For those who wished to learn Taoist Dotting Skills, this Dotting Ceremony that you all see here shall be the one that you all can learn and promote on.
Please take note: Due to System-error, the Video Clip here shows that the Video is 40+ Mins Long, actually this Video Clip only last for 06+ Mins.
Great video, this pretty much the same as my master did the dotting here. But for the present, most of 法官 here cut some steps off because of too long process (due to commercial reason) and they did not have proper trained.
ReplyDeleteThank you Shifu for sharing.
Welcome Cyberjoob :P
ReplyDeleteYes, nowadays, due to Commercialization, alot of such Rituals/Ceremonies are being shorten.
Worst is that, in Singapore, you can see less than 5 minutes Dotting. This is a form of Disrespect to the Deities and also the People who engaged the Master.
Sad to say, Real & Upright Culture is dying off.
how cum cant view e whole video
ReplyDeleteonly e front abit can watch only
it's stated that it's 42min ++
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That is the System Error, for this Clip, it only last for 6mins plus.
ReplyDeleteMaster Jave, how long is a REAL kaiguang ceremony? Also, is there a simpler way to Kaiguang without all of the instruments, etc. for those who cannot afford financially?
ReplyDeleteAlso, which School has the most effective Kaiguang ceremony?
To have a Good Ceremony (we cant use the term Real here), at least it will last 1-2 hours, depend on the statues & chanting. The longest I have come across take about 3 hours to complete. It can be tiring, but after the whole Dotting Ceremony, the atmosphere & energies are different, everyone felt good & energize.
ReplyDeleteTo be more accurate, everyone can afford such Dotting Ceremony, cos it wont cost must, just buying of fruits & paper offerings. Nothing else to spend, unless the Master is a commercial one (which charge alot of money on dotting 1 statue), if not, a Good Ceremony only cost less than S$200.00 (Using Singapore Dollar to guage).
Kai Guang originated when Heavenly Master Zhang Dao Ling founded Religious Taoism.
but why does some statute does not need to be kai guang. they claim that they have invited the whoever deities into the statue before carving. izzit possible?
ReplyDeleteNo, that type of Invitation before Carving is actually a form of Reporting only. In Taoism, ALL statues are needed to have at least a simple Dotting or Enhancing Ceremony.
ReplyDeleteSuch Reporting is necessary, cos the Carving Master needed the Spiritual Assistances from the Deity him/herself for the Showing of the Final Outlook. So the Carving Master needed to do the reporting and requesting of the Deity to release out the Energies into the Wooden Block.
Another purposes is to enhance the Wooden Block, preventing other Negative Energies from entering into it.
oo kai fu ? open the axe ceremony.
ReplyDeleteThat is a form of symbolization. After enhancing the Axe, the Carving Master will chop a chip on the Wooden Block, meaning that this Wood will be used soon and for sure, this Wood is being taken up.
ReplyDeleteBut nowadays, due to Commercialization, such Kai Fu & Ru Shen (入神) are not being practise anymore.
hi sifu, regarding above video clip, you could see more at youtube, you may key in taiwan godbook, under here there are a lot more and interesting video clip.
ReplyDeleteThanks
Oh ok, it's not very expensive. But Master Jave, is it true that after the kaiguang, the statue needs to "live in the temple" for a few days? I've heard that some people leave their statues in temples, so that they can absorb more energies after the kaiguang. Is this accurate?
ReplyDeleteHahaha. As for me, usually I dont get any form of engagement fee from people. So to me, everyone is given a fair opportunity to honour whatever Deities they wanted to honour. This is Taoism, not Commercial Transaction.
ReplyDeleteAs for leaving in the Temples, actually is not necessary. Unless the Owners do not know how to honour the Deities for the 1st 3 Days, then we will advised them to leave the statues in the Temple, if not, best to place the Statues directly onto the Altar.
Oh ok, I see. Master Jave, can I please send u a PM? Just a few questions. thank you!
ReplyDeleteOk, do send.
ReplyDeleteI have watched many temples conduct the kaiguang so quickly less than 5 minutes, that I can hardly believe the statues are properly consecrated. Possibly the statues are still "empty"... It hurts me so much to see how a ceremony so important, being disregarded into a few-minute work....
ReplyDeleteBy the way, is it possible for a layman perform the eye-dotting ceremony?
Yes, you have mentioned a very Important Point, dotting that being done at less than 5mins. I can say that, this is totally not possible and for sure, the Statues wont be enhanced properly. This is one thing that Alot of Priests & Taoist Masters must take note.
ReplyDeleteLayman cant perform it, cos a Proper & Official Dotting consists of a lot of Spiritual Skills, etc.
What if a person who is not an official Taoist priest, but self learned, like some Feng Shui masters, can they perform the kaiguang?
ReplyDeleteNo. No one is able to perform Dotting unless the One is being Endorsed or Accepted by Heavenly Master.
ReplyDeleteTHanks for sharing ~
ReplyDeletemaster jave can i PM YOU you. I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTION TO ASK
ReplyDeleteYou can email to me at javecxwu@gmail.com
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