DisturbedCookie wrote:
> On 8 May, 13:06, Nick Cramer <n_cramerS...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> DisturbedCookie <justin.ru...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> > I have read somewhere that when you light three incense sticks, the
>> > rate at which they burn can mean different things.
>>
>> > For example:
>> > - Good luck in 7 days
>> > - Someone ill in 10 days
>> > etc etc
>>
>> > Does anyone have a definitive list of how they translate in Buddhism?
>>
>> When they're done burning, that's a good time for a beginner to stop
>> meditating. Other than that, the time has no meaning.
>>
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>
> Actually I _have_ found an incomplete listing except its a bad
> photocopy in chinese...
>
> eg. If the incense sticks look like this,
> ..................
> ................
> ................
>
> they mean something different to this
> ..........
> .......................
> ................
>
> And depending on cir***stances, it can change from one slight
> variation to another.
>
> If I can find more out and translate it, i'll post it
In China there are many different folk religions and other things that
could be called "superstitions". This incense stick thing must belong
to one of those; it has nothing to do with Buddhism.
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