Is Katha Unorthodox?
Is Katha Unorthodox?
I was just recently trying out kathas as an aftermath for the practice(like how one prays to protectors after completing a sadhana), especially protective paritta chants. So I recited a paritta chant used by monks since Theravada doesn't have any form of empowerment and followed what the Dhammawheel.com people said, but after chanting the paritta, I just got down with a sore throat and when I continued with parittas the next day, I got the flu. I am now worried that the protectors or main deity of the lineage/tradition of the sadhana isn't too pleased with this "mixture" of traditions by reciting kathas after finishing a sadhana. Is this so or what? How can one fix this? What do these signs mean?
Re: Is Katha Unorthodox?
This sounds serious. The correct approach to fix this is rest, liquids, and a trip to the doctor if the flu continues for more than a few days.Tenma wrote: ↑Sun Apr 15, 2018 1:19 am I was just recently trying out kathas as an aftermath for the practice(like how one prays to protectors after completing a sadhana), especially protective paritta chants. So I recited a paritta chant used by monks since Theravada doesn't have any form of empowerment and followed what the Dhammawheel.com people said, but after chanting the paritta, I just got down with a sore throat and when I continued with parittas the next day, I got the flu. I am now worried that the protectors or main deity of the lineage/tradition of the sadhana isn't too pleased with this "mixture" of traditions by reciting kathas after finishing a sadhana. Is this so or what? How can one fix this? What do these signs mean?
Re: Is Katha Unorthodox?
PeterC wrote: ↑Sun Apr 15, 2018 4:12 amThis sounds serious. The correct approach to fix this is rest, liquids, and a trip to the doctor if the flu continues for more than a few days.Tenma wrote: ↑Sun Apr 15, 2018 1:19 am I was just recently trying out kathas as an aftermath for the practice(like how one prays to protectors after completing a sadhana), especially protective paritta chants. So I recited a paritta chant used by monks since Theravada doesn't have any form of empowerment and followed what the Dhammawheel.com people said, but after chanting the paritta, I just got down with a sore throat and when I continued with parittas the next day, I got the flu. I am now worried that the protectors or main deity of the lineage/tradition of the sadhana isn't too pleased with this "mixture" of traditions by reciting kathas after finishing a sadhana. Is this so or what? How can one fix this? What do these signs mean?
Re: Is Katha Unorthodox?
If the sadhana requires a protector practice it will contain it and you will receive it from the Guru. If it doesn't then uttering some unconnected stuff from a totally different source is at best worthless.Tenma wrote: ↑Sun Apr 15, 2018 1:19 am I was just recently trying out kathas as an aftermath for the practice(like how one prays to protectors after completing a sadhana), especially protective paritta chants. So I recited a paritta chant used by monks since Theravada doesn't have any form of empowerment and followed what the Dhammawheel.com people said, but after chanting the paritta, I just got down with a sore throat and when I continued with parittas the next day, I got the flu. I am now worried that the protectors or main deity of the lineage/tradition of the sadhana isn't too pleased with this "mixture" of traditions by reciting kathas after finishing a sadhana. Is this so or what? How can one fix this? What do these signs mean?
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Re: Is Katha Unorthodox?
I would go with PeterC's advice.
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde