Buddhist scriptures about fortune telling

What does Buddhism think of fortune telling?

Among the people, there are always various fortune-telling methods. Whether it is the traditional culture such as Zhouyi and Liu Yi handed down by ancient sages, or the divination methods such as astrology and tarot cards popular in western countries, it attracts a large number of people's attention.

In the eyes of some friends who don't know much about Buddhism, Buddhism is always mysterious and full of fantasy, so it will also lead to some topics about "fortune telling".

But careful friends will find that Buddhist believers usually hold two different views on fortune telling: some people think that Buddhism has the ability to predict fortune, and the calculated results are often extremely accurate; The other party scoffed at this and never took fortune telling seriously.

These two extremely opposing views can't help but make people feel confused. Everyone wants to know, what does Buddhism think of fortune telling?

First of all, Buddhism, known as the "84,000 Dharma", did record some divination methods in the classics for karma, convenient enlightenment and meeting the needs of different sentient beings.

Take Tibetan Buddhism as an example. In Tibetan Buddhism, "divination" can be mainly divided into two forms: one is to calculate the fortune according to the year, month, day and time when the fortune teller was born; The other is called "divination".

The former is derived from the special calendar method in Tibetan Buddhism, which is very similar to the way people in China tell their fortunes through their birthdays. Some Tibetan wizards even combined the divination methods in the Book of Changes of the Han Dynasty, which complemented each other, thus making the divination results more accurate.

Guagua is a special way to pray and communicate with the gods, which can be divided into many categories, such as auspicious celestial divination, manjusri divination and Guanyin divination. The yogi needs to inherit this method, and after years of practice, it is possible to get the precise help and guidance of the "deity".

Usually, "calendar calculation" is used to calculate the fortune of a certain stage or period, while "divination" is mostly used to seek the good or ill luck of something.

In addition, there are also classics related to divination in Han Buddhism, such as the common karma of good and evil, which is an important basis for believers to ask questions like Buddhism.

Although there are many methods of "divination", Buddhism does not advocate fortune telling.

Because in Buddhism's view, people's fate is determined by their own "karma", and "karma" is divided into "fixed karma" and "indefinite karma", which brings too many uncertain factors to fate.

"Fixed business" refers to the business that must be reported, or the industry that cannot be changed. For example, what has happened is a kind of employment.

And "indefinite karma" refers to karma that can change the result. Although the karma has been planted, there is still room for change before the karma matures.

It's like someone planted a seed with thorns, but before the seed germinated, it was watered with boiling water, so that the seed would not grow terrible thorns again.

Usually, most things that haven't happened are still in the state of "indefinite employment", so the result of fortune telling is not absolute, but can be completely changed. This is also one of the important reasons why Buddhism does not advocate fortune telling.

So, under what circumstances will fate be changed?

Every good cause or evil cause will have a slight impact on our destiny. For example, Mr. Yuan Lefan in Four Seasons Away from Home not only changed his childless and short-lived fate, but also rose step by step, far exceeding his deserved official position.

By the same token, if a person who seems to have a good fortune does too many bad things, his original blessings will be greatly discounted, and eventually there will be little left.

Therefore, Buddhism does not advocate fortune telling, because fate can change at any time, and the calculation is not accurate. Only those who do not do good or evil for a long time will have the same fate.

Therefore, fortune telling is sometimes just a reference way to avoid bad luck, and it is used to reflect on and correct one's mistakes when predicting one's bad luck, that's all. You don't even need to calculate, as long as you always keep good thoughts and deeds, your fate will naturally not be bad.

"But do good, the future of Mo Wen", for you who read this article.