1/2/2024 0 Comments Namo ta pei guan shi yin pusaThe difference will come from what prayers or mantras are inside the prayer wheel. On the way to the airport, I kept on spinning my Guru Rinpoche prayer wheel and alternately I would chant the Buddhist name of Kuan Yin and Kuan Kong, which are Namo Ta Pei Kuan Shi Yin Pusa and Namo Chia Lan Pusa or Namo Sangharama Bodhisattva, and then I’ll pray to them to let me be able to leave.Īll Prayer Wheels almost looks the same. The oracle showed that I would be able to leave with some slight problems.Īfter the oracle I decided to take an hour’s worth of sleep. After continuously doing it for about two hours, I decided to do an oracle to check whether I’ll be able to leave or not. From time to time I also would chant the mantras of Goddess Tara ( OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA) and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (OM AH KSITIGARBHA THALENG HUM). I would repeat it several times and spin the prayer wheel whenever possible. Then I started chanting the mantra of Kuan Yin ( OM MANI PADME HUM), Kuan Kong (NAMO CHIA LAN PUSA), and Guru Rinpoche (OM AH HUM VAJRA GURU PADME SIDDHI HUM). I decided to chant the mantras of Shakyamuni Buddha (OM MUNI MUNI MAHA MUNI YE SOHA), Amitabha Buddha (OM AMI DEWA HRIH), and Medicine Buddha (TADYATHA OM BHEKANDZYE BHEKANDZYE MAHA BHEKANDZYE RADZA SAMUGATE SOHA) only because they are the three major Buddhas. Apparently, its not just immigration one had to deal with, the airlines are the first to ‘police’ and block you from leaving if your passport is less than 6 months valid. I know my chance of leaving was kind of bleak especially they made special mention that Singapore Airlines is one of the strictest amongst all the airlines in implementing this. I noticed that my passport is already expiring at around 12 midnight! I quickly googled whether what should I do, and there are numerous stories that says it’s impossible to leave if your passport has less than 6 months validity. My flight was at 8:30AM and I had to be at the airport at around 5:30AM. I know about this policy but was not really aware that my passport is expiring, for the simple reason that I don’t have the habit of checking it’s expiration date, and I figured my travel agent would inform me anyway if it’s time for me to renew my passport. My passport is expiring in 4 months, and there is a strict international immigration policy that says that no one is allowed to leave with a passport with less than 6 months validity.
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