That Kham (Part 2)

After the temple crisis, everything had been settled down right now. Archan Tia still conducts the daily ritual to all devotees. This post will briefly share on the That Kham ritual. According to Archan Tia, most of the devotees who practice That Kham in Samnak for 2 or 3 times already reaches Samathi 3 where they can see their pre-existence.

That Kham is the “short-cut” to reach Samathi 3. At first, Archan Tia will pass the phayant to the devotees and ask them to chant the short katha. After that, they will breathe deeply, holding the phayant and chant the other katha in their heart. From here, it will have 3 different situations.

1. If the devotees very mindful and focus on breathing, he/she will go into Samathi 3 easily.
2. If the devotees focus on breathing at beginning and lose their mindfulness at the middle part, he/she will fall asleep.
3. If the devotees focus on breathing at beginning and lose their mindfulness at the middle part, he/she will having trance.

Archan Tia teaches us this way is to let us know the peaceful and the beauty of the meditation. Besides that, it also can let us see our pre-existence and ask for the forgiveness if we had done anything wrong in our past life.

The phayant given by Archan Tia for That Kham ritual.

That Kham 禅法需用到的布符。

经过了庙宇风波，目前已经平息了许多。现在，阿占爹还是每一天服务善信如冲华凉，纹身，That Kham等等。这个贴将会简短地解释关于 That Kham 禅法。据阿占爹所说，大部分有进行That Kham法门至少2至3次的善信都已经可以入定并且都可以看到自己的前世。

That Kham 禅法是一个比较快速的入定方式。开始时，师傅将会把一张布符交给善信然后念一段经文。过后，善心们要以比较沉重的方式来呼吸，手握布符，及心中持一段经文。此时，善信们会面对3个状况。

1. 如果善信很专心地控制呼吸，他们很快就能入定。
2. 如果善信在前端很专心地控制呼吸，到中间时却有一点分心，他们将会进入熟睡状态。
3. 如果善信在前端很专心地控制呼吸，到中间时却有一点分心，他们也会可能进入起战状态。

阿占爹教导我们这个法门其实是要我们尝试及欣赏禅坐的平静和美观。除此以外，此法门也可以让我们看清前世并且对自己的过错进行忏悔。

That Kham ritual

That Kham 禅法在进行中