DeWitz Posted August 7, 2013 #26 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Dynamos variation of the Bus levitation, tho same principle and clever editing so you dont see the trick [media=] [/media]Budhist Monks? pft. Get real! Its just trickery No videos, for whatever reason. Raise a person off his/her ass? Incentive. Raise a person off his/her economic standing? Capitalism/charlatanism. Raise someone from the dead. . .? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted August 7, 2013 #27 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Ok last couple of vids from me NEW levitation I'll teach you how to levitate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted August 7, 2013 #28 Share Posted August 7, 2013 I dunno if he can or he can't, although I doubt it, but it matters not. Buddhism is not about flying abot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Unicorn Posted August 8, 2013 #29 Share Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) I dunno if he can or he can't, although I doubt it, but it matters not. Buddhism is not about flying abot. I believe some masters probably can do it just like other things. A few have even demonstrated to researchers at various times... control of body manipulation and function beyond human norm. I highly doubt any you tube or public type magicians since the real masters wouldn't show off to public without a very good unselfish reason. Edited August 8, 2013 by White Unicorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skep B Posted August 8, 2013 #30 Share Posted August 8, 2013 I dunno if he can or he can't, although I doubt it, but it matters not. Buddhism is not about flying abot. well, just lost one convert then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badeskov Posted August 8, 2013 #31 Share Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) You, sir, have the sort of keen and discerning mein that tells me you recognize quality, value and economy as well as the mysterious. For such a person as yourself, I have a unrepeatable offer: I can sell you at an amazingly low price that well-known edifice but a few rods from my own home, the Brooklyn Bridge. Yes, the amount of fund necessary to fund this transaction is almost embarassingly low, but, as they say, needs must when the devil drives. Please PM for me additional information so we can make this happen! --Jaylemurph Dear Sir, While the offer was not directed at my humble self, I would very much like to make an offer and trade with a tower in central Paris. Yours truly, Badeskov Edited August 8, 2013 by badeskov 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oniomancer Posted August 8, 2013 #32 Share Posted August 8, 2013 I dunno if he can or he can't, although I doubt it, but it matters not. Buddhism is not about flying abot. What? Doesn't Buddhism teach one should let go of worldly things? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xnibiru Posted August 8, 2013 Author #33 Share Posted August 8, 2013 What? Doesn't Buddhism teach one should let go of worldly things? Yeah, indeed Buddhism teaches its followers so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Spartan Posted August 8, 2013 #34 Share Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) [media=] [/media]And...you who those who believed..... Edited August 8, 2013 by The_Spartan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted August 8, 2013 #35 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Sometimes I'm pedantic, so please be patient with this. The law of gravity is part of the world as it exists, and while its fine to use technology to fly about, self-levitation is more of a Hindu than a Buddhist tradition. Buddhism insists on realizing that the world is what it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonwind Posted August 9, 2013 #36 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Maybe you don't know there are many monks in ShaoLin temple or Dao cultivators in China with strange abilities. Yeah I do...I've lived in China 11 years. Strange cultures? Yes. Ability to sell trinkets and buy laptops? Yes. Supernatural powers? No. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xnibiru Posted August 9, 2013 Author #37 Share Posted August 9, 2013 [media=] [/media]And...you who those who believed..... Oh, man. Don't treat him like that. Not this case at all because the monk doesnot have any cane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted August 9, 2013 #38 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Oh, man. Don't treat him like that. Not this case at all because the monk doesnot have any cane. Nor did any of the ever vids I post use a cane, I take it you watched them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skep B Posted August 9, 2013 #39 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I want the indian psychic investigator guy to have his own tv series, he looks awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted August 10, 2013 #40 Share Posted August 10, 2013 and to enhance this point Indian levitation exposed [media=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etSivpBHUmE[/media] Showed this to my 5 year old. She was quick to want to watch the other videos and try to figure out how they were faking it. She watched the "New Levitation" video and was like, "He's using some kind of invisible chair." I suggested something coming over the wall behind him, but she thought it was more likely he's sitting on some kind of swing. A transparent swing apparently. She absolutely does NOT believe that fellow was floating however. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted August 10, 2013 #41 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I've never seen any such performance in Vietnam. Maybe the authorities would step in and stop it, I don't know, but is certainly not a part of the Buddhism of my experience, nor would any such performance have any effect on me, although my view is that is it probably a trick of some sort. As I said before, I tend to associate such things with Hinduism rather than Buddhism. One clarification -- a mendicant monk makes his or her living begging for food and is generally provided a bed by the monastery. In some countries begging, even for food, is illegal, hence the trinket business and so on, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litechocolate Posted August 15, 2013 #42 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Sure I mean. Anything is possible. I'd have to see guy work his magic in person though before coming to a conclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jodie.Lynne Posted August 15, 2013 #43 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Sure I mean. Anything is possible. I'd have to see guy work his magic in person though before coming to a conclusion. This coming from a guy who claims to being molested by spirits. Not a very auspicious start to your forum career. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted August 15, 2013 #44 Share Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) I want the indian psychic investigator guy to have his own tv series, he looks awesome he did a series, cant remember the name now, maybe 'investigating the yogi's' but heres a load more of his debunking vids. Feel free to post any good ones for us https://www.youtube....asava Premanand heres a wiki Basava Premanand (17 February 1930 – 4 October 2009) was a skeptic and rationalist from Kerala, India. He has organised many tours around rural India for the promotion of scientific thinking including exposing alleged 'miracles' and scams done by various gurus and also spread awareness against superstition. He was the founder of Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations, the convener of Indian CSICOP and the owner-publisher-editor of the monthly magazine, The Indian Skeptic, which scientifically investigates paranormal occurrences in India. He was known for being one of the most vocal critics against Satya Sai Baba. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basava_Premanand . Edited August 15, 2013 by seeder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted August 15, 2013 #45 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I suspect Vietnam is probably as superstitious a country as any, but you don't see people making quite as much money off it, since such stuff is underground. My experience with "readers" and "spiritual advisers" is that they have no connection with real religion even though the claim religious freedom, and that they mainly depend on flattery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted August 15, 2013 #46 Share Posted August 15, 2013 OK the series was called 'Guru Busters' and heres a list of vids in that series https://www.youtube.com/results?filters=short&search_query=guru+busters&lclk=short And heres another levitation (poor) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skep B Posted August 16, 2013 #47 Share Posted August 16, 2013 This man is now my patron saint, I will go to have his likeness tattooed on me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brlesq1 Posted August 20, 2013 #48 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Interesting video. I wonder how he did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skep B Posted August 20, 2013 #49 Share Posted August 20, 2013 OP: the camera cuts to the host several times, during those times, something is slid under the monk. when the levitation begins, no profile shots of the monk are seen. they keep face on to him the entire time so that the plate he's setting on and the arm lifting him from behind aren't seen. the host, cameramen, and producers are in on it, to increase viewers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted August 20, 2013 #50 Share Posted August 20, 2013 That is almost certainly true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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