Taoist Trance ceremony, Kuching, Borneo

[@eugenetan4903]

Why are so many people upset about what this guys doing? He’s respectful, open minded and just wanted to test the waters abit. I’m a Malaysian living in England and I have not visited Malaysia since I was little. I’m 20 now so it’s been a good few years and watching videos like this has always interested me because it’s my culture! He probably asked the same questions I would have, and acted how I would have!

[@happypanda7003]

I sincerely thank the Temple staff and the video crew for making this video available in KZbin. This is the first time I've watch a Temple medium speak in Hokkien. This add another layer of knowledge to my ever growing curiosity about trances. I was in the military many years back, and have seen with my own eyes , a solider went into a trance.

[@chiangchengkooi9791]

The person did not use the correct word, those are not really spirits but are deity that guard, governs, or messenger from Hell. The man in trans is suppose to be possesses by the deity by the name of The Heibai Wuchang, or Hak Bak Mo Seong, literally "Black and White Impermanence", are two Deities in Chinese folk religion in charge of escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld.

[@ShawnCookson]

Making a video like this and not knowing the outcome must have been fun. Nice work my friend!

[@overlandertv]

The Grandmother questions was spur of the moment. Probably best to have asked when my Grandmother would get well! Fascinating to see, especially when Mr Lee charged into the room a roarin' and a hollerin'!

[@ShawnCookson]

Overlander.tv There is no way I would have been able to keep a straight face. Kudos!

[@alanchua7468]

The Abrahamic definition of God and the Taoist definition of God is very different. God means the one and the almighty in Abrahamic religions while Gods in Taoism is more akin to the deities, their powers more equivalent to angels and they have various ranks and roles in Heaven. The Almighty in Taoism is referred to as The "Tao", the Way and the Path. The 3 equivalents of the Tao are the Sanqing Daozhu (三清道祖）or "The Three Pristine Ones". Just like how the number 3 is sacred to Christianity with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, the 3 Pristine Ones in Taoism are 1) 元始天尊 1) The Primeval Lord of Heaven (Yuan Shi Tian Zun) 2) 灵宝天尊 2) The Heavenly Lord of Numinous Treasure (Ling Bao Tian Zun) 3) 道德天尊 3) The Heavenly Lord of Tao and Virtue (Dao De Tian Zun) All 3 forms into and is part of Tao, which in this case is similar to God in the western sense. The Tua Li Ya Pek (大伯公) you see here is not a devil nor a demon, he is a deity whose role in the Underworld (not Hell) is akin to the Grim Reaper, he guides the souls to the underworld for judgement.

[@alanchua7468]

Unfortunately in Taoism, there are a lot of charlatans who are in it for the money. Although we believe that the deities from heaven do actively try to help out and guide people out of compassion through selected mediums, we have to be observant and knowledgeable in order to differentiate between the fake and the real ones. The mediums have a very strict set of rules to follow, and then only some people might get selected. The mediums must be vegan, can not kill, compassionate and does good all the time, and cannot accept money (exceptions are donations given voluntarily for the temple). If they observe the rules strictly, only then will they have a slim chance to get selected by the deities to do good.

[@empireentertainmentevents1353]

excellent points!

[@sashawinnie1884]

This kind of trance is a practice developed by the hokkien chinese. It is interesting to see how these practices have evolved differently as hokkien diasporas spread to Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore. These trance typically involve a medium getting possessed by spirits. Different temples/doctrines have different practices varying from piercings to walking on hot charcoal. These are well rehearsed. Accidents do happen sometimes: a malaysian taoist medium suffered from heart attack while performing such an act in 2017. Fortunately, such old practices which later became a commercialized business model are dying out.

[@jadsenphang3961]

My goodness, the wrong person with the worst language that resulted rights to be distorted and misunderstood. I hope this video can be removed so as not to mislead perception against Taoism or Buddhism. To begin with, you do not refer Taoism or Buddhism as spirit. Spirit is contrary to ghost towards caucasian understanding. You are bringing Chinese believe to a whole new level to praying to ghost or devil.

[@AwesomeHawkHonkeat]

Alright , I have a real taoist master friend who know all this . Basically , if u ever wonder why he is doing all this stuff when being possess is because when the deity come , its energy are far to strong for a human physical body to handle , just like when u summon a demon and the whole room energies felt different , some might begin to vomit or feel ill due to the entity bioenergy .

[@preystation4]

I think you were trying to disprove or insult these people here, but be warned. Just when you don't believe in these things doesn't mean they aren't real. Ive seen real trance. Skeptics should go to penang malaysia and find "penang ghost king". Real invincibility vs knives, chainsaw etc. or do this: try insulting random people in banyuwangi indonesia. Your western doctors will be perplexed when they removed barbedwires for example out of your body cavities (namely stomach).

[@overlandertv]

+preystation4 in the end, I didnt disprove anything. They were not too fussed by my humor. Interesting customs, wonderful open people

[@belovedortiz4607]

this is the devil!!

[@st1952]

This is not Buddhism of Taoism, elements of them being Mixed with folk culture

[@____-lj2cl]

Not a Devil it is a Chinese deity that controls the spirits in hell and it is not a Devil I say again pls check properly it catches ghost so it is not a devil

[@belovedortiz4607]

you wrong, I can see into the spirit world, and its a devil pretending to be a chinsese god

[@donovan6348]

Care to explain what you saw?

[@littlewitchy6145]

beloved Ortiz FUCK YOU IDIOT!Go to fuck your god.

[@ongscarlette9216]

@@donovan6348 actually his boss.. Did not come.. I can tell you a story everyone can be ki tong too.. I'm a ki tong i can see thing too... He fake

[@ongscarlette9216]

@@belovedortiz4607 chinese.. Lol..

[@chancheewoh9586]

is not god spirit , is ghost spirit "

[@MayaMaya-fv1hv]

this we call tua ya pek. but the way he was possessed totally different from the ones that I saw from s' pore. I think this one is fake.

[@____-lj2cl]

Maya Maya I agree with u it is called tua di ya pek and I think it is fake

[@____-lj2cl]

黑白无常

[@hymnsofthetriplegem]

Many have diffeent way of entering the body

[@usernamesbacon7977]

Is true that in S'pore is a totally different possession but still, maybe this person had a different way of possession. Please understand most are real.

[@hydralee8631]

Bro the Singapore tracing pattern is different like the Singapore tua di ya pek pattern is like getting up and down from chair but also other patterns not only the sitting up and down one

[@khongkokwai]

Thanks for uploading this informative video and be open-minded about other cultures.

[@mikelewis3831]

Interesting material. But brother, the audio goes to crap about 3 minutes in. Do you have a better audio track?

[@ksam545]

What is the name of this temple?

[@bluesharkmadness7101]

This is chinese folk religion. Nothing to do with Buddhism and Taoism.

[@nothingtoseehere1233]

It does have things to do with taoist and Buddhism

[@bluesharkmadness7101]

@@nothingtoseehere1233Buddhism does not promote idol worshipping and spirit mediums. This is a violation of the noble eightfold path.

[@nothingtoseehere1233]

@@bluesharkmadness7101 but still, at least it has something to do with Taoism...

[@bluesharkmadness7101]

@@nothingtoseehere1233The fundamental original teaching is not. This is why followers of chinese folk religion prays to everything without question. Nobody is willing to do a proper research.

[@HolyFox2024]

@@bluesharkmadness7101What original teaching you talking about? Lao Tzu didn’t invent the concept of the Tao, it has been long use before, he just make it more philosophical. Even the Taoist worshipped Lao Tzu as one of their highest gods, Tao Te Ching is seen as one of various scriptures and only reflect one aspect of Taoism on political and invidual life, not like the Qu’ran or Bible. And it’s not the original teaching but written based on one aspect of the older Ch’u original lifestyle. Basically bunch of misconception here.

[@yourmomgae-t6x]

Actually,if I'm not mistaken,in Taoism believes,both hell and heaven worked together,and the Buddha you saw in the hell section is called 地藏王菩萨,he's one of the guardians of hell and the deity that possessed the medium is Tua di ya pek,Di ya pek and Tua di ya pek are good brothers and are the deities that will bring souls to hell so they can be judge 阎王爷,the judge of hell

[@bluesharkmadness7101]

Earth store boddhisatva is not a Buddha. He is also not a guardian of hell. His vow is that he will help all beings in hell to achieve Buddhahood before becoming a Buddha himself. In Chinese Folk Religion, the judge of hell is King Yama. Dua Ya Ji Pek are subodinates of King Yama. Please don’t spread false info. Current followers of Chinese Folk Religion have alot of misunderstandings.

[@yourmomgae-t6x]

@@bluesharkmadness7101 yeah even the worshipers are confused 😂

[@hymnsofthetriplegem]

Wrong information btw this is not a taoist temple its a buddhist temple there is 地藏王佛祖 aka ksitigarbha he saves people from hell and there is 西方三圣 sukhavati trinity the trinity of the western paradise taoist dont pray to 西方三圣

[@hanshen184]

the explanation is wrong, this deity is more like angel Gabriel who hold the role of bring decease which got sin to hell for judgement.there are deity who is assign by heaven god to hold this responsibility.

[@mutsuzawa]

cool stuff. Too bad people can't see this in China or Japan anymore.

[@simonchan9684]

Where is this temple located in Kuching?

[@houseofmusic9832]

Try searching for jin hua temple

[@twwinnmthawinM]

It’s not taoism or buddhism but it’s folk religion (this is hokkien tradition)that combined buddhist taoist and confucious you can see? It’s have a lot of deities icon in different religions .the folk religions “just pray didn’t mind the religion “

[@IwanSetiawan-sj3hg]

How about the place of the temple, can you give the rute

[@darrenalexandernevsky404]

I think I have a question can someone go and tell him who is Jesus?

[@piewonders5135]

Can you go stick jesus up your ass?

[@belovedortiz4607]

+PIE WONDERS the man is possessed by devil

[@heatherrawlings8213]

Sailing to the World nobody cares

[@ngiapenhiong7226]

Who the fuck is Jesus; he can't even save himself.

[@hymnsofthetriplegem]

@@belovedortiz4607 ok if thats what you believe

[@Lerraine]

Not to be rude but why was he acting kinda crazy when hes gonna get in a trance😅

[@Lerraine]

Just curious no hate😊

[@arnekronvall817]

There are many interpretations of Taoism.

[@twwinnmthawinM]

It’s not taoism but it’s folk religion (this is hokkien tradition)that combined buddhist taoist and confucious you can see? It’s also have buddhist icon

[@yapkelvin1270]

wah so powerful. can tell where is MH370?

[@AnunakiAtlantis]

peace of cake for God`s messengers like this or angels but no one asked yet

[@SI-ln6tc]

Its in water. Where else could it be?😅

[@willyrenaldi6689]

Deity deity deity Not Devil

[@ongscarlette9216]

Spirit can become deity too.. So must be careful if not y need eat veg. Zhuo xian this to clear body, minds everything.

[@wongfeihong56]

This does not refer to the chirstian devil thank goodness! Nor was it some ignorant Christian saying a Chinese God in trance was the devil.

[@broovgt4829]

its not devil

[@belovedortiz4607]

wongfeihong56 that man is possessed with the devil, its a lying spirit

[@belovedortiz4607]

+wongfeihong56 There is only one God

[@littlewitchy6145]

beloved Ortiz FUCK YOU IDIOT!GO BACK TO YOUR FUCKING MODERNISM ROCKING CHURCH AND FUCK YOUR GOD.

[@hymnsofthetriplegem]

@@belovedortiz4607 sure where is ur god's bones and relics?

[@zrozadxz]

HAHAHAHA BRO THE POSSESED GUY DOING MATH

[@hydralee8631]

Bro don't make fun of God's it ain't funny

[@darrenalexandernevsky404]

The Son of God or just a prophet?

[@hymnsofthetriplegem]

A deity who looks after the spirits in hell

[@Verstappen-o1z]

It's like the voodoo in Brazil, same thing 😅

[@olliryt1250]

it's not a devil its tua di ya pek the whealth god if hell

[@belovedortiz4607]

its a devil

[@ongscarlette9216]

Nope its not devil.. Its 7th ya which people call him by tua ya, 7th ya or low ya... He is one of hell god who was under master of level 1 to 18

[@wong517]

大爷伯，its hell gods, also goodluck gods and health gods, they want we to take care our parents respect our parent and elderly take care and believe in karma

[@AnunakiAtlantis]

actualy some God` s messenger know how long peoplekeep still alive or death. but its not allowed to said. if we said like oh ur neighbor will die soon . because we had read their live diary at heaven. it will cut our won age. because its carmics works and not allowed. if we noti8ce this people had less age. jur said gave him or her more good nutrition, take to doctor. make moree good kindess as much as possible. pray to GOD. for tahnks full and forgiveness. etc.

[@yakuzastylo]

❤

[@mocmocmoc13]

MATH FTW!!!! How to balance the fking budget

[@henglee3355]

He is not posses by a devil

[@belovedortiz4607]

yes he is possessed by a demon from the devil

[@littlewitchy6145]

beloved Ortiz FUCK YOU IDIOTIC CHRISTIAN!

[@hymnsofthetriplegem]

@Matthew Haulgan Siallagan if jesus is real where are his bones and relics in buddhism we have the buddha's relics it has his DNA

[@hymnsofthetriplegem]

@@belovedortiz4607 get your information correct that deity controls the spirits in hell

[@usernamesbacon7977]

@@belovedortiz4607 This process is a possession by God. God possessed his body for some actions in the human world.

[@drizzy5149]

This guy gave the god a trick question. HAHAGA

[@emilysicily5434]

7:30 green shirt guy in the background is funny lol

[@bpk8320]

test is welcome

[@ngangie3484]

This god came from hell and the name is call tua ya pek

[@SBSG-fo5qs]

Zaas

[@aibas2330]

1 question, if he is in possession, how did he know where is the table, how to tie the shawl on his waist, hhmmm....

[@chancheewoh9586]

sifu sifu where is malaysia MH-370 missing?

[@TiffanyMasters]

WOW!!!!!

[@marahesther]

Why did he have to translate thr convo?😊😅😅😅

[@yushuaissa467]

One question, how to make money shooting videos. Another question, tricking their god/gods. You will know you do not know. It is 2021, where is that whiteman now?

[@flexiarts7879]

this is real, or else how would they know things of the future!

[@ongscarlette9216]

Not real is acting

[@kayoualorkyl]

For my future seeing it comes in deja'vu form. So, my head will be like oh wait I thought he die? Why just now did they said that he die! Deja'vu is idk. Lol

[@ankyhiggs1617]

This is dissociative Identity disorder

[@khongkokwai]

What if this dissociative identity can tell your future and past correctly? It isn’t so bad to have this identity.

[@ankyhiggs1617]

@@khongkokwaifuture is uncertain and can always change there is always probability and for knowing someone's past than can be also done through mind reading technique!

[@ankyhiggs1617]

@@WhatName6 you can refer DSM-5 and ICD -10 for reference purpose,in these books all symptoms of all psychiatry diseases are mentioned

[@ankyhiggs1617]

@@WhatName6 Bro medical science don't believe in spirits and gods ! There is no scientific evidence of spirit or soul ! People who are claimed to be possessed are actually their alters shifting

[@shaunsim3188]

Very bad explanation. The hades deities are like police offices maintain systems of government, Etc go read up.

[@globe255]

He just take advantage of peoples faith in ghosts and makes a lot money that way, with other words, he exploits peoples reaction to its limit, he is the exploiter. People are the subject for exploitation.

[@overlandertv]

In my case, no money exchanged hands, only the paper money they supplied. I did not get the feeling that this was just about money. It was a private ceremony that I was lucky to have been allowed to film due to having met Frankie.

[@globe255]

Hopefully you aren't an easy person to manipulate, you don't seems to be. I'm glad that you are staying behind the camera in most cases.

[@khongkokwai]

It sounds like politics. But we all seems ok with it. But not ok with this?

[@6168lucky]

Sad. The earth The surrounding Created many many creatures including what we called ourselves humans. Chinese gods looking for body to help other people. They are not helping other creatures from being abused, tortured, killed by humans.

[@عليالساهر-ح1ق]

شيعه

[@marahesther]

Yeah