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Mo: Tibetan Divination System

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This small book is easy to understand and easy to use. This system of divination is based in Tibetan Buddisum but anyone can easily apply the fundamentals. You begin by asking for guidance in what to use, and what to discard in the reference material. You begin by quieting your mind, chants are provided for focus. You select a question you wish to ask, you then roll a single dice twice. You may caste the dice for yourself, or another. You record the number rolled on each throw, and look up those combinations in the reference. A wide range of areas (family, goals, business, money, health, etc. - 10 in all) are covered for each combination, providing a "general climate" (positive/neutral/negative) for the current personal and earth energies occuring at that moment in time. While my copy came with a traditional dice, any traditional six sided dice can be used. Personal experince has found the method informative and useful.

I have been using this system off and on since 1999 and find it very useful! This system is desined for initiates within Tibetan system. In other words, rather useless for non-Buddhist folk. If the Bodhisattva Manjusri means something to you, then seek a copy. You get my meaning...

This is not an ordinary fortune telling kit. Most oracles are designed from a non sectarian point of view. This is not one of them. The system is based on timeless and ageless Buddhist tantras. This makes is meaningless to most people. That doesnt mean you should not use it. If you feel some sort of connection with this system, by all means do so!

This is not based on any Western or New Age system. Closer to the I-Ching, but only by proximity to ancient China. Remember this is Buddhist, making it very unique. Random dice with mantra syllables are cast. It also helps to chant the mantra while casting the dice. Then you get an message from the Bodhisattva of wisdom. Unique and unusual, as this was practiced in old Tibet about anything from lost items to spiritual matters. Now it is available in the West. Use with compassion and wisdom!

I spoke with my teacher, Khenpo Sherab Sangpo ([...]) and he was familiar with this divination system and has used it himself. But he also said that that to use it effectively one must have received a Manjushri empowerment and have completed various other practices so as to ripen one's mindstream. The editors of this book make no mention of the necessary empowerment or other preliminary practices.

The concept of receiving an empowerment is alien to Western culture, but is central to Tibetan Buddhist practice.

The advice this Mo gives can be translated into more familiar terms, like if it says, "Rely upon Manjushri as your special deity," that can be seen as an indication to rely upon one's own inner wisdom, or something like that. Clear and it covers many topics like spiritual practice, wealth, lost items, illness, friends and family, and so forth.

This is very traditional and well done. Even better with the cards, but if you can't find a book with the cards, it's still just good!

Jamgon Mipham was and is master of the universe. If you have faith, and a connection to the dharma, you may get some useful info from this.