Lee Kuan Yew chants 'MARANTHA'
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Hi
This is interesting news on Lee Kuan Yew, taken from an interview in New York Times. He chants Maranatha to get peace and to help him sleep:
"At night, hearing the sounds of his wife’s discomfort in the next room, he said, he calms himself with 20 minutes of meditation, reciting a mantra he was taught by a Christian friend: “Ma-Ra-Na-Tha.”The phrase, which is Aramaic, comes at the end of St. Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians, and can be translated in several ways. Mr. Lee said that he was told it means “Come to me, O Lord Jesus,” and that although he is not a believer, he finds the sounds soothing.
“The problem is to keep the monkey mind from running off into all kinds of thoughts,” he said. “A certain tranquillity settles over you. The day’s pressures and worries are pushed out. Then there’s less problem sleeping.”
Full article here :
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/11/world/asia/11lee.html
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aiyah............LKY probably worships the devil lah.............or he's a closet Jew.............
since his masters are Jews mah..........
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He converting to Christian ah? Oh ... that means Christianity will become our national religion lor!
Then our all time atheists in this forum, how? very sad lor!
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but "maranatha" is never for chanting wor, we got chant one mehh
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Originally posted by TehJarVu:
but "maranatha" is never for chanting wor, we got chant one mehh
Got. not common lah.----------------------------------------------------------
Maranatha (either ×ž×¨× ×� ת×�; maranâ' thâ' or מרן ×�ת×�; maran 'athâ' ) is an Aramaic phrase occurring once only in the New Testament (see Aramaic of Jesus) and also in the Didache which is part of the Apostolic Fathers' collection. It is transliterated into Greek letters rather than translated, and is found at the end of Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians (1 Cor 16:22) . The NRSV translates it as: "Our Lord, come!" but notes that it could also be translated as: "Our Lord has come"; the NIV translates: "Come, O Lord"; the NAB notes:
- "As understood here ("O Lord, come!"), it is a prayer for the early return of Christ. If the Aramaic words are divided differently (Maran atha, "Our Lord has come"), it becomes a credal declaration. The former interpretation is supported by what appears to be a Greek equivalent of this acclamation in Rev 22:20 "Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!""
The phrase may have been used as a greeting between Early Christians,[1] and it is possibly in this way that it was used by the Apostle Paul.
The original Greek meaning of "anathema", a gift or sacrifice to God, leads to the interpretation that "Anathema Maranatha" in a New Testament context could mean "a gift to God at the coming of our Lord." John Wesley in his Notes on the Bible comments that, "It seems to have been customary with the Jews of that age, when they had pronounced any man an Anathema, to add the Syriac expression, Maran - atha, that is, "The Lord cometh;" namely, to execute vengeance upon him." The Catholic Encyclopedia states, "Anathema signifies also to be overwhelmed with maledictions... At an early date the Church adopted the word anathema to signify the exclusion of a sinner from the society of the faithful; but the anathema was pronounced chiefly against heretics." The negative understanding of maranatha began to die out by the late 19th Century; Jamiesen, Fausset and Brown's commentary of 1871 separates Maranatha from anathema in the same way as modern scholars. However the traditional interpretation is still occasionally found among some Christians today.
"Maranatha" is the name of a Swedish Pentecostal movement of considerable success during the 1960s, although it has since lost in popularity. Some of its opinions are controversial, including denial of evolution. Latterly it has lent its name to Maranatha Music and to various other Pentecostal churches, including Maranatha, Waterford.
"Maranatha" is the name of a song by Christian artist Michael Card. It is also the name of a song by Christian hip hop artist Sho Baraka, as well as the title of an album by Swedish black metal band Funeral Mist.
"Maranatha" is the prayer word recommended by the World Community for Christian Meditation, the community of followers of the teaching of John Main OSB's teachings on the practice of Christian meditation. The prayer is one where one places everything aside: instead of talking to God, one is just being with God, allowing God’s presence to fill one's heart, thus transforming one's inner being.[1]
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Oh really... he's converting to Christian liao.
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Originally posted by Honeybunz:
He converting to Christian ah? Oh ... that means Christianity will become our national religion lor!
Then our all time atheists in this forum, how? very sad lor!
This is rubbish and you sound stupid. You sound like a religious extremist. If he is Taoist, Taoism will become our national religion meh?
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I think MM Lee from wad my mom told me good frenz with venerable hong chuang fas shi one.
I used to think MM lee is buddhsit.
My church people have been praying for MM lee to come to chris for sometime.
It's still unconfirmed he is christian.
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If he has a religion, will we still have religion harmony ?
Go ponder -
our nation doesnt centre on one old man
go ask the people at speaker corner
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Originally posted by BanguIzai:
This is rubbish and you sound stupid. You sound like a religious extremist. If he is Taoist, Taoism will become our national religion meh?
Why don't you go 7-eleven to buy yourself some sense of humour? A guy of your IQ should have a low voice too. -
Originally posted by -StarDust-:
I think MM Lee from wad my mom told me good frenz with venerable hong chuang fas shi one.
I used to think MM lee is buddhsit.
My church people have been praying for MM lee to come to chris for sometime.
It's still unconfirmed he is christian.
It's true that he was very good friend with Venerable Hong Chuang. So I supposed he should be Buddhist or at least more inclined to Buddhism. Well, it's not likely to see any Christian boy drinking tea with a Buddhist monk all the time, I think.Anyway, on a serious note, he being a Christian is not going to make any difference. He is not going to put religion into politics. He's a lot smarter than that.
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Originally posted by laurence82:
our nation doesnt centre on one old man
go ask the people at speaker corner
you take those ppl seriously meh? I don't lor. They are quite funny though. -
I dun think LKY belief in a god. anyone seen him stepping into a church and prayed?
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Originally posted by Rooney9:
I dun think LKY belief in a god. anyone seen him stepping into a church and prayed?
He is a Buddhist (sort of Tao also) and a Chinese ancestor worshipper. Go read this:
http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/lee-kuan-yew-on-evangelical-christianity/
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Originally posted by Asromanista2001:
aiyah............LKY probably worships the devil lah.............or he's a closet Jew.............
since his masters are Jews mah..........
heys ass-ro..nothing seems to be coming out good form yr mouth.. filled with filth thru out this forum no wonder yr name.. like one.. haha
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Originally posted by Caborana007:
He is a Buddhist (sort of Tao also) and a Chinese ancestor worshipper. Go read this:
http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/lee-kuan-yew-on-evangelical-christianity/
I guess he's just practising, maybe pay respect to (either pray or simply put joss sticks) the ancestors on occasions or regularly, but not exactly professing any kind of faith. Therefore, when he recalled his friend teaching him maranatha, he start chanting.But then, I dun understand why in one article he mentioned (or the article claimed) that he talked about the Christian marriage vow that he said to his wife before. That means... he got married in church ?
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Originally posted by -StarDust-:
I think MM Lee from wad my mom told me good frenz with venerable hong chuang fas shi one.
I used to think MM lee is buddhsit.
My church people have been praying for MM lee to come to chris for sometime.
It's still unconfirmed he is christian.
Why must Lee Kuan Yew go to Chris? Who is Chris? Is he his good friend, boyfriend or what? -
Hello, people , did not you read his recent article, think he mentions he does not believe in any particular religion.
Anyway, he is a strong believer of fengshui. From a reliable source, he is also superstitious to choose auspicious dates for travelling.
Whatever, he is still who he is, no big deal lah!
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LKY was a political dog.............serve the Brits then the Japs then the Brits again.............
so LKY is a religious dog too............as long as he can benefit............he'll worship everything...........including the devil (not that he exists)
most of the time, he's a closet jew..............becoz his masters are jews.............
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Originally posted by Asromanista2001:
LKY was a political dog.............serve the Brits then the Japs then the Brits again.............
so LKY is a religious dog too............as long as he can benefit............he'll worship everything...........including the devil (not that he exists)
most of the time, he's a closet jew..............becoz his masters are jews.............
You brought up a good point. hahahahahha .. . . . .. . .. -
I wish MM Lee and Mrs Lee in good health and good blessing.
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Newspaper reported his meditation teacher who is a Catholic said when meditating, there is no "I' and "want"(desire). I think all these teachings originated from Buddhism. In the 1st place, Jesus did not teach meditation (Budda, Hinduism etc did), Jesus did not teach no "I" and forgo desire but Buddha did. So looks like all originated from Buddhism.
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Originally posted by Pinknutri:
Newspaper reported his meditation teacher who is a Catholic said when meditating, there is no "I' and "want"(desire). I think all these teachings originated from Buddhism. In the 1st place, Jesus did not teach meditation (Budda, Hinduism etc did), Jesus did not teach no "I" and forgo desire but Buddha did. So looks like all originated from Buddhism.
How can a catholic believe in doctrine of no self in buddhism.Catholic meditate?