Buddhist Monastery in Woodstock
October 30, 2010
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Similar to votive candles in Christian churches, you may drop a donation and the name of a person and the monks will pray for that person. Depending on how much donation you make, the monks will pray for a corresponding number of days.

One might think it suspect that the amount of donation translates to the number of prayer days. Why not just keep on praying for the person? This is my opinion only but one might need to understand how praying for someone -- or "remote healing" as it is sometimes called -- works. Sicknesses vary in length. A monk will be wasting his or her time praying for a once-sick person who is already well.

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