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Book 69 - Household
Feng-Shui
- Book 69: Household Feng-Shui
- Chapter 08 : Balance is Auspiciousness
- Written by : Master Sheng-yen Lu
- Translated by : Janny Chow
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Someone once asked me, "Among the many house forms, which kind
is best?"
I replied, "Any form that is balanced is auspicious."
At first glance, it might seem that an architecturally balanced
form would be a simple concept to detect, but, in reality, it can
be quite complicated.
Some people enjoy novel and unusual designs and have built houses
in strange looking shapes. As long as these designs comply and do
not clash with the principle of the constructive movements of the
Five Elements, then these may still be considered balanced designs.
For example, in Tantric Buddhism (based on the association between
the five charkas and the Five Enlightened Wisdows) stupas symbolizing
the five charkas have been constructed consisting, from top to bottom,
of the following shapes: dome, elongated semi-circle, triangle,
circle, and square.
The Five Elements are fire, wood, water, metal, and earth. According
to the principle of the constructive movements of the Five Elements,
earth generates metal, metal generates water, water generates wood,
and wood generates fire. Using this principle, one can build structures
based on shapes of the Five Elements, arrange in a clockwise fashion,
and devise novel, unusual, and original designs.
Generally, unless one seeks to be deliberately "stylish," any conventionally
balanced house is very auspicious.
One important aspect that needs to be taken into consideration is
the balance of the "dragon side" and the "tiger side" of the house.
When standing at the front door facing outside, the "dragon side"
is to your left and the "tiger side" to your right. The ideal condition
is to have the "dragon" and "tiger" balanced.
A tall dragon may be balanced by a long tiger, or a long dragon
balanced by a tall tiger. Geomancers generally consider a taller
or longer dragon to be auspicious and a taller or longer tiger to
be inauspicious.
The most auspicious house shape has a "green dragon" and a "white
tiger" matching and in balance.
There is a feng-shui verse that states?
When a sharp peak emerges from White Tiger Hill,
The wife will definitely abuse the husband.
This verse describes a situation in which the white tiger is taller
than the green dragon. It also implies that a servant may dominate
his master, or that there may be a reversal of roles between the
male and female with the yin overpowering the yang. As a result,
the environment may be one of disharmony and imbalanced with earth
energy that invites the malign force of "sha-chi," portending great
misfortunes.
I once perfomed a feng-shui reading for the abbot of a monastery.
The monastery, with its back NNE, faced the SSW direction, with
the feng-shui compass indicating the trigram "ken." Water at the
front of the monastery flowed from east to south (from the chen
position of the Later Heaven Sequence to the ch'ien position of
the Former Heaven Sequence, as shown on the compass.) There was
no prominant topographical armrest on either side of the monastery,
and I also noticed that the abbot's living quarters was not located
at a commanding position, but rather at a site right below the White
Tiger Hill.
I asked the abbot, "Who lives in the White Tiger Hill?'
"The disciples," he replied.
"Soon your post will be taken from you," I said to him.
"Why?"
"The circumstance here is that of a subordinate overtaking the master;
it will only be a matter of time before you lose your position."
The abbot was an honest monk, and he was visibly saddened by my
feng-shui assessment. Several years later, however, I heard he was
no longer the abbot of the monastery.
A taller or longer white tiger signifies the presence of an overpowering
force. Most people living in places with a high White Tiger Hill
will gradually develop nervousness, power cravings, competitiveness,
or start harboring dark schemes against others. In short, there
will be no auspiciousness or peace in such a situation.
When buying land to build a house, one must figure out clearly which
direction the house will face, as the direction the front door faces
plays an extremely critical role. It is best that the direction
be favorable to one as determined by one's date of birth. Pay attention
to the matching of the green dragon and white tiger. Do not allow
the white tiger to be taller or to stand out because this signifies
great misfortunes. It will be too late for regrets once disasters
occur.
Of course, there are Taoist and Tantric methods to avert and remedy
bad feng-shui situations such as this. These methods belong to either
the "suppression category" or the "remedy category" and may provide
temporary resolutions.
General feng-shui practitioners may be able to assess a situation
and offer resolutions, but they may not neccessarily understand
that implicated in the art and science of feng-shui are the principles
of Tai Chi, Two Forms, Four Appearances, Five Elements, Eight Triagrams,
and other principles governing the workings of the universe. In
a place where there is a clash or assault of noxious chi, one can
transform the adverse situation into a peaceful one using the "suppression
method." Such remedies, in fact, not only avert disasters, but may
result in great benefits as well. Their efficacies are indeed inconceivable.
At places (on the dragon side of buildings) where I, Living Buddha
Lian-sheng, have installed stone tablets for the dragon spirit,
people have often seen golden and green lights. Some have even seen
the dragon and heard it roaring sounds. Lights bright as the sun
and moon have been observed emanating from the sites. To resolve
the problem posed by a white tiger that is too tall, it is necessary
to install, on the dragon side, Living Buddha Lian-sheng's green
dragon stone tablet.
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