When I was young, about 36 years of age, I used to go places to preach religion. Two men had heard of me and they asked a friend to arrange for them to come and meet me so that they could receive my teaching. One man was a Buddhist called General Le Quang Luong. He was a paratrooper commander for the South Vietnamese Army. The other was a Catholic general named Nhat. During initiation the Buddhist prayed to Buddha Amitabha […]

The spirit of ‘the skull’ was initially a common soul. From the time she was recruited to join the Shaman’s gang of demons, she would be trained to carry out evil acts under the supervision of the senior demons. Demons were originally troops of a certain organized lawful body in the government of the invisible world, but had violated the law when they secretly ganged up to commit crimes. The higher authority in the invisible government has not yet noticed […]

The practice of the Magic Skull is known by virtually every Vietnamese. Rumors vary, some say one must obtain the head of a virgin who had been struck by lightning, or died at a certain sacred hour etc…, take it home and recite mantras over it for some months and some days, to empower the female ghost, who could then be ordered to do bad things to serve her master, the shaman. She can also help him/her by giving accurate […]

Cambodian religious beliefs originated from Brahmanism which worships three supreme Deities: Brahma (Supreme God), Vishnu (Deity of preservation), and Shiva (Deity of destruction). Later on Mahayana Buddhism spread to Cambodia and shortly after, it was replaced by Theravada Buddhism. Today, Theravada Buddhism is the national religion of Cambodia. Theravada Buddhism and Cambodian magic arts are similar to ThaiLand, Laos and Myanmar (Burma). It is not that simple though, Theravada monks revere Buddha Sakyamuni and not the “Buddhas and Bodhisattva of […]

Dada’s senior, a monk at a Cambodian monastery in the west of South Vietnam had told one of Old_Guru’s disciples about an exorcism performed by Chimdada on behalf of a General’s son from ThaiLand. The event stirred up much excitement that had people (including Thai policemen) gathered to the place to watch Dada pour a basket of boiling water over the possessed person, thus delivering him from the evil spirit. When Old Guru met Dada, he asked the latter to […]

Dada is a Cambodian-Vietnamese. The turn of events has changed him to a Vietnamese-Cambodian. His story involved a Vietnamese god called Nguyễn Trung Trực (A national hero). The events which had Dada uprooted from his town of Sóc Trăng to settle in Cambodia are very complicated. Suffice to say he had to go due to circumstances of the times and his personal situation. Dada told me, at that time he was very much in financial difficulties and did not have […]

All of the stories from Old Guru #1 thru 15 were posted at Forum: thegioivohinh Foreword: I would like to use this page to help my English speaking friends find the translated version of Dada the monk without having to scroll up and down in the Vietnamese forum. Under instruction from my superiors I will attempt to translate posts by ‘Thầy Già’ now to be nicknamed ‘Old_Guru’ into English to help those who find English much more understandable. Not being a […]