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Fortune favors the virtuous: A collection of notable events with good karma ripening

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A few selections from collection:
            Fortune favors the virtuous 1.1.1 – Abhayagiri Forest Monastery, Northern Calif. Wildfires 2017
            Fortune favors the virtuous 1.1.2 – Ajahn Brahm led Vesak celebration, rainstorms suddenly disappear
            Fortune favors the virtuous 1.1.3 – Hsu Yun sitting meditation presumably asking for help from devas stop Japanese fighter planes bombing

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Documented/verified events with lots of witnesses




A famous Pure Land Buddhist Monk from Taiwan, reborn in higher Deva Realms

Near 7min 30sec part, there is a photo of his head at the time of his death.. There's a lump of flesh, almost 4 inches high at the peak, protruding from his crown chakra. Near or after the time of death was when it started protruding. The crown chakra area and protruding flesh after his death stayed warm for an unusually long time. According to Tibetan and Mahayana Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, this phenomena happens when highly accomplished meditators are reborn in higher Deva realms, their consciousness leaves through the crown chakra area. (I'm not fluent in Chinese, so will need to verify some of the details of what's said in the video. It talks a little bit about his character and life, and these unusual phenomena at the time of his death).


lots of witnesses, need sources verifying /documenting events

2004 Sumatra Indonesia and Sri Lanka Tsunami

Anyone have article/media links to this famous incident? It goes something like this: During the tsunami, a passenger car carrying 3 or 4 monks, one of them a famous abott or very senior monk from a Sri Lankan monastery, the car levitated out of the tsunami flood and was placed on a mountain or higher elevation area by an invisible force.


Misc. stories 

4min: Man caught in tornado, climbs up freeway underpass to a safe spot where I grabs onto reebar until tornado passes. An man sitting a blanket nearby chats with him, disappears after tornado, must have been angel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZsAp8dhKFg


Adding to 2017 abhayagiri wildfire, also member describes the time he had motorcycle accident without dying
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/miracles-and-strange-phenomena-in-buddhist-monasteries/6771/2



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