Our Humble Obeisances Jaya Srila Prabhupada
(We didn`t hear personally but) There was recently radio program in Finland`s national channel, where group of young people or young adults, from different locations had reported about phenomena known in esoteric circles as sleep parallysis, also called “the old hag.” They had experienced it somewhat on same nights.
They had woken up, feeling parallysed, not being able to move. Some of them had seen form of (dead?) ghostly lady coming above them and staying very near to them.
There were some psychologists speculating something about ram-sleep and so on, but according to our understanding caused by the pretas.
Your servant Muniraja dasa
“Lord Siva is called the Bhuta-natha, being assisted by various types of powerful ghosts and denizens of the inferno–Bhutas, Pretas, Pramathas, Guhyakas, Dakinis, Pisacas, Kusmandas, Vetalas, Vinayakas and Brahma-raksasas. (Of all kinds of ghosts, the Brahma-raksasas are very powerful. Brahmanas transferred to the role of ghosts become Brahma-raksasas.)”
Krsna Book, Chapter 63
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Hare Krsna,
At least here in Radhadesh (situated in an old castle), this is a quite common phenomena. Several times I experienced this here also and I have heard from different devotees going through similar experiences, with or without ghostly appearances. While in such a state, chanting Hare Krsna or Nrsimha-prayers seems to be the best remedy to get out of it quickly.
Nothing to worry about all together…
Your servant,
Mukunda
“Ghosts and mischievous hobgoblins are also the creation of Brahma; they are not false. All of them are meant for putting the conditioned soul into various miseries. They are understood to be the creation of Brahma under the direction of the Supreme Lord.”
Srimad-Bhagavatam 3:20:40
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Nitai-Gauranga,
yes it has happened to me, several times this year also. Even if one tries to keep strick cleanliness and sleeps in temple this may happen. Burning maha-incence before going to sleep is also effective to keep these fellows away.
Just interesting that they openly speak about this in radio.
ys muniraja dasa
“Prabhupada: That religiosity also different kinds: rajasic, tamasic, and sattvic, according to one’s nature. The sattvic, they worship Visnu. The rajasic, they worship the demigods. And the tamasic, they worship bhuta, preta, pisaca…”
Srila Prabhupada Lecture, Bombay 04-08-74
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Generally this condition is caused by ghosts trying to enter the body while the owner is sleeping. One way to keep them away is to sprinkle Ganga-jal each night around all the entrances to the room–windows and doors. Chanting the Nrsimha mantras or the Narayan-kavaca before going to sleep is also very effective. And sleep with a Bhagavatam nearby your head.
I once had an experience with a ghost in Mayapur when I was serving Srila Prabhupada. I had a vivid dream in which I was attacked by a particularly nasty ghost. When I chanted Hare Krsna to drive it away, it simply became angrier. Then I shouted out the prayers to Lord Nrsimhadeva — Namaste Narasimhaya! Prahladalada-dayine….” The ghost immediately fled and the dream ended. In fact I chanted so loudly that I woke myself up.
I saw Srila Prabhupada later in the morning and described what had happened. I asked him if it was just a dream, or was it really a ghost? He said it could have been either–there are ghosts in the dhamas also. “Anyway,” he concluded, “its good that you chanted.”
Your humble servant,
Hari-sauri dasa
“Sometimes due to sinful activities, too much attachment, a man becomes ghost. Ghost, there is ghosts. Bhuta preta pisaca. Not only this life, demonic life, but after death also, there are ghostly lives. They do not get this gross body. They remain in the subtle body, mind, intelligence, and ego. Due to their gross sinful life, they are punished by not getting a gross life. Because without getting a gross life, we cannot enjoy. With mind, I cannot enjoy rasagulla. I must have the tongue, I must have the hand, fingers, I can pick up, then… In the mind, I may think of eating or collecting rasagulla, but actually I do not get the taste.”
Srila Prabhupada Lecture, London 07-29-73
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