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In a strange story out of Singapore, a man who thought he saw a Buddhist deity [Kwan Yin] wound up fighting a skeptical bystander who couldn't spot the suspected apparition.
The odd incident is reported as follows: It occurred when Philip Ong Guo Xiong and his wife noticed something unusual in the sky, which they believed to be a vision of Kwan Yin (Guan Yin), a figure revered in Mahayana Buddhism as the Goddess of Mercy and Compassion.
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On being told of the deity (celestial devi) they saw in the sky, the man also tried to capture it with his camera, which is when things went wildly awry.
Looking at his images, the delivery driver failed to see any sign of Kwan Yin in them nor did he recognize the deity in the sky overhead.
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Suspecting that he was being misled, he accused Mr. Xiong of being some kind of scam artist and began taking photos of the couple, which they did not appreciate.
This led tempers to flare between the two men. Then the delivery diver challenged Mr. Xiong to a fight. Xiong responded by shoving the man, which sent him tumbling onto a stone bench.
Clearly, if the Goddess of Mercy and Compassion had truly appeared in the sky that day, her message of compassion and mercy was lost on the two men as Xiong was subsequently arrested for assault after a witness to the altercation called the police. More: channelnewsasia.com
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