He Prayed To Buddha, But Something Else Showed Up
The Deep End With Lecrae
Lecrae
4.8 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
In this powerful episode of The Deep End Podcast, Lecrae interviews Ide, a former devout Buddhist raised in a traditional Thai household who struggled deeply with supernatural experiences, depression, and OCD. After years of spiritual confusion, fear, and searching for answers through meditation and rituals, he unexpectedly encountered Jesus.
✅ In this episode, you'll discover:
- The truth about spiritual practices in Buddhism.
- What happens when you pray to spirits
- What makes Jesus uniquely different than Buddha
Whether you're spiritually curious, skeptical, or seeking freedom, Ide's story will leave you with hope and a deeper understanding of spiritual reality.
Join Lecrae on this powerful exploration into the unseen realm and discover the real power behind true freedom.
Let's go to the Deep End!
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| 0:00.0 | People ask me, like, when do you think the demons came in? |
| 0:03.0 | And looking back, I'm like, I have no idea. I'm dirty and I'm scared to stay at home now. I go to my friend's apartment. I stay on his couch. And then while I'm on his couch, I see the shadow thing again, kind of go past the wall. And so I'm like, oh my goodness, it's following me. I haven't told anyone this, only the monk. In Buddhism, sometimes spirits can't move on to be reborn because they don't have enough merit. |
| 0:24.2 | So I said, hey... I haven't told anyone this, only the monk. In Buddhism, sometimes spirits can't move on to be reborn because they don't have enough merit. |
| 0:24.2 | So I said, hey, well, what can I do then to be free? |
| 0:27.6 | And he said, I can imagine people just being like, is this stuff real? |
| 0:31.4 | As Christians, we know God inhabits our worship. |
| 0:33.8 | So what if we're worshipping other things? |
| 0:36.0 | You're actually opening yourself up to the demonic. |
| 0:38.6 | I woke up the next morning and I said, I can't do this. |
| 0:41.6 | I was praying during this time to both Buddha and Jesus. |
| 0:44.9 | I said, which one of you is real? |
| 0:48.7 | This is the Deep End with La Cray. |
| 0:53.7 | Today, we have an incredible story. |
| 0:58.4 | I raised in a devout Buddhist household, experienced years of supernatural occurrences, |
| 1:04.9 | depression, OCD, and all this from a young age. |
| 1:08.5 | And when I say I, I don't mean I. |
| 1:27.6 | I mean the guests we have here. His name is I, but it's I, D.E. Let's talk about that a little bit. I welcome. Thank you. Thank you for having me, like, yeah. So is how did, is that your name? Like how, what? Yeah. So my parents are from Thailand. Okay. And I was born in the States. But if you have any Thai friends, you'll know that most of the Thai names are really long. Ah. And so it's always like a nickname that kind of they go that goes with it. So my first name is Apisit, last name Varia, but I go by I, like I. Oh. And so growing up, that was just my name around the house. And I guess it's not a proper pronoun in like Thailand or so. |
| 1:48.1 | It's like, aye, I did it. |
| 1:50.0 | Who did that? |
| 1:50.9 | I did it. |
| 1:54.1 | So yeah, I'd love for you to just tell us a little bit about your early childhood. |
| 1:58.0 | Like what did being raised in a Buddhist household even look like? |
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