Dordzhi expresses his skepticism regarding the validity of traditional signs and prohibitions: In my life I have heard a lot about signs and prohibitions. Today they have become unnecessary and obsolete, because they impede normal life. Examples of bad signs are as follows. It is a bad sign if a dog howls. It is also a bad sign when someone crosses his/her hands. Once, a person whom I knew fell ill. An astrologist said to him that this was because he went somewhere where he was not supposed to go. There are countless prohibitions and signs like this. I personally think that when god created human beings, he did not create all these bans and signs. I think that they were made up by smart people who wished to control simple folks.