How has chanting helped you in your life ?
According to the Dharani chapter of the Lotus Sutra those who practice the sutra are protected by various deities. Do you feel that you've received protection from disaster or danger ? Tell me your stories.
Chanting Experiences
Chanting Experiences
"Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Namu-myoho-renge-kyo. no matter what happens. How could this be anything other than the boundless joy of the Law? Strengthen your power of faith more than ever." - Nichiren Daishonin
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Re: Chanting Experiences
I feel it's turned my life around. As I've mentioned on previous threads, I was raised Catholic. There was a point in my Catholic upbringing where I really felt a faith, a sense of there being larger forces at work. Something happened to ruin that for me, and I lost faith in Catholicism. It's kind of surprising for me, but as a result of chanting I have started to experience what I felt when I believed in Catholicism. Don't know if any of this makes sense.
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Re: Chanting Experiences
Daily chanting (or prayers, as I try to elaborate it in a way to makes sense to those who don't "get it" if I call it chanting) seems to offer some focus in the mornings for me. I try to treat it is a meditation of sorts and maintain my mindfulness on the breath as I speak and inhale afterward, and I pause in between different chants to reflect on the teachings invoked by the chants.
When combined with sila and meditation, the peace of mind has been a nice change and has provided the basis for a number of other behavioral improvements.
When combined with sila and meditation, the peace of mind has been a nice change and has provided the basis for a number of other behavioral improvements.
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"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of
throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned."
Nam mô A di đà Phật!
Re: Chanting Experiences
OregonBuddhist wrote:I feel it's turned my life around. . . . Don't know if any of this makes sense.
Makes perfect sense. The effects are dramatic for me too. Chanting, like prostration is a way of unloading the business of busyness. For me it usually precedes sitting meditation. I was asked by an atheist friend if it is just a placebo effect . . . does not seem to be.
Eat popcorn, be kind to fish and chant It's a plan . . .