It is said that with Nichiren Buddhism no prayer goes unanswered. But this doesn’t mean every prayer will be answered right away by magic. Some prayers require making changes in our lives before they can be answered. We will have to make efforts, take action to realize them. Something of Substance Doesn’t Happen Overnight It’s […]
Over the last few posts, I’ve discussed how to achieve goals successfully. But what if you don’t know what your goals are. At times it’s possible to have more questions or fears than ideas for goals, very like the boy in the picture. It seems that you can’t see beyond your current situation. Maybe you’ve […]
Our Thoughts Influence Everything President Ikeda, the foremost proponent of this form of Buddhism in the world, says in his book Faith into Action that positive thoughts take form in reality, creating positive results, where pessimistic thoughts take form and produce negative results. This principle doesn’t apply to an isolated thought here or there, but […]
Many people suffer from depression. Depression can leach all joy out of life, leaving you without zest. One of the wonderful things about this Nichiren Buddhist chanting practice of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is that anyone can lift their daily life experience out of the more negative states of life, such as anxiety, depression, and anger and into […]
Chanting Alone is Not Enough In my last post we discussed how important it is to take action on ideas that we get when we chant about a goal or a challenge. Chanting alone is not enough, although it is definitely lays the foundation. When we chant we set forces in motion. The positive forces […]
To achieve a goal successfully requires you to chant about it and then take action. When you take a step towards a goal, you chant about the first step and then act on the first step. This sequence of chanting first, then taking action, will repeat with each step. Taking action can be a sticking […]
Are You Chanting with Mixed Feelings? If you are struggling to surmount an obstacle, little adjustments in the way you are chanting can affect the results. One of these aspects to consider is whether you are chanting with mixed feelings or determination. If you’re chant with mixed feelings you are telling the universe that you […]
When you set a goal and chant about it, action will be required to bring it about. Chanting Isn’t Magic Sometimes it sounds as though chanting alone is going to make it possible to achieve a goal. But chanting alone will not get you there. What we do when we chant: We let the universe […]
President Ikeda, author of many books on Buddhism and the leader of the Nichiren Buddhist movement for 60 years, points out in his Clear Mirror Guidance, the universe acts as a mirror, when we are chanting for a goal, and reflects our state of mind back to us. Let’s look at some states of mind […]
Nichiren Buddhists use a chanting practice to address all kinds of problems in daily life. When you chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo you connect with the universal part of yourself at the core of your life, your Buddha nature. When you connect with the universal wisdom and compassion that is part of you, you will be able to […]