What do we do when we have a problem that looks like it is bigger than Nam-myoho-renge-kyo? (Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the name of the rhythm of life itself - learn more about chanting by clicking the SGI-USA link to the right)
Have you ever had a problem like this ~
When you think to yourself...
"Oh well, all those other Buddhists,
they've never seen THIS problem."
And although you have seen results from your practice, somehow you think THIS problem is different. In your heart you know that nothing is more powerful than your prayer...but also, in your heart, you are struggling to summon absolute faith that Nam-myoho-renge-kyo can overcome THIS one?
What do you do?
The answer to this question lies in our SGI organization. It is precisely for this reason, and many others, that we practice together. We study together. We encourage each other.
As we know from our studies of the Gosho by Nichiren Daishonin:
"Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
is like the roar of a lion.
What sickness
can therefore be an obstacle?"
I'm here in Ohio, preparing for the next phase of helping my son. He will stay in this hospital and we will return here every weekend for awhile.
I have engraved in my life the words of one of my mentors in faith:
"This is just another opportunity for your life to stand up and tell your fundamental darkness who is BOSS. This is just another WAVE, just another WAVE. You MUST stand up to it. You must chant with the conviction that there is no other way than your victory. You must summon that conviction from within your heart."
PowerPrayer for
Overcoming Our BIGGEST Problems
by Jamie Lee Silver from Chantforhappiness.com
Read this before chanting and summon your inner conviction. These exact words are not important - the strength of your chanting and your heart IS important!
Life~ !!!
Fundamental Darkness ~ doubt ~ fear ~
that exists in my life and in the lives of others
YOU ARE NO MATCH FOR NAM MYOHO RENGE KYO
THIS Daimoku,
right her, right now
is obliterating my fundamental darkness
and the world's fundamental darkness
and clearing the path for ______________________.
I claim my victory
I claim my life
I feel Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
flowing from within my life
to all around me.
I shine like the sun
I VOW to change the karma
that reveals itself in this problem.
I vow to change whatever it is,
and to root the cause of this suffering
out of my life forever.
I show proof of this victory right now.
I radiate love and hope to all I meet.
I choose the best possible choice at every moment.
I feel wisdom welling forth in my life.
I will win over this problem
and I use this experience to help others~!!!
Right here!
Right NOW
I VOW TO WIN~ No Matter what!
