My roots belong to India. India has inheritance of great sages, spiritual and intellectual leaders. One of the great spiritual leader of all time is Buddha. He appeared on this earth centuries ago. He is the one which is enlightened, that is why he is called Buddha. Many of you might know, Buddha is not the name of a person, but it is a status which means "enlightened one". He got enlightened and is believed to be liberated. Different schools of Buddhism have different beliefs. I have not studied all the schools, so I can not comment on that. However, I know one concept of Buddhism which really appeals to me and makes great sense to me and everybody. This Buddhist concept is called the Fundamental darkness. Fundamental darkness is the darkness within ourselves that exists in you and I and everyone. This was the core reason Buddha set off his journey of enlightenment and liberation. Upon his enlightenment, he charted the path for all of us, so we all can benefit. He was a noble soul and believed in the welfare of all. Buddha said good and evil both exist within us. And it is constant fight between this good and evil existing in every moment. When we are not aware of this fundamental darkness inherit within ourselves, we start exploring outside and giving blame to outside factors if something goes wrong. I do strongly believe some sort of force within myself which strongly pulls me to do the things which are easy to do rather the work which is supposed to be done. Hey, I am a perfectly normal, healthy , intellectual person. When you are surrounded with people and things, we are distracted. But, when we are alone, then our internal system, our thoughts start playing their role and then emerges the challenge to deal with this fundamental darkness.
One school of Buddhism, Nichiren Buddhism, believes that one tool to win this battle over fundamental darkness is chanting "Nam Myo Ho Renge Kyo". This is a Japanese phrase meaning I devote myself to the mystic law of lotus sutra. You might have heard this chanting before. This is a very profound philosophy and when pondered on its concepts with an open mind really gives wisdom and insight into our problems. Once you start exploring this philosophy, as an intellectual person, it seems repetitive and redundant.It is not uncommon. I can say from my experience, as I felt the same once I first encountered this philosophy. It takes time to convince oneself and a passionate teacher. And you will not believe fundamental darkness itself is a vicious cycle. Even not having faith in this Buddhist philosophy or any other life philosophy which affirms hope and light, is also our fundamental darkness. This darkness is so profound these days that life gurus , corporate trainers and what not are cropping up everywhere. See, this is a simple economical concept, there is demand, that is why supply.
Nam myo ho renge kyo is a tool which starts questioning to us whether we are taking full responsibility of our life. It asks you to look within and release that good vibes of wisdom, compassion and courage. And, there is so much darkness within ourselves, so much clutter, so much influences of this and that, we need a light, we need a spark which can guide our path through this journey to win over ourselves. Nichiren Buddhism believes in this chanting of nam myo ho renge kyo to cross the bridge of any difficulty. Many people say that simply chanting nam myo ho renge kyo will solve all my miseries. I say never, this is impossible. How it works is like this, it enables you from within , it gives you the direction and vision to overcome your miseries. When this attitudinal shift happens then things automatically starts moving in that direction.If it is something that connects with you and simply you would like to know more about this, just drop a comment.
One school of Buddhism, Nichiren Buddhism, believes that one tool to win this battle over fundamental darkness is chanting "Nam Myo Ho Renge Kyo". This is a Japanese phrase meaning I devote myself to the mystic law of lotus sutra. You might have heard this chanting before. This is a very profound philosophy and when pondered on its concepts with an open mind really gives wisdom and insight into our problems. Once you start exploring this philosophy, as an intellectual person, it seems repetitive and redundant.It is not uncommon. I can say from my experience, as I felt the same once I first encountered this philosophy. It takes time to convince oneself and a passionate teacher. And you will not believe fundamental darkness itself is a vicious cycle. Even not having faith in this Buddhist philosophy or any other life philosophy which affirms hope and light, is also our fundamental darkness. This darkness is so profound these days that life gurus , corporate trainers and what not are cropping up everywhere. See, this is a simple economical concept, there is demand, that is why supply.
Nam myo ho renge kyo is a tool which starts questioning to us whether we are taking full responsibility of our life. It asks you to look within and release that good vibes of wisdom, compassion and courage. And, there is so much darkness within ourselves, so much clutter, so much influences of this and that, we need a light, we need a spark which can guide our path through this journey to win over ourselves. Nichiren Buddhism believes in this chanting of nam myo ho renge kyo to cross the bridge of any difficulty. Many people say that simply chanting nam myo ho renge kyo will solve all my miseries. I say never, this is impossible. How it works is like this, it enables you from within , it gives you the direction and vision to overcome your miseries. When this attitudinal shift happens then things automatically starts moving in that direction.If it is something that connects with you and simply you would like to know more about this, just drop a comment.
It certainly can be a vicious circle. And I think it's a trick or slight of hand as well. We cannot see our own mind or believe our own mind. That's where the meditation comes in. A mirror to see our truth. Thank you for sharing.
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