Nicherin Dashonin Buddhism – Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
by Jason
(UK, Grimsby was Birmingham)
My story started sometime ago. A journey as they say, to find the best or right path and what I chose was to simply chant Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.
I started to become a seeker after becoming acquainted with spiritual principles to solve daily problems after suffering a serious drug addiction problem. I started practising the 12 steps, 12 years ago, and got myself better and it completely turned my life around.
Within the 12 steps, step 11 was about prayer and meditation, so I sought guidance from various types of religious(schools). I found a mediation and practice that produced great results whilst meditating. Results like strong vibrations, feeling peace and lowering stress levels. However, I did struggle with the guru stuff, but continued meditating at home.
Whilst practicing I was still seeking my path. I found out from a friend that she was practicing Nichiren Buddhism. Being curious, I went along to a SGI (Soka Gakkai International) meeting, and tried chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo with them.
I could not see how chanting this phrase could offer any benefit at all, as I had tried other practices that seemed more advanced. Anyway, I went to a few more SGI meetings to learn about Buddhism and how to develop the practice and then stopped going. I still chanted for a few minutes in the morning before meditation, for some reason.
March this year 2010 I hit a real difficult point in my life, as we sometimes do and realised I had not been doing any meditation at all. I was really frustrated with my life situation and something just told me to chant Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. I did, and it was really profound, it was like I just woke up and felt an unbelievable amount of joy for 2 solid days.
After, this experience I knew I had to have more of this, and wodered what would happen if I chanted like that everyday.
I went back to SGI meetings and chanted in a completely different way (with determination), that started to bring benefits.
Since this time I have now received the Gohonzon, which was an unbelievable feeling of joy that I have never experienced in my life. Not even when my children were born , escaping drug addiction or anything else. Why? I really don’t know.
The Gohonzen is an object of devotion or respect to observe ones mind or life. It seems most things in Nichiren Buddhism just makes sense, and I’m beginning to feel my life state becoming much stronger and that I am more in control of my life than what’s outside of me.
I have had great support from SGI members and feel like my search for various questions in life are being answered or I have simply just lost the questions.
SGI and chanting Nam Myho Renge Kyo just suits me to a T.
Love and respect to you all.
Jason
NMRK…..NMRK…..
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