有效的唱题和祈求方法

有人问，只是诵读经文和唱七字的题目，怎能给我们这么的力量和幸福呢？

池田先生说过，即使只是唱念一遍题目也能贯通宇宙，更何况有"一念心"的虔诚题目。那么，任何有形无形的"生命"也能打动。

深深地确信【我身即妙法当体】的题目，自觉我是"佛的差使"，宣弘妙法是"我人生使命"的题目，一定能和 "御本尊"产生共鸣。能贯通宇宙，能使自己获得自在的境界。

也有些会友说，他们不明白，为什么"题目"这种既没有实体，又看不见的东西，竟然能在我们"生命"中产生这么多【现证】。

其实，【生命】中和"宇宙"间有很多东西，也不是我们"肉眼"看得见的。可是却具有巨大的力量和价值。"电波"就是一个很好的例子，虽然无形，却能从太空长途穿梭，直达火星和金星。

最简单的例子，就是现在我们的无线网络，虽然看不到，但只要有对的密码，就能让我们链接网络，接收资讯，贯通全世界。

【南无妙法莲华经】就像一个密码，这是七百年前，日莲大圣人发现的密码，只要诚心唱念，就能让我们的生命贯通宇宙，让我们迈向幸福。

即然"题目"那么有力量！那么我们应该怎么唱题，才会最有效呢？

美国创价学会教学部，就曾经出了一篇关于有效的唱题指导，今天就在这里和大家分享。

【南无妙法莲华经】的力量非常强大，但应该如何唱出【改变生命奥底】的题目呢？

首先在你开始唱题之前，应该先放松自己、放空思绪、放空心情，让大脑和情绪全部停下尤为重要。要达到身、心、灵都处于完全放松的状态，做最自在的你。然后当你开始唱题的时候，双眼务必看着御本尊，然后聆听自己唱题的声音，目光专注在御本尊中心的"妙"字，双眼一定要专注的看着"御本尊"，这是非常重要。

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当你视线专一的时候，思绪就停止运作，这就是"清空思绪"的方法，让你的眼睛引导你的头脑歇息。

因为当我们的大脑运作，思绪纷飞，胡思乱想的时候，你正在虚耗精力，你的身体被大脑支配，但是"生命奥底"却没有任何转变，因为我们的"能量"没有导向那里。

你真正该做的是【注视御本尊】

，让你的脑袋暂停运转。眼睛只看着御本尊中央的"妙"字，御本尊完全了解你所有的烦恼和欲望。从你的"生命"唱出题目，让眼睛紧盯着御本尊唱题。

当南无妙法莲华经跟你的"生命

"融为一体，南无妙法莲华经就能消融【业障】，并转换为力量，你就能以清澈的头脑、强盛的生命力去完成"任何愿望"，如此一来你会喜欢唱题。因为你能感觉到自己的生命奥底的"法性"，你的生命跟御本尊，这一"生命"最高的潜能融为一体，到了这一刻，就是佛法说的【人法一个）。

这时的你，你的生命里有御本尊，御本尊的生命有你。3

还有一点唱题时，千万不要在"心"中盘算等一下要如何做，这样的题目无助于【转换宿命】。

比如，有财务烦恼时，千万不要想怎么去解决问题，因为御本尊会安排最好的解决方法给你。如果你自己

"心"里盘算着一些方法，这个方法可能不是最好的，也可能会带来反效果。

这样，御本尊就不会按照你想的方法去做。你唯一需要做的，就是【专心唱题】。

什么都不必想，御本尊知道你的烦恼，也会安排最好的解决方法。

如果你一直想着"中形票"来解决你的经济问题，这已经"限制"了御本尊的力量！

因为得到的财富，转换经济宿命可以有很多方法，如果你一直祈求中彩票没有中的话，你就可能会埋怨御本尊，甚至怀疑御本尊，这就削弱了你的祈求力量。

但，当你换一个方式做祈求，跟御本尊说：【给你财富，让你生活无忧，以让你可以专心做广宣流布）。

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那么，御本尊就会找一个最恰当的致富方案，这不定是中彩票，可能御本尊安排让你找到一份很好的事业，以后赚到的钱比中彩票还要多

。有健康问题，唱题时千万不要想治病的方法，不需要祈求御本尊安排你找到最好的医生，你只需要祈求：

【自己身体健康，祈求自己没有病业苦恼，祈求自己有健康身体让你做广宣流布】。

以这样方式祈求的话，"不可思议"的事情往往就会发生，有时甚至不必看医生也会自然痊愈。简单的说，我们唱题的时候可以想着"自己的愿望"，在"心"中描绘出它（愿望）的模样，想象达成愿望的样子，我们可以将目标视觉化正像的做法，但是不要去盘算要如何达成目标。

【祈念】应该出自于你的"内心

"而不是脑袋，不要去想用什么方法来达成愿望。我们只需要祈求结果就行了。

记得御本尊知道你所有的烦恼及愿望，看着御本尊单纯的唱题就行了，烦恼和欲望都放在心底吧！

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心无旁骛，好好的做完勤行与唱题，南无妙法莲华经就能深入你的"生命根底"消解业障，让你往好的方向前进！

再次强调，题目要发自"生命"

，如果用脑袋唱题，只会越唱越觉得思绪纷乱。当你闭着眼睛唱题，或者没有专注于御本尊，你的生命跟御本尊的交流就比较弱，你的脑袋就有机可乘。

随时提醒自己要唱出清澈、自信、自然的题目。人很容易受旧习惯制约，或是在精神紧绷时被情绪牵着走。唱题时候就是唱题，不要一边看书，不要做任何其他事情。

读书的时间读书，唱题的时间就是"专心唱题"。好好唱完题目之后，你可以看点书。也许你唱完题目马上要出门去工作，也许你有其他事要忙，不管生活再怎么忙碌，【千万不要来个匆忙的唱题，唱题当下就是要专注、从容，如此集中精神的题目，才会消灭业障）。

更加重要的是，唱题时不要划手机，如果真的不能够专心，那么开着唱题的声音，和音频一起唱题，还是可以的。6

池田先生说过，为了广宣流布而行动。为了广布，想拿出"信心胜利"的实证而奋起时，必然会蒙受无法用言语形容的大功德。

上班也一样，为公司卖力，公司才会发给你薪水。为了御本尊的愿望、广宣流布行动，其结果必有功德，这是当然的事。光会向御本尊要东西，好像御本尊有义务要给与功德似的。

戶田先生常说，这种"信心"就像乞丐信心。而指导说：【要抱着勇于为广宣流布赌命奋斗的信心，如果坚持愿拼命守护御本尊和妙法的信心，三世十方的佛、菩萨，必会守护这个人，无量的诸天、佛、菩萨必然会拼命报答一心想做广宣流布宣弘妙法的人，。

总之，唱题的时间是拿来"灌溉你的生命"，而不是让你去思考策略

。唱题的时间是"滋润法性"，而不是规划一天的行程，在脑海里想象你的"目标"，而不是策略和过程，祝福大家心想事成。7

Persisting in the challenge of building peace through dialogue | The Japan Times

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/2024/01/26/special-supplements/persisting-challenge-building-peace-dialogue/

Persisting in the challenge of building peace through dialogue

Jan 26, 2024

Daisaku Ikeda meets with Nelson Mandela in Tokyo in October 1990, shortly after Mandela's release from prison. | SEIKYO SHIMBUN

Daisaku Ikeda devoted his life to promoting peace through dialogue. He published dialogues with over 70 international figures and issued peace proposals on Jan. 26 every year between 1983 and 2022 to mark the founding of Soka Gakkai International. Soka Gakkai is a global community-based Buddhist organization that promotes peace, culture and education, and SGI is an international association of Soka Gakkai and a nongovernmental organization in consultative status with the U.N. Economic and Social Council.

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Kosenrufu …Excerpts from Creative Life 03/2024, pg.39-40

广宣流布是佛意佛敕，也是我们的大愿。但若认为早晚应该会有人去做、 与自己无关，广宣流布是不会有进展 的。*即使踏出一小步、一厘米也好，在自己决定要一人奋起的那一刻，广布的车轴便开始转动。*

于创价学会作为世界宗教大展双翼、创立百年(2030年)近在咫尺的今天，此原则依然不变。

*回想起在第二次世界大战后的日本荒野，独自许下广宣流布誓愿、一人立起开始从事救度人类这场慈悲正义大法战的，就是恩师户田城圣先生。*

先生于70年前(1952年)的新年出发之际疾呼:"广宣流布的时机将到!"  *鼓励各位同志要成为"勇敢的折伏斗士"、"广宣流布的人"!*

摘自：《创价人生》3/2024，第39页

Kosen-rufu is the Buddha's intent and our great vow. But if we think someone else will accomplish it someday, nothing will ever hapen. *The wheels of kosen-rufu start to turn only when we decide to stand up ourselves and move forward, even if only an inch or a step.*

This is just as true today, as the Soka Gakkai continues to spread its wings as a global religious movement in the run-up to our centennial [in 2030]

*It was my mentor, Josei Toda. who, amid the devastation of postwar Japan, stood up alone with a vow to achieve kosen-rufu and began his compassionate, righteous struggle to relieve the suffering of all people.*

Seventy years ago, as he looked towards the new year of 1952, Mr Toda declared that the time of kosen-rufu had come. *He called upon the members to strive as "courageous champions of propagation" and "people dedicated to kosen-rufu".*

Excerpts from Creative Life 03/2024, pg.39-40

理事长的吊唁

亲爱的林雋强先生。

 得知您的母亲谢秀英女士逝世的消息，深为痛惜。

失去至亲的悲痛谁也无法衡量。

可是， 因为受持妙法，您的至亲所享有的福运和功德将永远 装饰和辉耀他的生命。

这是佛的教导。也是我的坚定确信。

日莲大圣人教示:"崇奉自己内心的妙法莲华经为本尊，自己内心中的佛性受到南无妙法莲华经呼唤显出的当体，称呼它为佛。"

又教示:"口中唱出妙法，我们身中的佛性听到呼唤也一定会显现出来。

梵王、帝释的佛性听到呼唤，就会守护我们。"

我谨此庄重而诚恳地祈愿您的至亲成佛。

新加坡创价学会理事长

吴锦华

Culture: Cultivating the Human Spirit: Overview | Daisaku Ikeda Official Website

https://www.daisakuikeda.org/

Overview | Daisaku Ikeda Official Website

Cultivating the Human Spirit: Overview

"Human beings are each a microcosm. Living here on Earth, we breathe the rhythms of a universe that extends infinitely above us. When resonant harmonies arise between this vast outer cosmos and the inner human cosmos, poetry is born."1 [Read full text]--Daisaku Ikeda

Ikeda taking photos in Hokkaido, 1990

Daisaku Ikeda often spoke of the importance of what he called the "poetic spirit." This is not limited to words on a page. What he was describing is an attitude of the heart, an openness to the world, a vital sense of the connection between one's life and the life within all things. The "poetic spirit" is the impulse, the vibrancy, at the core of all artistic expression--music, art, dance and literature.

"The poetic spirit," said Ikeda, himself an acclaimed poet, "has the power to 'retune' and reconnect a discordant, divided world."2 For Ikeda, art and culture are more than forms of entertainment. They are the living expression of the human spirit and the chords that connect not only individuals but cultures, drawing them together in recognition of our common humanity.

As Ikeda wrote, "The life and essence of art--whether it be painting, music, or dance--lies in expressing through a wellspring of emotion the universal realm of the human spirit. It is a melding of the individual and the universal. That is why great art reaches out beyond ethnic and national barriers to move people all over the world."3

And, "To deepen one's understanding of music is to gain a closer insight into the very source of human culture; it is a quest leading to the quintessence of humanity. A love for music unites people and strengthens the pulse of peace and creativity."4

There is a direct link between art and culture and peace. Much of Ikeda's life and energy focused, in various ways, on exploring and revitalizing this connection, at both an individual and institutional level. He founded an international concert association and fine arts museums to promote peace through cultural exchange and he was, as mentioned, a prolific poet and author as well as photographer.

The Buddhist movement that Ikeda headed could itself be described as a movement to encourage the "poetic spirit" within all people. He described it as a movement to nurture and cultivate the potential within human life and bring peace and culture to blossom through the ideals of Buddhism.

Art, he affirmed, is an irrepressible and natural expression of humanity, and it is also inextricably linked to religion, in as much as it functions or seeks to effect the "melding of the individual and the universal."5

One sees in Ikeda's description of the poet the shared spirit of the bodhisattva, a person who relieves the suffering of others: "A poet is one who offers people words of courage and hope, seeking the perspective--one step deeper, one step higher--that makes tangible the enduring spiritual realities of our lives."6 [Read full text]

The arts and culture function to revitalize and restore the human spirit and humanity itself. "Our planet is scarred and damaged, its life systems threatened with collapse . . . Modern civilization will be healthy only when the poetic spirit regains its rightful place."7 [Read full text]

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Encouragement by R1 chief kin fai at Chingay participant meeting 29/1/2024

In the New Human Revolution Volume 22, Currents chapter, there was an episode on Shinichi attending a Convention and spoke to a man who had taken time off to support the convention. He told the man that:

"There are many reasons for events like this and other Soka Gakkai activities, but from the perspective of the individual, they provide opportunities to challenge, polish and strengthen ourselves - to carry out our human revolution. Precisely because of our Buddhist faith and practice, and because we are busy, we need to work with even greater efficiency and do a good job. By rising to that challenge, we can become better people. That's why Soka Gakkai activities and events are opportunities to polish ourselves as human beings."

In another episode, while he was asking the members about their jobs, Shinichi approached one young man who had quit his job to help prepare for the convention. The young man said with a dissatisfied expression: "The pay wasn't very good, and they didn't recognise my abilities. My bosses said I had a bad work attitude and complained about me all the time. I'm convinced that I will be able to find a better job through the benefits gained from chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo very hard and doing my best here at the convention."

Shinichi's face clouded over. He knew he had to tell this young man the true meaning of faith.

"Maybe you had good reasons to quit your job, but your attitude is wrong.

Of course, it's important to chant and do your best in Soka Gakkai activities. But if you only focus on your Buddhist practice without making an honest effort at your workplace, you're just escaping from reality. So long as you have that attitude, the results will be the same, no matter where you work.

Shinichi didn't want members to lapse into an easy going, mistaken view of their faith. Nichiren Buddhism is a philosophy of human revolution, and it provides a practice for forging and polishing our lives so that we can be strong and wise, so that we may rise to every challenge that life presents and triumph over it. ‎

 "Now, that's the right attitude. You'll never win a swim meet just through your Buddhist practice. Buddhism is reason. A Buddhist doesn't simply pray to win without making any effort. If that was Buddhism, it would only teach people to be lazy and corrupt."

The youth looked at Shinichi intently and listened carefully.

"As a Soka Gakkai member, "Shinichi continued, "you need to work harder than anyone else at your job and, to become as efficient and productive as possible, study and think hard. Faith and prayer enables us to bring forth a strong life force and the necessary wisdom to succeed in the endeavour.

Every job demands not only hard work but also presents a variety of other challenges, such as difficulties with relationships. But your job is a place where you can polish and perfect yourself as a person." ‎

It's very important to give it your full effort, become the top performer in your workplace and win the trust of those around you. This will improve your performance and reputation, and you'll earn a raise in salary. And if that were to occur, you would regard your workplace as the most optimum.

"During Gongyo each morning, you should pray with determination to do your best at your job that day, become a victor in your workplace, and demonstrate the power of your Buddhist faith, That's the key to fully manifesting your greatest strength and wisdom. That's the Soka Gakkai spirit." ‎

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Of course it is not easy, but it is not impossible either. Just as Sensei teaches, if we want to perform well, all of us must have the right attitude.

If I am the WD who is not so good with my steps, I will practice harder and determine to be the best performer and win the trust of my fellow participants. If I am the MD who is always late or absent, I will do my best and determine not to be late or absent so that I will not let my fellow participants down.

No matter how the dance steps may change and how challenging it is, I must determine to make good use of this Chingay platform to do my own human revolution, and I must do my best in my role, become a victor, and prove the power of my faith.

We must understand that a successful performance requires the cooperation, commitment and dedication of every performer. Now there are about 3 weeks left to the actual show, let's do our best together and encourage each other along the way. If there are shortcomings, make good, and if there are areas that we have done well, perfect it. I hope all of you will do your very best in the remaining training session and rehearsals and advance together in itai-doshin to present a perfect and excellent performance on the actual day.

Is this ok? Thank you.

The Pride of Being Josei Toda’s Disciple - World Tribune

https://www.worldtribune.org/2024/the-pride-of-being-josei-todas-disciple/

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