●Teachings of HONMON BUTSURYUSHU
1. TRUE BUDDHISM HONMON BUTSURYUSHU
g. LAW OF KARMA
(The law of cause and effect regulating one's future life):
Are you familiar with the word Karma? Sigmund Freud, founder of psychoanalysis and Karl Jung, are doctors who have made studies of the unconscious mind.
Buddhism has expounded more deeply the functions of the unconscious mind, but it is difficult to explain it in detail in this short space. The writer will explain what Buddha said about Karma. Our daily activities, such as seeing, hearing, thinking, and what we have done are recorded in the"Arayashiki" (The most fundamental consciousness. ) It stores all potential energy, the mental and physical manifestation of one's existence and supply the substance to all existences. Arayashiki also receives impressions from all functions of other consciousness and retains them as potential energy for their future manifestations and activities.
In Buddhism, the various experiences recorded deep in the conscious is referred to as "Shuji". The term refers to the energy or force that gives rise to each existence or act. Innumerable seeds are stored in the eight consciousness of each individual, and, when ripened,particular seeds produce their manifestations. The manifestations in turn leave their impressions in the eight consciousness.
"Shuji" means that every individual himself has the spiritual power and energy to calculate his or her own destiny. In other words, the action one takes by mouth, mind, and heart will eventually determine his or her future destiny and is recorded in the "Arayashiki"
For example, Professor Brian L. Weiss, renowned psychiatrist, used hypnosis to delve into people's lives of the past world and compared them with their present life. He says, "People who suffered in the past world have similar experience in this world. A woman married to a husband who resorted to violence in this world showed to have acted in a similar fashion in the past world. The alcoholics who ruined their lives in this world lived in a similar manner in the past world. Even after rebirth, people's lives show similar patterns in this world as those of the past. Professor Weiss introduced many such cases.
Professor Joel. L. Whitton's researches have also revealed that there are similarities in the way people live today and the past. Professor Whitton is the author of the book entitled, "Life Between Life", and is a member of the Psychiatric Department of Toronto University.In Buddhism, these patterns are called Karma.
The most important aims of HBS are:
a. Eradication of one's bad Karma which has been sowed into the "Arayashiki of the past world.
b. Guiding one into a better environment in order to build a good Karma in this present world to prepare them for the future world.
By chanting the "Odaimoku" and listening to it carefully the good seeds of Buddhahood will be sowed into
the"Arayashiki", and the bad Karma will be eradicated. Simultaneously, the pure power of Buddha contained in the "Odaimoku"will build you a better Karma which can be stored in the" Arayashiki". In this manner, HBS's faith will purify the body and soul.
Kenji Miyazawa, a famous Japanese poet, writer and chemist, said, "To chant the "Odaimoku" appears to be old fashioned and superstitious, but no matter how much you research it or think about it, it is not so. If you meet a stumbling block have faith in it and chant the"Odaimoku". This is a million time more realistic than the fertilizers of my plan.
Saint Nichiren said, "Ambers draw dust. Magnets have the power to attract irons. The sins made in the past and present worlds are like the dust and the irons. The "Odaimoku" is the magnet and amber.
The"Odaimoku"attracts our sinful inequities, and will rescue us from our deep sins. It is something to be thankful for. How can we refrain from chanting it?"
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