we mentioned a lot of times that we would like to achieve 'absolute happiness' with our buddhist practice with chanting nam myo ho renge kyo.
but what is 'absolute happiness'?
if we ask ourselves this question: have we got really sad and angry, i mean for a prolonged period of time, because someone has mistreated us, or a so called ' loved one' deserted us? if yes, then we are placing our happiness in the discretion of other people. if someone is nice to us, we are happy, if not, we are unhappy. how miserable can our life be under these circumstances? we are just like puppets on the strings, pulled by other peoples hands.
therefore, in way of buddhism, absolute happiness is: i am going to be happy no matter what.
i read a story about an old man. he was going into an age care home. people ask him: will u be happy there? he said: yes, i will be because i have already set my mind to be happy no matter what the environment turns out to be.
there is a SGI member in hongkong, my mentors husband, mr. wong, he has a huge turmour in his liver which burst, and before he had operation, i could see him attending all our buddhist meetings in the centre, all well, up and smiling, there is no way we can tell that his life is in danger.
he even said: well i have told everyone how good and powerful our chanting is, so now is my turn to prove it. during the operation, he had 1/3 of his liver cut off, but after the operation, he DID NOT EVEN NEED ONE PAIN KILLER, there was no pain. also, in the second day, he could start eating. he is now undergoing chemo, and will speak of his experience in our hong kong 5.3 meeting april 30.
so, that is absolute happiness, no matter what.
having said so much, how could we achieve this kind of life state? yes, by faith, have faith in the gohonzon, have faith in yourself, have faith that: everything will be turn out fine, and with our chanting nam myo ho renge kyo, we have the power to turn everything into a benefit.
cheers
lydia
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