A beautiful letter (written in 2006)

Below is a letter I have received from a lovely lady I met five years ago in Melbourne.  At that time she seemed lost and not very happy.  I have told her about our chanting.  Since then we communicated for a while and then I thought I have lost her until I have received the following letter:

15.3.06

Dear Lydia,

How are you?  I’m sorry that it has been so long between my communications, but I stumbled across your address yesterday and was excited about telling you a story!

Ever since meeting you at the Crown Casino I have had the chant that you gave to me written on a piece of card next to my bed.  It has been a story that I have shared with nearly everyone who crossed my path and I hold the words/chant in special regard.

Four years ago I met a man on the Geelong train and wrote down Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo for him – underneath in brackets I wrote (BRINGS ABOUT THE HIGHEST GOOD).  We did not exchange names or details, we just had a spiritual conversation about what had happened in our lives.

Anyway, last year I was cast in a play in the Melbourne Festival and met a lovely man who becomes my boyfriend. It wasn’t until I saw a book on his bookshelf that I was reminded of a conversation on a train 4 years ago- and I said to him “you don’t have a habit of talking to young girls on trains, do you?” and he said “No”, but then he said – ‘Oh, I did once’ – She gave me a Chinese word …. And I said

“Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo ????”

Ha ha…..

We are very happy together….  This story rings true in our hearts and brings us much joy and wonderment.  Ever since I have been meaning to share it with you because you gave me such hope when I was lost and needed direction.

Thank you so much!!!

I hope that you are happy and well – and that miraculous things are happening to you too!!!

Love, 

From Lydia:

Such a beautiful letter, such a beautiful story, all started with her respect for the chanting and her compassion to share with everyone who came across her path.  We never know that just a simple act of  mentioning of this chanting to other people can have such a great effect on our own, and other people’s lives.