使命

有相士說，男士的財代表妻妾，所以，如果男士財多，就一定不專一。其實，在因果法則裡，財只是一個緣，要帶出宿業，包括感情業。生命是永遠的，每一個行為，都在種植善或惡因。今生的痛苦，就是過去世帶來的。

這些業障跟隨每一生的生滅，如果沒有方法去轉換，就會不斷增加苦楚。因為最初種下的惡業種子，已經成長為一棵宿命大樹，想要連根拔起，是多麼的辛苦。

生命是《南無妙法蓮華經》小宇宙，是佛界的明鏡生命。

當明鏡沾上了厚厚的塵埃時，必須把塵埃掃去，才能不再迷惘。從唱唸《南無妙法蓮華經》，明鏡漸漸擦亮，發出光輝，看到世間的無常，只有心安穩，才是真正的幸福。

漸漸地，從唱題中，自己佛界生命打開了，看到所有無常，都只是世間的生滅變化。佛界的生命，是慈悲的生命，所有過去的經歷，成為與經歷同樣痛苦的人分享的寶貴經驗，令他們也能離開苦海。於是，以往的痛苦宿命，化為使命，成為善因，種下不少慈悲的種子，宿命轉換了，生命就自由無礙了。

Gohonzon

The Gohonzon is more like an object for one to focus the chanting on, however this 'object' contains all  different aspects of our life, and the life of the universe (from a professor on cosmology: we and all things of the universe incl stars and planets are composed of the same elements: metal, wood, water, fire and wind).  we are not worshipping anything, if at all, we are  RESPECTING  our own life, and lives of other people because LIFE IS PRECIOUS.

 

when we are looking at the gohonzon chanting, its like when we are looking into a mirror, therein we can see our life more clearly:  ie reasons for our misfortune, why we are not happy, etc.  as we chant, our spiritual being is elevated and we are looking from atop, with a much clearer vision.

 

afterall buddhism says all reasons for our unhappiness and suffering lie within ourselves, but most of the time we dont realize it, and keep making the same mistakes over and over again, this is what we call 'karma'.  by seeing things more clearly, we are able to change our thinking and  behavioral pattern, reacting differently to situations and thereby help changing our karma.