WHY DO WE HAVE TO CHANT ?

There are many Buddhists when asked "why he / she / his / her chanting" replied without hesitation that "as much chanting blessings, so we recite." For many Buddhists, chanting is the way to reap blessings for themselves, the relatives and their families.

Many others are said to be chanting the Buddha and Bodhisattva bless the victims from ear to purchase prime may sell, do business development finance, prosperity door. Generally chanting to bring blessings and fortune and life for themselves and their families. Although not reflect the meaning and purpose of chanting in Buddhism, but the answer has become so sticky that of many Buddhists. 1. Buddhist are Buddhist teachings on ethics, practice methods, improvement of body and mind, bring happiness to oneself and others in this life and after, so the chanting has huge ethical sense. Chant first and foremost is to "understand exactly what the Buddha's teaching, application to everyday life, beneficial to themselves and others." Chant is the best opportunity we can learning, thinking about the Buddha's teachings and apply them to everyday life of us. It is the application of Buddhist teachings, the thinking process and experience, enabling us to reap what we want in life, like the peace and happiness. Of the chant itself has no merits at all, if people refused to recite the prayer to focus on finding the hidden idea in it. The forms and habits chanting like a machine set up, obviously not yield any practical results, in contrast also takes time, effort that does not have to do anything useful. Of Buddhist sutras as the maps, is guiding our life guide rightly, to harvest happiness in this life and hereafter. Read maps to know the path to the right path, to come to the right destination. The path is the sacred path of eight elements: the true perspective, thinking rightly, words rightly, act rightly, the true professional, true effort, mindfulness and meditation righteous. This is where the three Buddhas have gone through, destroying the roots of suffering and attain peace and freedom. Buddhists need to think hard to remember and apply it to a middle path order save himself, through the guidance of Buddhist scriptures. In other words, learning is chanting of the Buddha Dharma to Dharma application to life, bring peace and happiness for themselves. 2. Buddhist chanting is also a good opportunity to help us improve and develop three industrial clean and quiet. In the hour of chanting, thanks to the specialized focus on prayer, our minds end the world cling to the coast. Our minds thus become pure and platonic. Our mind away from the psychology of greed, hatred, ignorance and other negative psychological and detrimental to the mind, emotions, personality and morality itself. In a sitting position for real chanting, our bodies gradually became calm, pure, so that we avoid all the evil acts of the body such as killing, stealing, sexual any primary education. In addition, the prayer recited by mouth, the word nature untruthful, cruel, more and say less nonsense no chance to develop. When prayer is our mouth sang the words moral, intellectual, by which we have the opportunity to cultivate the good seeds. Thus, in the chanting of action, we rid ourselves of bad karma was ten, three of the mind, body and three of four of the words. In other words, while chanting we have trained three of his career on the path of honesty and ethics. The training that helps us to rid ourselves of bad karma, good set of decorations. The chanting thus became a religious body, speech and mind in Buddhism. In general, the purpose of chanting in Buddhism not to pay all or calculation of the Buddha, which is to understand exactly what Buddha, and applications in everyday life. Chanting, praying not to Buddha and Bodhisattva for his household, family and relatives from ear to victims, promoted and earn prosperity, longevity growth, depending on the heart of prayer, the wall as attention. Chant also not a sale or exchange of health, property, wealth and good fortune. Chant to cultivate three purification industry, development of healthy, moral life, selflessness and altruism, for themselves and their peace and happiness. To be so, while chanting, even Buddhists have a mind towards economic content, deeply inscribed Buddhist teachings of truth, applied to each specific case of life, to overcome suffering, extracted the root of suffering is greed, hatred and delusion. Chant such a practice: healing the evil away, a three industrial peace, the development of virtue in all of us. Chant has many benefits like so diligently to Buddhist chanting Buddha's teachings. How chanting chanting in the way Buddhism is somewhat different depending on the tradition. In Theravada, the chant is merely reciting the Buddha, to remember what he taught further and to put into life when the proper conditions. In Mahayana Buddhism, chanting has become a ritual and ceremony but really, with the support of the gas and legal instruments, like bells, gong, drum, ornamental, festivities, etc. ... This chant in many which has become a music festival scholarships bass tone, melodic, inspired good cause in the listener. Whether you follow any traditional way, the important point to note is that you recite to understand and apply Buddha's teachings to life. Thus, while the chant, you do not let technology become the praise its chief worshipers, although this technique may help ease the procedural and compose your mind and listeners trust arises. The content and ideas is part of the business 'core' that we need to focus deep to be able to be acquired completely. Therefore, just focus on 'technical procedural' no business to be listening, the chanting could become useless and time consuming. The process must focus entirely on the economic sense, think and relate the meaning of it, to understand the teachings of the Buddha (more Buddhist chanting clever fake glasses马understanding and application to life daily. It is the prayer of the application life truly bring blessings, peace and liberation for us. Therefore, one should not only verbally but also chant to recite by heart. recitation in mind we can avoid such attitudes to pay all chanting the Buddha or repeat like a robot, just a sound but not the Chief Justice was initiated as a true faith understanding and attitudes to He even practiced the Dhamma. recitation by heart as soon as they chant, we are residing in every moment of this state and is the foundation for intellectual outflow, liberation arises. Thus, in an act of recitation by heart, three states have about the gift may be eligible due to attentive attitude to find out the reason. In short, not recite the blessing that occasion to demand an opportunity to hone For three pure, peaceful. Chant is not prayer, begging that is when we should apply, compose your mind, thinking about his teachings, to application in daily life. Chant also learning the Dharma, true faith arises about the Buddha's teaching. Chant to sow the seeds of compassion and intelligence to the mind, to reap the fruits of peace and happiness in the and future, for ourselves and others. Chant is significant as a positive moral, mortal Buddhist disciple should diligently reciting scriptures to the message of compassion and wisdom of the Buddha shines our life all living beings. END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.( TAM THANH ).MHDT.19/6/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).