New Delhi residents find tranquillity in Buddhist chanting
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Busy New Delhi residents are finding tranquillity in Buddhist chanting.
The rhythmic mantras are offering practitioners a chance to be mindful and present in the moment.
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They chant in unison.
A group of six people from across the Indian capital, office workers, homemakers, students, people who belong to different faiths, gather to repeatedly chant Buddhist mantras.
Devotees say it brings practitioners spiritual solace or just a break from the cacophony of New Delhi's crowded streets.
Buddhism has a history of drawing outsiders: Hollywood celebrities, agnostics, Christians and Jews who have lost touch with their own religions, attracted by Buddhism's easy rituals and lack of dogma.
Now, Buddhist chanting has come to the upper-middle class enclaves of some of the most crowded, noisy and stressful cities in the world, drawing in thousands of Indians - most of them Hindu - in search of something to soothe their troubles.
At a recent chanting session in a middle-class New Delhi neighbourhood, participants quietly sat down on thin mattresses on the floor in the carpeted basement of a residential building, with their legs folded under them and hands joined in prayer.
Facing an ornate wooden altar that contains the Gohonzon - a scroll with the chant "Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo" inscribed on it that is venerated - they begin chanting.
Latecomers seamlessly join in, blending their voices with the ongoing rhythm.
Soon the tempo picks up speed and builds to a crescendo before slowing as the chanters gather their breath.
The repetitive mantra is accompanied by the clicking of wooden beads and one of the chanters striking a gong at intervals.
" I was like, over forty years old when I started chanting and that's when I realized its never too late I found a way of life that I could achieve my dream,"
says Ruma Roka, aged 54, who runs an institute for young people with hearing disabilities.
She spends her work day teaching young deaf adults, training them to find mainstream jobs in banking and hospitality.
Roka's work is physically and emotionally draining and after a long day, she looks forward to her chanting session.
"They (the young deaf adults) have gone through so much rubbish and torture in their lives, kids are not getting employed, I wouldn't not be able to survive. I would run.. I would have a compassion deficit. When I go home and I chant I appreciate my life," Roka says.
The Buddhist phrase "Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo" means the law of cause and effect.
Repeatedly chanting the phrase was started by a 13th century Japanese priest named Nichiren Daishonin, who believed that it would enable chanters to realize the "inner Buddhahood" that lies dormant within every human being.
The chanting itself does not require much.
Practitioners sit facing a blank wall or in a place where they will not be distracted.
Ideally, they would face an altar containing the Gohonzon.
Some loop a string of beads over their hands that they put together in prayer.
Chanting is done with the eyes open, with the beads helping to focus on the sonorous sound of the invocation.
Hindus who chant on a regular basis say they see no conflict with their traditional religious beliefs because the basic tenets of all religions are the same.
Gaurav Saboo, 34, works as an executive in an international bank and puts in long hours at the office each day
He has been chanting for 15 years, and credits the practice for his success.
After he cleared his accountancy examinations at the young age of 21, his career has soared.
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Please please pray for my mother she is suffering from Brest cancer it’s her surgery this 26th March please pray everything goes perfect and fine
It's a mystic law which works mystically in our lives and faith is the key to uphold and enter this realm.
can wishes be fulfilled by chanting yhis
priyanka singh yes
Pls send number of north delhi group for chanting
Great. I live in Los Angeles and chant Nam Myoho Renge Kyo with Sokka Gakkai members and it has changed my life for better.
I am originally from Iran and am very happy to know that Nam Myoho Renge Kyo is becoming internationally known.
Ebrahim Rafatjah
SGI is a cult not the true Buddhism.
Hi..i am sgi from Philippines.. there are really people who are insecure with SGI especially the Temple sects.. hope nam myoho renge kyo will spread in Iran
Me too. My life has changed for the better and so has my immediate social environment.
@Horst Biebl
What do you mean? I am letting SGI.members know it is the worst cult.
Let me know if it were not a cult.
Not trolling but informing the facts.
SGI is a cult. I suggest that everyone leave and get your life back.
@Horst Biebl
NY times 1
Its most dramatic step toward the mainstream came early last month when Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi named a new coalition cabinet, formally allying his long-governing Liberal Democratic Party with New Komeito, a political party created by Soka Gakkai in 1964.
Public opinion polls have shown widespread disapproval of New Komeito's entry into the government. For many Japanese, still shaken by the 1995 nerve gas attack in the Tokyo subways by another once-obscure sect, Soka Gakkai has many of the markings of a cult, and crosses the strict divide between church and state established after World War II.
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Many people uneasy about its rise regard both the religious group and the political party as little more than the personal instruments of Soka Gakkai's longtime leader and now honorary chairman, Daisaku Ikeda. An enigmatic figure who has called himself the ''anti-authority'' but clearly relishes meeting world leaders, Mr. Ikeda, 71, travels the world with his message of peace, even as his followers have sometimes used violence to deal with critics.
Namo Buddha! (I like Buddhists very much.)
Budhisam is way of life
Yes, but SGI is NOT Buddhism.
This chant is so powerful
Powerful it is not. Maybe you can get some kind of tranquility but chanting is no match for the truly powerful people who have powerful positions.
Wow, “compassion deficit” is what I am suffering from. I will go home and chant to appreciate my life 🙏🏾
😂😮77833😢
Buddhism is best in Wald
Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō (南無妙法蓮華經; sometimes truncated phonetically as Nam Myōhō Renge Kyō) (English: Devotion to the Mystic Law of the Lotus Sutra / Glory to the Dharma of the Lotus Sutra) are religious words chanted within all forms of Nichiren Buddhism.
नमो म्यो ह्यो रेन्गेंग क्यों....🙏💕
Beautiful....Love u all
Thank you
Really this is miracle mantra in world
SANGHAMITRA SENAPATI myoho = mystic
It is the mystic law, the law that permeates in every phenomena of the universe.
Enjoy your Buddhism practice, my friend.
@@ForeverSensei2030 any conditions for chanting ..like no smoking , non veg eating like any conditions...
@@rajraja6507 we have no conditions like that. Please chant in peace and enjoy. If you’re in India, you can reach Bharat Soka Gakkai for proper guidance on how to practice.
@@ForeverSensei2030 yes iam frm india and you,
@@ForeverSensei2030 how to contact him please tell I'm from india
Loved your story. Encouraging. Best of luck. NMHRK
wow!!! I am from Kolkata... kaikan nam myoho renge kyo 😇
Dada what does this mean
All lotuses all chakras will be opened by pronouncing
In the land where Buddhism started
Ironic -- the Japanese used to learn the Sanskrit Lotus Sutra and now the Indians are learning the Japanese Lotus Sutra. Lotus Sutra chanting is taking the world by storm!
Lotus Sutra hi
It would be helpful if you could let me know how to chant correctly. It sounds like nam yo ho ringe kyo. Is it correct?
Thanks
AHappyGirl * it's Nam Myoho renge kyo
Ankur Singh
Thanks for replying😊
Is it ok if I say the words once in each breath or should I chant fast.
AHappyGirl * you can chant according to your own comfort. The speed of chanting depends on your wish:)
Ankur Singh Thank you so much. 😊
Always happy since 1970 Shoshu.Japan.
Please pray for me and my family
karishma kumari Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo .... Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo .... Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo
karishma kumari but the bottom line is please keep chanting everyday. More and more is better.
You can Chant for yourself it works better that way .Your Life is POWERFUL CHANT Nam myoho renge kyo
Nope!..... You have to pray for your family and for you. That is your life, your responsability.
How does India. The country from which Buddhism was born. Get so turned around when it comes to Buddhism? Amazing
Watch Doug's dharma yt video on this topic
Hindu Destroy Buddhissm in India. Now Dalits of India Are Converting to Buddism. Many Buddhist Vihar are Converted inTo Hindu Temple. Most anciant Temple of India Hindu say they are Hindu Temple. But Origanaly they Buddhist Vihar. They converted Bodhisatva into Hindu God.
Can u all please chant for my father he has been terminated from his job due to false court case and his next and may be final hearing on 8 September please pray for him and we'll get justice . our family are facing financial crises also due to all this n today we got notice for leave home also this time we don't have home Also . please pray for us plz🙏
God bless you. Nam myoho renge kyo
God bless you
Hare Krishna
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I love it!
Wonderful melodious Daimoku
Extremely nice experience
Nam Myoho Range Kyo
Prashant Pradhan
Hi
What is the correct way to pronounce the chant? I can hear nam yo ho ring ge kyo from the group chanting. Is it correct?
Thanks
Great Soka Gakkai New Delhi , from Soka Gakkai Peru.
I hope you can leave from SGI because it is the destructive cult.
Does anyone knows about such groups in mumbai..Even I wanna join this
Thank u universe ...plz bless me I need lots of money bcoz of I bay for other person...
❤❤Nam myoho renge kyo 🙏😊
🙏🙏🙏
Kindly pray for my perfect life partner 🙏
Iam hear for you.. will u marry me☺
Please Mere Liye bhi Dua Karo Mere Liye bhi Dua Karo please mujhe bhi Mera kam mein tarkki mile mein bhi Aakar padhunga business Nahin chalta chal Jaaye please Mere Liye Dua Karo please
Is there any group in delhi which chants... Like group chanting sessions now happening
"The Buddha states: “Have no fear of mad elephants. What you should fear are evil friends! Why? Because a mad elephant can only destroy your body; it cannot destroy your mind. But an evil friend can destroy both body and mind. A mad elephant can destroy only a single body, but an evil friend can destroy countless bodies and countless minds."
Nam Myoho Renge kyo
Nam Myoho Range Kyo
Nam Myoho Renge kyo
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
I am from Sri Lanka
මම ත් මේ බුදු දහම අදහනවා
@@sachinidias357 Can get more benefits chant more and more
@@wijesirimuththettowage5202 tell me about that please ..i start this chant in this month ..i don't know how to do this properly
071 4929998 durakathanayata kata karanna
@@sachinidias357 Chant wherever and whenever you want it. In the beginning, you may no be able to control your mind. But as you chant more and more NAM MYO HO REN GE KYO your mind become serene and you begin to focus on the Gohonzon (mantra/NAM MYO HO REN GE KYO). This state of life is called HOKKE ZANMAI which is the most enjoyable state of faith devoted in the Gohonzon (NAM MYO HO REN GE KYO).
Look out for more info at SGI website. We have members throughout the world.
That Buddhist chanting originated in Sanskrit or Prakrit (Pali) in Buddha 's days in India. I am wondering why Indians in Delhi are reciting in Japanese? And Horengekyo 【法蓮華）means Lotus Sutra (Saddhama Pundrika Sutra in Sanskrit). Some Buddhist sects are denying the originality of it as Buddha's teaching.
Unlike Hinduism which is Sanskrit only, Buddhism can be translated into different languages and practiced in different languages.
It is powerful in Japanese.
@@saddha1 Wrong. The fact that you had to immediately draw a comparison to Hinduism shows that you know little about Buddhism and its Dharmic connection to Hinduism since time immemorial.
Anyways, Hinduism exists in the hundreds of languages of India, with Sanskrit only taking prime importance because of Vedas, but there are numerous texts in local languages which people still speak today like Awadhi, Braj, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Indonesian, Thai, Javanese and guess what...even PALI, which Buddhists find so important themselves.
So the comparison with Hinduism was unnecessary.
@Khine Nein Lunn
Indians in Delhi are globalized citizens, much like Indians in most of the metro cities like Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai. Such people often are exposed to foreign cultures more so than the rest of Indians and hence, they feel comfortable and actually really like incorporating elements of cultures from outside India in their lives.
Buddhism did originate in India, however today, India is not a powerful enough country even for Hindus, let alone Buddhists who today are very miniscule in number. Indian Hindus still consider Buddha as part of their pantheon of Gods but....they have lost their cultural touch with him because of absence of a strong Buddhist faith and culture in a significant majority of people anymore.
Because of this, Buddhism today is seen more iconically with North East Asian countries like China, Japan, Korea or South East Asian countries like Vietnam, Thailand or Cambodia, since it is a stronger part of the people's culture there. And this is why, Indians themselves are learning of Buddhism back again from these countries. It's almost like a karmic circle completing, first India propagated Buddhism to the East, now the East is bringing Buddhist philosophies back to India, a perfect example of cultural balance and harmony.
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I am getting the best effect only by the "om" Chant.
God please muje depression a nikla lo ..I am facing this last 17years
Meditation karo kisi chamatkar k pixe mat pado khudpe bishwas karo
God nahi hota jo v karnahey khud karnahey
Muje is mantra ke bare me datails chahiye ki kese karte he kab karte he hand me jo mala he wo kese milagi
how can I join Buddhism group ??
suniti kumari keep chant nam myoho renge kyo one day somebody come to u :) good question u asked
suniti kumari email me at mallikaranawat@gmail.com. I will get you connected
suniti kumari
Do not! SGI is a cult not the true Buddhism.
Mallika Ranawat
SGI is a cult not the true Buddhism.
Please refrain from promoting this cult.
@Nirupama Swamy
What does Kosen Rufu? This is one of millions of examples that how SGI redefine the Buddhism terminology. SGI is not Buddhism. In order to avoid a great confusion, SGI must refrain from calling SGI doctrine as Buddhism.
Fé ❤
Soka Gakkai (SGI) is a cult.
I live in New Delhi and I want to join you,,,,, b, coz my life is destroying,,,,
You should go to Bodhgaya in Bihar. Learn how to make yourself happy. The Theravada Buddhist monks will teach you the right way to the happiness.
Chant wherever and whenever you want it. In the beginning, you may no be able to control your mind. But as you chant more and more NAM MYO HO REN GE KYO your mind become serene and you begin to focus on the Gohonzon (mantra/NAM MYO HO REN GE KYO). This state of life is called HOKKE ZANMAI which is the most enjoyable state of faith devoted in the Gohonzon (NAM MYO HO REN GE KYO).
Hope you’re okay. Keep your never give up spirit!
南無妙法蓮華経
No dream..want only happiness for.my husband ex-daughter/my husband's entire family.i want a peaceful/joyful/happy environmentlove/happinezz
..
CHANT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN FOR THE HAPPINESS OF ONESELF AND FOR OTHERS
Ib started recently but do I have chant this fast can anyone guide plz
Hey, You can Chant in whatever speed you are comfortable with. Just chant within from your heart and include emotions while Chanting. Also try to keep Chanting in Rythym 😊 You will instantly feel the vibration and energy arising within you 🙏😊
@@digitalrohan9665 thank you so much God bless you 😊💐
Can i recite this mantra as ajapa jaap,i mean silent in my mind anywhere with full attention?
Chant wherever and whenever you want it. In the beginning, you may no be able to control your mind. But as you chant more and more NAM MYO HO REN GE KYO your mind become serene and you begin to focus on the Gohonzon (mantra/NAM MYO HO REN GE KYO). This state of life is called HOKKE ZANMAI which is the most enjoyable state of faith devoted in the Gohonzon (NAM MYO HO REN GE KYO).
How can I join Buddhism group
amit I believe that you can connect with people in your town via Bharat Soka Gakkai (BSG) by calling to the closest BSG center. You can get the number from website. In Thailand, you can find members in any sub districts. Enjoy your practice! With all best wishes from me.
Those who believe in the Lotus Sutra are as if in winter, but winter always turns to spring. Never, from ancient times on, has anyone heard or seen of winter turning back to autumn.
"Winter Always Turns to Spring" (WND, 536)
Welcome
Did u join
Where in Delhi. North Delhi any group where I join
Let’s try 南妙法蓮華経 from Tokyo 🎌📿
Why we cant chant om as it also good..
Any form of chanting is good. It sends positive vibration.
Who has stopped you?
Can we have the full unedited video?
☘️🌷❤️🙏❤️🌷🍀
How can I join
Contact Bharat Soka Gakkai. Enjoy 😊
Contact no.
It’s a japanese buddhist chant
It is not Buddhism.
Did Gautama Siddhārtha tell his students to chant to nammyo paper?
Even he did not preach Lotus take sutra SGI reads. Who wrote Lotus Sutra?
I will be amazed if you don't know that you put your life.That is a blind faith.
@Horst Biebl
Who is the Buddha? Don't you know, Gautama Siddhārtha? He didn't teach your Lotus sutra! Who made up the Lotus Sutra?
If you don't know, don't be irresponsible to propagate something you don't know even who wrote it.As a courtesy of our society, will you refrain from telling as if SGI were the true Buddhism?
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Mai is chant group se jundba chahata hu plz mujhe bhi jude apne group me
Singapore to Malaysia soka tram prime ministers Lee
where is the address
Plz mujhe full information do chant ki.
Daily chant (nam myoho renge kyo) dil se chant karo twice a day jitna time kar sakte ho or biswas rakho ko ek din koi is practice ki koi tumhare pas
Are u chanting if u need help with it lemme know
Mansi Parmar I’m planning to start from today, what is the basic practice I should follow?
@@kritigoel8938 mail me at mansiparmar06@gmail.com now
@@mansiparmar2796 any group in north delhi for chanting pls inform
Sir mai is group se jundna chahta hu
Mai chant bhi kar raha hu last month se
2:49
I had a colleague who used to chant this mantra. I was intrigued but never did it myself. Now I wish to start the chanting. And am not in touch with her. So can someone guide me how to begin chanting.
nmrtkhandelwal
If you wish to free yourself from the sufferings of birth and death you have endured since time without beginning and to attain without fail unsurpassed enlightenment in this lifetime, you must perceive the mystic truth that is originally inherent in all living beings. This truth is Myoho-renge-kyo. Chanting Myoho-renge-kyo will therefore enable you to grasp the mystic truth innate in all life.
"On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime" (WND, 3)
www.sgi.org/about-us/videos/how-to-chant1.html
Hi... You can start chanting using you tube... First listen to the words and then start chanting. Chant as per your own speed and comfort and set your own timing. Also Google the Bharat Sokka Gakkai.
In the meantime, with your permission, after you send me an email, I can connect you with a Member in your city. They'll be able to explain it more and give you a prayer book that will help you with your meditation.
Ashutosh Sharma pls guide me I also want to chant .
@@ashutoshsharmash.pls Guide me Send number of Group in North Delhi.
Hello ! Can anyone help me in Joining ??
Hi i can join
南無妙法蓮華経🔳南無妙法蓮華経
Claracamargo
I wanna be a member as well
Chant wherever and whenever you want it. In the beginning, you may no be able to control your mind. But as you chant more and more NAM MYO HO REN GE KYO your mind become serene and you begin to focus on the Gohonzon (mantra/NAM MYO HO REN GE KYO). This state of life is called HOKKE ZANMAI which is the most enjoyable state of faith devoted in the Gohonzon (NAM MYO HO REN GE KYO).
How to join
Where do you live ?
Nam myo ho renge kyo
In what time we should to do this chant
Not between 12 to 3 afternoon
Pooja Sharma - is that Pooja Arpita Sharma ??? From Mumbai
There is no specific time for chant (daimoku) but yes there is specific timing for gongyo
Pooja Sharma Anytime, my friend. Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo (practice Daimoku) works all the time. Citing two most important chapters of the Lotus Sutra (doing Gongyo) is normally in morning and evening.
A mind now clouded by the illusions of the innate darkness of life is like a tarnished mirror, but when polished, it is sure to become like a clear mirror, reflecting the essential nature of phenomena and the true aspect of reality. Arouse deep faith, and diligently polish your mirror day and night. How should you polish it? Only by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.
"On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime" (WND, 4)
This is not a Buddhist chanting. This is SGI chanting that has no connection with the true buddhism.
kogarashi monji As a Buddhist studies major, I find it to be a bit annoying when people accuse other Buddhist branches as “not real Buddhism”. I’m not speaking as an SGI, member: I’m speaking as someone who would piss off her professor if she made semantical claims about who has copyrights for Buddhism.
My neceizce lovina Gidwani haha introduce me to the practice.chanting has given me courage to live alone. Thanku lovina
@@zazenstudent4910
I am talking about Daishonin Buddhism.
SGI destroyed it. Reply to me after you study what and who Nichiren Daishonin was and what is the core doctrine of it.
I am not interested in your mere emotional discussion.
I am here trying to point out the difference between poison and medicine. We should not talk about what you think and what I think but what Nichiren Daishonin taught us.
I have not put my idea in my comment here.
Thank you.
@Horst Biebl
Horst Biebl· said
(This is the usual troll coming from Nichiren Shoshu.)
Don't be so arrogant, please.
Be responsible for what you said! Provide the documented proof that supports your shallow view to slander Nam Myo horenge kyo.
I was in Soka Gakkai for almost 70 years. I am the last generation of the Toda school.
If you believed Nichiren Daishonin, how could you deny the advent of his life?
How can you even possibly pick the general point of view(Sou) while deny or ignore the specific point of view (Betsu)???
I left Soka Gakkai because the organization went against the will of Nichiren Daishonin.
After Soka Gakkai abandoned the one great secret law and redefined the three great secret laws, I could not slander the core doctrine of Nichiren Daishonin.
Before you give your wrong accusation to my comment, respect Nichiren Daishonin's will. Otherwise, you never get your enlightenment according to Nichiren Daishonin. Reply to Soya
(Soya dono-gohenji)
Quote" Shakyamuni gave a specific transmission to Boddhisatva Jogyo, therefor I Nichiren propagate the law in Japan.
In Buddhism, there are both general and specific ways of interpretation. If such ways of interpretation are confusing
even in the slightest, one can never attain Buddhahood.
Rather, it will be the cause for one to endlessly transmigrate the six paths."Quote
These are the words of the true Buddha Nichiren Daishonin. Not a troll, indeed.
The true buddha said this in his guidance to all of us to chant.
@@zazenstudent4910
Your quetion.
( who has copyrights for Buddhism?)
Nichiren Daishonin has had. Nammyohorengekyo is his life.
I am talking about the Daishonin Buddhism not any other heritcal sects.
Cult
Do not slander true Buddhism.
I don't believe the cult organization that calls Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism as "Nichiren Buddhism" what slandering to Nichiren Daishonin. Toda sensei never call Nichiren.
Always Nichiren Daishonin.
SGI hides Daishonin's true identity by calling him "Nichiren"
SGI destroyed his core teaching.
You must chant the Daimoku of Three Great Secret Laws.
Study Gosho if you have time to read your leader's SGI sokaism.
I left Soka Gakkai because they deviated from the core doctrine of the Daishonin. I was a member of Soka Gakkai about for 70 years. This is so sad that I must criticize the organization I devoted.
I want to marry buddhist girl..anyone
their chanting is way too fast.