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Who's praying?

As we constantly pray, we may begin to feel that sound, breathing, and perception occur as the same process, with no self clearly separated. Understanding this point is not a denial of identity, but a view of the nature of the emergence of experience at that moment.

# Nichiren # Nammyo Horeg Kyo # Mind# Dharma is easy to understand # Consciousness

# Lemon 8 invites # This life

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... Read moreช่วงที่ผมเริ่มสวดมนต์อย่างต่อเนื่อง ผมสังเกตว่าการสวดไม่ได้เป็นเพียงแค่การออกเสียงคำ แต่เป็นการประสานของหลายสิ่งที่เกิดขึ้นพร้อมกัน เช่น เสียงหายใจ และความรู้สึกที่เกิดขึ้นในขณะนั้น จนทำให้รู้สึกเหมือนว่าการสวดมนต์เป็นสิ่งที่เกิดขึ้นเอง โดยไม่มีตัวเรามาควบคุมอย่างชัดเจน ประสบการณ์นี้ทำให้ผมเริ่มเข้าใจว่าการสวดมนต์ไม่ได้เกี่ยวข้องกับตัวตนแบบที่เราคุ้นเคย แต่เกี่ยวกับการรับรู้และการเป็นอยู่ในปัจจุบัน พอได้ศึกษาแนวพระนิชิเร็นและนัมเมียวโฮเร็งเงเคียวก็รู้ว่าแก่นแท้ของการสวดคือการเปิดใจเรียนรู้ธรรมะผ่านเสียงนั้นเอง เช่นเดียวกับในสัทธรรมปุณทริกสูตร ที่บอกว่าเสียงหนึ่งเสียงนั้นมีอานุภาพและเป็นสัญลักษณ์ของธรรมชาติที่กำลังเกิดขึ้น การสวดมนต์จึงไม่ใช่เรื่องของใครคนใดคนหนึ่ง แต่เป็นการร่วมสร้างปฏิสัมพันธ์ระหว่างจิตใจและธรรมชาติของสิ่งที่ปรากฏขึ้น จากประสบการณ์จริง ผมพบว่าการปล่อยวางและไม่ต้องกังวลว่าใครเป็นคนสวด หรือควบคุมมัน ทำให้การสวดมนต์เป็นไปอย่างธรรมชาติและเกิดความสงบใจได้มากขึ้น ทำให้รู้สึกเชื่อมโยงกับตัวเองและธรรมะอย่างลึกซึ้งยิ่งขึ้น นอกจากนี้ยังช่วยฝึกสติและทำให้จิตใจกลับมาอยู่กับปัจจุบันอย่างแท้จริง จึงอยากแนะนำให้ลองสวดมนต์ด้วยการเปิดรับความรู้สึกต่างๆ ที่เกิดขึ้น และสังเกตความเปลี่ยนแปลงของจิตใจโดยไม่ต้องพยายามควบคุม ใครที่สงสัยว่าจริงๆ แล้วใครเป็นคนสวด ลองปล่อยวางคำถามเหล่านี้ แล้วปล่อยให้เสียงและลมหายใจนำทาง คุณอาจจะพบคำตอบที่ลึกซึ้งและทรงพลังกว่าที่เคยคิดไว้ก็ได้

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