The Dalai Lama also offered prayers. In a condolence message to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, the Nobel Laureate expressed his shock and sadness.
'It would be very good if Japanese Buddhists are to recite 'Heart Sutra' on this occasion. Such recitation may not only be helpful for those who have lost their precious lives, but may also help prevent further disasters in the future,' he said in a message to the Japanese people.
The monks of Namgyal Monastery, Kirti Monastery, Institute of Buddhist Dialectics and Dip Tsechokling and nuns of Geden Choeling Nunnery recited 'Heart Sutra' for the people affected by the tragedy, the website quoted Ven Norbu Dhonden, additional secretary at the department of religion and culture, as saying. The 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, who is touring Sarnath near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh for his annual spring teaching, also participated in special prayers.
Prayers were also conducted in Tsuglagkhang, the main temple at McLeodganj in Himachal Pradesh.
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No prayers can prevent disasters. Prayers help recover from disasters.
Originally posted by RU45@(:The Dalai Lama also offered prayers. In a condolence message to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, the Nobel Laureate expressed his shock and sadness.
'It would be very good if Japanese Buddhists are to recite 'Heart Sutra' on this occasion. Such recitation may not only be helpful for those who have lost their precious lives, but may also help prevent further disasters in the future,' he said in a message to the Japanese people.The monks of Namgyal Monastery, Kirti Monastery, Institute of Buddhist Dialectics and Dip Tsechokling and nuns of Geden Choeling Nunnery recited 'Heart Sutra' for the people affected by the tragedy, the website quoted Ven Norbu Dhonden, additional secretary at the department of religion and culture, as saying. The 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, who is touring Sarnath near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh for his annual spring teaching, also participated in special prayers.
Prayers were also conducted in Tsuglagkhang, the main temple at McLeodganj in Himachal Pradesh.Read more at : http://www.sify.com/news/buddhist-monks-in-india-pray-for-quake-victims-news-national-ldnnaehaijf.html
Dalai Lama should study science.
Even If u chant heart sutra 1 million times for Japan.
Earthquakes will still happen.
The problem lies with Japan unique geographical location.
Originally posted by mancha:No prayers can prevent disasters. Prayers help recover from disasters.
Agreed !
rather don't speak too soon. science is still in a "developing" stage.
can search youtube for Dr. Masaru Emoto on how our consciousness effect the physical water crystral.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAvzsjcBtx8&feature=related
http://www.spiritdaily.org/watercrystals.htm
it's a small step in further discovery of the truth of Avatamsaka Sutra, on the six sense organ and six sense object are inter-connected.
also
Dean Radin: The Global Consciousness Project
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnvJfkI5NVc
Laboratory scientist Dean Radin describes an experiment testing the relationship between mind and matter. In this experiment, random number generators are used to test whether collective human attention corresponds to a change in the physical environment.
http://noosphere.princeton.edu/
also
www.scientificexploration.org
Title:
The Global Consciousness Project: Findings in the Event Experiment
Summary:
Roger Nelson compares 250 world events against the CGP 10-year database, determining that events engaging the attention of millions of people have a stronger influence on a global network of random event generators (REGs) than do events engaging smaller numbers of people.
About the Author(s):
Roger Nelson, PhD, is a Princeton experimental psychologist and founder of the Global Consciousness Project.
For more, visit www.scientificexploration.org
Thks for the article.