SC Layman asked:
The speed of chanting the Buddha is fast or slow, and the fixed lesson should be based on the time of recitation or the number of recitations? If you read slowly, it may take ten hours to read ten thousand sounds, and there is no time, so should you set the number a little less, or should you speed up the time?
answer:
You are now two problems. One question is how much should be determined; one question is whether to count the beads or to let it go when you see the time. You set this plan from time to knock, how many times a day can be read, so I can read as many numbers. The same is true for the fixed time, reading for two hours, after practicing my two hours are equivalent to twenty thousand, that is also possible. It is the problem of the unit you use, but you are always within the range of you, that is, you must not set too much, that is, you can definitely exceed the quota, just said to strive for over-completion, today I am very happy to read a little more, and today the time is particularly empty to read a little more, this is overdone. Otherwise, it is often said that today there is a spare time to complete, or tomorrow to make up, and tomorrow to add debt. There is also a word of advice to everyone, the real debt does not have to be made up, from today onwards I am fine, not necessarily to make up.
As for whether to take the Buddha beads or look at the time meter, this can take the Buddha beads, it is good to take the Buddha beads. There is a merit sutra for taking the Buddha beads, and the sutras say that the rosary beads are meritorious and pure, and when you take the rosary beads and recite them, this recitation of the Buddha's merit is doubled. Also, "If you want the Buddha not to leave his mouth, he must first leave his hand." "You have to have a Buddha bead in your hand, I think that's the least." If you want to be a Buddha without leaving his mouth, you first make sure that the beads do not leave your hands. Of course, now everyone in the United States can't do this, only within the scope of the possibility. One is that it has merit, and one is that it reminds you. You just have something else coming, you have a bead in your hand, it will remind you, and naturally it will be read. So Master Huiyi said that it is to take the Buddha beads and set a number, honestly, there is a fixed lesson a day, and so on. And this number is within your power, not necessarily seeking more at first, but very dedicated to reading, slowly increasing.
LH asked:
If the time is certain, should it be a slow speed, or a slightly faster speed, is there any relationship between this speed? Because the faster the speed, the more times.
We have to have an appropriate speed, which is neither too fast nor too slow. Too fast..., too slow, you give the delusion a chance, so don't be too fast and not too slow, master it yourself, this speed is very suitable for yourself.
There is also a kind of attention to pay attention to, for example, I am now chanting, reading three thousand, when you are finished, your three thousand times would have been forty minutes, and then you can only have twenty minutes, in this case you should appropriately increase the number. We are not completing the task now, let's say that we want to practice, so when you are fast, you should increase it, not too fast. Some set a number, as if today I will finish this number, as if paying off a debt, this is ..., many cases. I still can't finish reading that I have to make up for it tomorrow, and I am in debt. We are very sincere about how to read well, such a regulation, time and number can be taken care of. When you read fast, you may add a little number, or slow down a little, or you can, this can be adjusted.
ZM Asks:
A layman said that we have read it several times, and it is equivalent to depositing in the bank, and you don't necessarily have to read it many times today, nor do you have to take the rosary beads, but also count them. You are the one who reads, the one who has time, and your merit is there.
But in comparison, you ask for a number yourself, and there is a requirement that I have to complete this one day. On the other hand, although I just read it, don't have a request, anyway, even if I read it. Anyway, there is boundless merit in reciting a sentence, but it is not necessarily counted, and it can also be.
ZM Layman:
We were driving, and our hearts were reading.
All right, your uncounted one, still has merit, the same.
1987 in Liansha, Victoria, USA
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