Power of Prayers and Secret of the Universe
“Today I would like to talk about the secret of the Universe which is the power of prayer. This is how Mahayana Buddhism started, five hundred years after the death of Shakyamuni Buddha, which people call Mahayana Buddhism.
There is recent scientific research to study the effects of the prayers and they found that it is effective but they don’t know why the prayers are effective.
It is effective because the prayers will bring the response from the Great Spirit of the Universe.
In the previous Dharma Talk, I talked about the response of the Universe that it is creating our life, the future and even the phenomenon. The same our prayer is sending out energy to the Universe and as a response from the Universe.
Actually , we will receive “the other force” which is the response from the Great Spirit of the Universe at the same time when we pray. It is the sign that your internal Great Spirit of the Universe manifests from you. It also means that external Great Spirit of the Universe and Internal Great Spirit of the Universe, both encounter and unify.
What is the other force of the Great Spirit of the Universe?
There are different kinds of power, Wish Realization Power, The Great Love Power, The Power of the Light that illuminates everywhere in the Universe and Majestic Power.
All those powers spread to the Universe, especially if you pray for someone specific. The response of The Great Spirit of the Universe will concentrate on that person. This is in Buddhism we call the transference of “the other force”.
To receive “the other force” which means the power of The Great Spirit of the Universe, God or Buddha, what we need is altruistic prayer, the prayer for others.
Scientists might think that prayer is effective because of the power of the person who prays but human beings have no power. But the prayer will bring a response from The Great Spirit of the Universe and will spread. Concentrate on the prayer and effect not only to other people but also yourself. Because there is no separation of self and others in the world of non duality, the Great Spirit of the Universe. “
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Music and text by Ryokyu Endo
Voice by Belen Rodilla Celestino
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