What can you put in your home to help promote family harmony?
As the saying goes, a blessed land is a blessed place. If a family accumulates virtues and does good deeds, they will be harmonious without relying on Feng Shui. If they do evil, even spending money to find a Feng Shui master will be of no use.
The best way to achieve family harmony is to learn and recite Buddhism, and to accumulate virtue and do good deeds.
In the Tang Dynasty, there was a Zen master named Yongming Yanshou. The master summarized the ten merits of reciting the name of the Buddha in "The Gathering of All Good Things". Faith, what are the ten virtues?
1. Day and night, the powerful gods and generals from the heavens and their relatives are always invisible to protect you.
In the "Amitabha Sutra" or other Pure Land scriptures, it is said that those who recite the Buddha's name will be protected by the Buddha, Bodhisattvas, dragons, gods, ghosts and gods. When the Buddha is in Nirvana, all gods, asuras, yakshas, etc. They all made a vow to practice the path of happiness in the dark world and give alms to those who recite the Buddha's name. Therefore, as long as all of you here keep diligently reciting the Buddha's name and recite the Buddha's name well, you will be protected by the dragon and heaven.
2. Always have twenty-five great Bodhisattvas, such as Avalokitesvara, etc., and all Bodhisattvas, always accompanying you to protect you.
As we all know, the Western Paradise is the pure land of Amitabha Buddhism. Great Bodhisattvas such as Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva are all Bodhisattvas accompanying Amitabha Buddha. Therefore, when we recite the Buddha's name, we can get the protection of the great Bodhisattvas, because everyone knows that the Bodhisattvas have made a vow, which is to seek the Buddha's way and transform all living beings. Just like Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, he protects countless sentient beings with his thirty-two corresponding bodies. If you recite the Buddha's name sincerely, you will definitely receive the protection of the Bodhisattva.
3. Always protect the Buddhas day and night, and Amitabha Buddha always shines light to take care of this person.
This is in line with Amitabha’s original vow. Everyone knows that Amitabha Buddha made forty-eight vows. Anyone who chants my Buddha’s name can receive the blessings of Amitabha’s corresponding vows. This is Amitabha’s original vow.
4. All hungry ghosts, such as Yaksha and Rakshasa, cannot harm you; all poisonous snakes and poisonous dragons cannot harm you.
When we have the merit of chanting Buddha's name, the protection of gods and bodhisattvas, and the blessing of Buddha's light, naturally all ghosts, gods, rakshasas, resentful thieves, etc. will stay away. People who recite the Buddha's name will not be harmed by evil beings.
5. All fire disasters, water disasters, unjust thieves, swords and arrows, prisons, weapons, violent deaths, and wasted deaths will not be tolerated.
Buddhism teaches that "everything is created by the mind", that is, the fate we suffer is the manifestation of our own heart. If a person harbors greed, hatred and other unwholesome thoughts, he will attract evil thoughts. Realm; the sentient beings who recite the Buddha's name will surely be inspired by their good deeds to achieve a realm of peace, auspiciousness and other blessings. Therefore, sentient beings who recite the Buddha's name can change their thoughts. By reciting the name of the Buddha, they can correspond to Amitabha's great wishes, and they will stay away from disasters of death. This is also the merit of reciting the Buddha's name.
6. All the sins committed in the past will be wiped out. Those who were killed will be spared. They will be liberated and will no longer have any attachments.
Each of us may have been pulled by our own karma when we came to this world. Although we have done some meritorious deeds in the past life, allowing us to obtain a human body, due to our ignorance, it is even more artificial. Infinite sins. How can we eliminate karmic obstacles? Countless serious crimes can be extinguished by chanting Buddha's name once, not to mention diligently chanting Buddha's name for seven consecutive days. Therefore, a person who diligently chants the Buddha's name can reduce or even eliminate the bad karma in the past life through the merits of chanting the Buddha's name and the merits of repentance, and it will be easier for him to move toward liberation.
7. The night dream is upright, or you may dream again that you see the wonderful body of Amitabha Buddha.
Everyone used to have dreams when they were not reciting the Buddha’s name, right? Dreams may be good or bad, manifested by various fantasies or desires. So after reciting the Buddha’s name, have you ever had auspicious dreams? If you usually chant the Buddha’s name, If you are particularly diligent and have no other distracting thoughts in your mind, you can summon auspicious dreams with auspicious signs. An old Bodhisattva around me dreamed of seeing the Buddha's golden body. This was an auspicious dream.
8. The heart is always happy, the color is shiny, the energy is full, and the actions are auspicious.
Think about it, everyone, if a person does not have any delusions and only focuses on one Buddha’s name, and his heart corresponds to the merits of the Buddhas, then he must be happy, right? The state of our mind has a negative impact on the body. The impact is very large.
If a person's heart is always happy, naturally bright and full of energy, that is to say, chanting the Buddha's name will initially change our mood, mentality, and even lead to auspicious dreams. Slowly, our bodies will become healthier from the inside out, some diseases will be cured, and even serious illnesses that are extremely difficult to treat will be improved unconsciously.
9. Always make offerings and worship respectfully to all people in the world, just like worshiping the Buddha.
A person who diligently chants Buddha's name and has Buddha in his heart will naturally have a solemn, transcendent and refined temperament in him. A person who recites the Buddha's name will be protected by Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, dragons and heavenly protectors, and his bad fate will be far away. His heart will become particularly compassionate and friendly, and his energy will be strengthened, his complexion will be very good, and his appearance will be soft. This has many merits and virtues. Will such a person be respected by everyone?
10. At the end of his life, he should have no fear in his heart and present his righteous thoughts before seeing Amitabha Buddha and all the Bodhisattvas and saints holding the golden platform in their hands. Leading to rebirth in the Pure Land of the West, where we will experience the ultimate happiness in the future.
The first nine are the merits in this life, and the tenth is the ultimate goal and ultimate wish of our Pure Land practice in this life - to be reborn in the Western Pure Land after death. After we are led to the Western Pure Land by Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, we can become friends with sages and sages, and we can quickly achieve Buddhahood, enjoy supreme happiness, and no longer suffer the suffering of reincarnation.
There are many ways to learn Buddhism. For example, you can learn by listening to Buddhist content on Himalaya FM.
Recommendations are as follows:
"Records of Pure Land Sages", "Master Hsing Yun: Life is about Letting Go", "Master Yinguang Talks about Pure Land"
"Qian Wenzhong Lectures on Buddhism" "The Thirteen Sutras", "The History of Buddhism That Is Not Tired of Listening", etc.