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WOMAN of ACTION
Jamie Silver
“When a person courageously calls out for something that touches the core of human nature, infinite waves of response appear in the ocean of people’s hearts.” Daisaku Ikeda
I am a Buddhist teacher and public speaker, and connector!
My passion is helping people learn how intoning the name of the mystic law, Nam Myoho Renge Kyo, can affect everything in one’s exist in the past, present and future. It is Practical Buddhism at its best, and one can chant for whatever one wishes.
The path to happiness in this practice is THROUGH realizing one’s desires, not through detachment!
We are all connected by this same law, and chanting it brings out each person’s highest life potential. I was born into this world knowing the law had to exist and looking for it everywhere, in every religion and in all kinds of metaphysical practices. I finally encountered it while living in San Francisco, a place I’d moved from Chicago as part of my search. That was way back in 1985, and I have practiced twice a day, every day since then. I have introduced countless people to the joy of chanting.
I have two amazing Buddha boys who inspire me every single day. They are legends in their own worlds, and continuing on to great things. They have chanted since they were babies, and are incredibly loving and supportive and uncompetitive with each other! (Even though they do compete in the same sport of running!) My youngest just got a full scholarship to the school he chose as the best fit for him.
I lead a Buddhist District outside of Chicago. We meet every single Wednesday at my house. I am very committed to each one of the members producing exactly what they want in their lives and I chant with and for them all the time.
A Buddhist chant is a form of musical verse or incantation, in some ways analogous to Hindu, Christian or Jewish religious recitations. They exist in just about every part of the Buddhist world, from the Wats in Thailand to the Tibetan Buddhist temples in India and Tibet.Almost every Buddhist school has some tradition of chanting associated with it, regardless of being Theravada or Mahayana. In Buddhism, chanting is the traditional means of preparing the mind for meditation; especially as part of formal practice (in either a lay or monastic context). Some forms of Buddhism also use chanting for ritualistic purposes.
While the basis for most Theravada chants is the Pali Canon, Mahayana and Vajrayana chants draw from a wider range of sources.
Non-canonical uses of Buddhist chanting
There are also a number of New Age and experimental schools related to Buddhist thought which practise chanting, some with understanding of the words, others merely based on repetition. A large number of these schools tend to be syncretic and incorporate Hindu japa and other such traditions alongside the Buddhist influences.
While not strictly a variation of Buddhist chanting in itself, Japanese Shigin (詩吟) is a form of chanted poetry that reflects several principles of Zen Buddhism. It is sung in the seiza position, and participants are encouraged to sing from the gut – the Zen locus of power. Shigin and related practices are often sung at Buddhist ceremonies and quasi-religious gatherings in Japan.
I have a blog called chantforhappiness.blogspot.com. I started a few years ago when I began chanting two hours a day to challenge some major karma that I’d had yet to change.
I also have a passion for public speaking.
I have written and present a speech called Change Your Words Change Your Life.
As you know, our words frame our outlook and have an incredible impact in our lives.
I am currently living in the same house with Ben who is graduating High School last May. After that I will be moving out and starting a new life somewhere…and divorcing my husband. It’s a bold new time of life for me!
Thanks so much for asking about me….now tell me about yourself!Jamie Lee Silver
CHANTING WITH JAMIE ….
Jamie Lee Silver
630-926-3001
chantforhappiness.blogspot.com
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