Joy and Many Benefits
My daughter was in alot of trouble. Chanted hard for her. Troubles disappeared like a storm blown away by a large high pressure front. Cat was destined to die from Leukemia months ago. Upgraded his diet, chanted for him every day and gave him the Gohonzon water every day. He was down to 5 lbs or so. Now he's back up to twenty pounds. He never looked better and we call him, "no neck."
Saw the CEO of my company of 5,800 employees in a 7/11. I asked him if he were so and so. He said yes. We talked for ten or fifteen minutes. We live in the same town. We really hit it off. Sciatica and leg feeling much better too. QVC bought 3,000 units each of two of our health and safety pet products, our patented Don't Bend Dog Bowl and our glow in the dark dog collars. Wife happy. Told me to keep up with my practice to attain enlightenment and to keep up with my blog.
There are two types of prayer and two types of results in Buddhism. Conspicuous prayer with conspicuous result. Conspicuous prayer with inconspicuous result. Inconspicuous prayer with conspicuous result and inconspicuous prayer with inconspicuous result. In this day and age inconspicuous benefits are the most important (joy, energy, wisdom, faith etc.) However, there will be conspicuous benefits also and these are easier to talk about. It doesn''t sound haughty when you relate a conspicuous benefit but if you told someone how much wiser you are, they would think you are being conceited. Anyway, the true benefits of the practice are inconspicuous.