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Chanting and sinusitis

nuageuxnuageux
edited February 2010 in Buddhism Basics
This might seem a bit of a strange question, but I was wondering if anyone's ever heard of chanting for long enough periods of time easing the symptoms of sinusitis? If someone managed to chant at precisly the right frequencey, surely this would resonate in the body and potentially loosen anything that's been blocking the sinusis. Meditation could have more benefits to health than we may think. ;)

I'd be interested in anyone's opinion. :)

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  • NamMoADiDaPhat.OrgNamMoADiDaPhat.Org
    edited February 2010
    Promise to yourself that you would do good deeds and chant. Ask the above to help you with your poor health conditions. I believe it does help.

    AVOID THESE (GREED, HATRED, and IGNORANCE) WILL LIBERATE YOU FROM ALL SUFFERINGS.

    GREED

    This is the cause of many disasters: war, robbery, murder....desire for fame and profit for power and social status. All these have pushed men into many internecine fights and caused immense disasters. Robbery, murder, corruption, struggle for power have caused people much misery. Cupidity made people sorrowful, it made them cry in silence. They commit suicide when they become desperate. People kill themselves for power, for love, or out of failure. Wars, killings, massacres, and wicked deeds are all the results of cupidity. When man can wipe out cupidity, then sorrow will be diminished. However, life is full of ups and downs. Let us use what we have on hand and abstain ourselves from using wicked ways to obtain our want. We must, therefore, think of others just as we do of ourselves. Let us put aside our selfishness and cupidity in order to cultivate virtue. Let us give alms to the poor, and confess our sins in order to find peace in paradise and to evade the deceptive illusions of this world.

    HATRED

    A quick temper usually induces man into committing evils, evenmurders. The winner gets prouder and the loser becomes ashamed andhate spreads wider. "One loses one's mind when angry"; anger thus makes us lose our self-control and become wicked and cruel,without any judgment about justice, right and wrong.

    When we keep our temper under control, we feel free, and our mind is relieved. Let us be generous and forgive the sinner. Let us bepatient and not quarrel or strive for supremacy to avoid hatred.

    IGNORANCE

    This crime is the result of poor judgment and thinking. Man can rarely distinguish what is right and what is wrong. He persists in keeping his prejudices and refuses to recognize the truth. He is ignorant all his life long, remains fond of futile thoughts, only thinks stubbornly and behaves wickedly without trying to find the path to deliverance.

    Let us wipe off superstition, agree upon moral principles, avoid the path of error, awake from illusions to break the veil of darkness which shields our mind, and walk on the path of virtue to gradually reach immortality.
  • nuageuxnuageux
    edited February 2010
    Hi NamMoADiDaPhat,

    Thanks for your response, but I'm not sure if you've misunderstood my question. I wasn't asking for help with overcoming sinusitis, I was just wondering out of curiosity if anyone had ever heard of an instance where chanting relieved sinusitis. It was just a theory of mine. :)
    NamMoADiDaPhat.Org wrote: »
    Promise to yourself that you would do good deeds and chant. Ask the above to help you with your poor health conditions. I believe it does help.

    Surely it's better to do good deeds out of compassion rather than to make promises to yourself. ;)
  • BrotherBobBrotherBob
    edited February 2010
    I imagine it possible. I've had times when the sinuses kinda open-up during mantra practice and also in meditation. I imagine it's the letting-go and relaxing, along with the vibratory effect in mantra practice, but I don't understand how that could release sinus constriction?? :scratch:
  • nuageuxnuageux
    edited February 2010
    Brother Bob wrote: »
    I imagine it possible. I've had times when the sinuses kinda open-up during mantra practice and also in meditation. I imagine it's the letting-go and relaxing, along with the vibratory effect in mantra practice, but I don't understand how that could release sinus constriction?? :scratch:

    You've just answered your own question, I think. ;) I was thinking that the vibratory effect might cause mucus to become dislodged from the walls of the sinuses, and thus flow away more easily.
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