From SGI USA, I'm Cassidy Bradford and this is Budability.

The weekly series where I talk with Buddhists from all walks of life about the power we each have to change our lives and the world around us.

These next few months will be answering listener questions.

And first let me say, you all showed up with questions.

We definitely got more than we can respond to this summer.

But we'll keep them on our mind and try to touch on everything in some way as the rest of the year goes on. Along with the volume of

questions, we also received a super wide variety, some about love and friendship, others about

maintaining hope when it feels like nothing will change. One theme that ran across many, though,

was wanting to know how to chant about a specific topic or issue.

Some folks reached out asking how they should chant about finding a life partner.

Others asked how to chant about their careers and unending job searches.

But perhaps a better question might be, is there a different way we should be chanting about each issue

in our life? Do we chant differently about a difficult boss than we would about accomplishing our

dreams? While the issue may be different, there are some core considerations across all our

prayers. And each problem or goal is unique to us. The reason I might struggle

with dating could be completely different than a friend of mine. That's because each of us is

unique with our own set of karma. So unfortunately, there's no one-size-fits-all approach to chanting

on specific issues.

The good news is we can return to the basics of how we pray.

Because while there isn't a specific magic key to unlock the quote-unquote right way to

chant about something, it does matter how we pray.

Today we'll talk about a few important factors to how we chant.

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