Modern Buddhist Healing: A Spiritual Strategy for Transcending Pain, Dis-Ease, and Death

This book is a testimony of one man's journey of faith and healing. It provides valuable insight into how to use one's faith to encourage your body to heal. True, this man is Buddhist, but his description of the process of healing and how he used his faith is remarkable and applicable no matter what your religion. In short, he used a key phrase that has powerful meaning, and sort of applied the phrase (and it's meaning) to his entire body through oral repetition and non-verbal prayer.It is, of course, much more than that, but for those who do not share or understand his religious views, the above will suffice to vaguely describe the book.I bought this and Riding the Wheel of Wellness. Riding the Wheel is probably more accessible, but I think this book is more profound and (for me) interesting and useful.Would I recommend MBH? Yes, absolutely, for any Buddhist or person interested in reading about this man's method of using the mind to help overcome truly serious illness; no if you are a rabid religionist who refuses to try to understand religious views not your own, or medical person who is unable to accept that there is more to healing than drugs and scalpels.

Like the author, I too am a Nichiren Buddhist who chants the Buddhist mantra Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. And I run a leading website for independent Nichiren Buddhists. The author completely defeated Hodgkins disease through Buddhist chanting and healing visualization. One great thing about this book is that the author acknowledges that ALL the great religions give their believers the power of healing through faith, not only Buddhism. Also the author makes it clear that you don't have to change your religion to Buddhism, you can just use the chant as a technique, if you prefer, to help you overcome disease. The book also contains the author's near death experience and this part will bolster your confidence that life continues after death in another form. I would buy this book and read it now, while you are healthy, so that, if in the future, you ever contract cancer or another life threatening disease, you will be PREPARED with a STRATEGY that you can roll out immediately.

Actually this book at first seemed a little too "new age" for me, but as I read further I gained a lot of insight from the author's experience. It was really an "eyeopener" for me -- I never knew there was so much suffering in the world. His description's of people's deaths while suffering from cancer was a too graphic, but he really drove the point home how chanting can change "poison into medicine."

I know Charles Atkins personally and that is what prompted me to buy the book.. I found the book extremely interesting and could not put it down even though I knew the outcome. I learned a lot about other religions. Being an avid Christian I found the book spiritually uplifting. It did not try to change my belief but it enhanced it.

I buy this book for friends & family to read and give them hope against cancer. My mother's life was extended 20 years b/c of this method. I'm a practicing Nichiren Buddhist & read about it in one of our publications years ago, but Charles Arkins allows for all people of any faith traditions to use this visualization/montra based method to give hope in the face of cancers.

Very interesting and can apply medical knowledge to my health situation.

This book was excellent in the case of using Nam myoho renge kyo and visual healing when nothing else would work. I intend on ordering more copies to give to my family and friends who are looking for an alternative way to heal.

One of the scariest books I ever read. I refuse to believe cancer treatment has to be this awful, especially whenpracticing Nichiren Buddhism.

After reading another of Charles Atkins books previously I decided to buy this and I wasn't disappointed.Shows how Buddhist chanting can heal and also give peace of mind. Very good.

A personal account of overcoming great health obstacles with the inner power we all possess. This book explains the action that can be taken, and demonstrates that there is hope, even in the most dire circumstances. Highly recommended

A great read and a help with healing

This book has assisted many friends to overcome their illness.

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