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Permalink Reply by Sue Pokrak Chan on September 26, 2008 at 11:56am

I"m trying to get into a groove and not one that triggers an OCD episode where I HAVE to chant at a certain time/amount otherwise, less than three hours into my day I think I'm worthless because I haven't hit some bizarro standard my brain decided to create. That's (almost) an exaggeration! I seem to do better when I center on 20 minute spurts so, I like my breakdowns into 20 minute daimoku charts. I've tried to design my charts so the people who like 15 minutes feel equally represented.

Permalink Reply by Darragha on January 3, 2009 at 2:08pm

I count the total time spent before the Gohonzon. Gongyo, daimoku, etc. I find it encouraging and fulfilling to be able to fill in 3 or 4 little "hearts" (I have the new sunflower booklet daimoku chart) at a time.

Permalink Reply by Sue Pokrak Chan on January 6, 2009 at 8:49am

I haven't seen that one. Any way you could scan a page or two and then I could reproduce it? Thanks!

Permalink Reply by Kathy Norris on March 4, 2009 at 1:05pm

Hi, I'm currently using a very old daimoku chart which is A5 size and folds in half into a book. There's a front cover and then three pages for recording your daimoku. Each page has 4 blocks for January to April, May to August and September to December. Each block is designed with 10 stars across, by ten rows.... each sun can be coloured in and counts for 5 mins. I've tried other charts but this one is great because even if you only do 20 min, thats 4 stars filled in! I've just finished filling in April and started on May....... I'm well on my way to my first recorded million daikmoku.

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Hope this helps?

Permalink Reply by Phillippa (Saffron) on January 4, 2011 at 6:28pm

This sounds like the best idea to me - I sometimes am a 15 minute or 20 minute person, but this just makes it totally adaptable to either style!

Thanks for sharing :-)

Permalink Reply by Kathy Hickok on March 9, 2009 at 8:57pm

My perfect daimoku chart would let me fill in a blank every time I chant daimoku at all. Twenty minutes is about how long I usually chant, and I don't often get it done more than once a day. When I chant with someone else, it seems easier and more appealing to go longer. Does group daimoku count?

Permalink Reply by Sue Pokrak Chan on April 15, 2009 at 6:18pm

All daimoku counts -- Yippie!!!

Permalink Reply by John Chabowski on April 8, 2009 at 4:18am

I do a 20 minute daimoku-chant in halves. Normally, I do one half before the sutras and the other after Expedient Means.

Permalink Reply by Michael "Michi" Boe on May 24, 2009 at 3:22pm

I don't mind the 15 minute blocks at all. I like things in quarters. It seems tidy or something. I know, weird. I always pre fill in my boxes so that my lazy nature doesn't sneak in and cut my daimoku short. I usually fill in 4 which is good for 15 minutes prior to gongyo and 45 minutes after.