Hello, Noriyoshi-sama.
That psychic's statement is 180 degrees different (laughs). If you recite the Heart Sutra, you don't keep evil spirits and unrelated Buddha spirits away, but you have the power to keep evil spirits at bay and cause unrelated Buddha spirits to attain Buddhism. So let's read more and more not only by the monks, but also by the people who live in the house (laughs).
There is nothing to do with the meaning of sutras and evil spirits, but it is precisely because it was believed that if one lives correctly as the truth of the sutras, one would save not only humans but also demons and unrelated Buddha spirits, in Japan, combined with traditional Japanese ancestral worship and vengeful spirit thought, and the belief of today's Japanese ancestral memorial services and memorial services, which were not part of the original Buddhist rituals, was born. Therefore, the chanting of Buddhist sutras, which was originally an Indian belief, is an important ceremony for Japanese beliefs.
And by all means, if you read the Heart Sutra, the next step is to copy the sutras, and if you study and practice what is written in the sutras, you will be able to live a wonderful life. In Buddhism, this is called oral reading, mind reading, and color reading. There are also three levels in the meaning of reading.
Now, let's read the Heart Sutra together.
Gassho
