There is a story of one woman who invoked the name of Buddha hundreds of times a day without ever touching the essence of a Buddha. After practicing for ten years, she was filled with anger and irritation. Her neighbor noticed this, and one day while she was practicing invoking the name of the Buddha, he knocked on her door and shouted, "Mrs. Ly, open the door!" She was so annoyed to be disturbed, she struck her bell very hard so that her neighbor would hear she was chanting and would stop disturbing her. But he kept calling, "Mrs. Ly, Mrs. Ly, Mrs. Ly, I need to speak with you." She became furious, threw her bell down on the ground, and stomped to the door, shouting, "Can't you see I'm invoking the name of the Buddha? Why are you bothering me now?" Her neighbor replied, "I only called your name twelve times, and look how angry you have become. Imagine how angry the Buddha must be after you have called his name for ten years."
Have we been calling God's name hundreds of times a day for ten years, just talking, and not ever touching the essence of God? Could this be why we are angry people?
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