4. Can I pray for myself when reciting Little Houses?
The Little House is a means of offering the Buddhist scriptures to karmic creditors or the deceased. It is used to repay karmic debts, so you should not pray for yourself when reciting a Little House. If you have a strong intention to pray for yourself while reciting Little Houses, and if you fail to fill in the red dots in the circles on the Little Houses immediately after finishing your recitation, then your recitations of the Little Houses are very likely to become part of your daily recitation instead. In other words, when you fill in the circles at a later stage, the power from the recitation would already have been used, rendering the Little Houses ineffective. This is one of the reasons many Buddhist practitioners still fail to experience significant effects after they have offered a large number of Little Houses.
You should therefore refrain from filling in Little Houses with the recitations that you perform for everyday use or including prayers for yourself when you are reciting Little Houses.
