“In case you haven’t noticed, you have a mental dialogue going on inside your head that never stops. It just keeps going and going. Have you ever wondered why it talks in there? How does it decide what to say and when to say it? How much of what it says turns out to be […]
This week I received a couple of questions about how to move on after heartbreak, where you have lost someone who has died or have been betrayed by someone. The writer was having trouble moving on to become happy. Whether you have lost someone due to death or betrayal, there is still the loss of […]
If we are getting the results we want with our chanting, then we are mostly in alignment with what we want and in alignment with the spiritual side of our nature, the realm of possibility, where life is in the process of becoming and growing. Jose Toda, 2nd SGI president, says that that spiritual side […]
In the May 15th World Tribune there is a Question; How Can I Bring People Together When They Seem so Divided? This is such an important question for today. And it’s a question for countries around the world. As we know from history Mahatma Gandhi and later Martin Luther King believed and used love […]
I hope you all are staying healthy and have been able to use this time of reflection to good effect. Finally we’ve managed to work with my husband’s computer to get this video up. I apologize for the inconvenience. We need to give him kudos for figuring out all of the work arounds he […]
In the days of the pandemic, often we can feel helpless as though events are spinning out of control. Buddhist prayer can be the antidote to that feeling. In western culture prayers are directed to an external being. Buddhist prayer does not rely on an external power and if you are relying on that you […]
</span data-mce-type=”bookmark”style=”display:inline-block; width:0px; overflow; hidden; line-height:0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”> The virus has forced us to face the impermanence of our lives and has brought death into full view. We might say that we are living in winter. When Nichiren and his disciples encountered adversity he reminded them: “Winter always turns into spring, Never from ancient times has […]
We are dealing with a difficult time and difficult times are part of the human journey. Such times are potent with possibilities. We can either choose to grow and discover a larger version of ourselves, or we can fall into fear, choose to contract and retreat into being a victim of the situation. It […]
I had a question this week. “How should I chant about the COVID-19 ? Before I get into this topic, I just want you to know that these are my opinions. I’m not representing anyone. We all know Buddhism is reason. And I think that reason is important when looking at something as panic producing […]
Before we discuss financial karma, let’s review what our relationship as humans is to the universe. As Daisaku Ikeda says, “In the innermost depths of all beings, there is the primal life- force and it causes living beings to live. This same force supports inorganic matter and works it into the harmonies and rhythms of […]