What is Faith? So what is faith anyway. It’s the experience of being one with the Mystic Law and ‘getting‘ that it is the center of our lives. That means we make a major shift from looking to circumstances and conditions outside of ourselves as the causes of the conditions of our life to […]
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 […]
Can I change someone else by chanting? I have received this question over and over. Today I want to address this topic as it has come up several times in the last month. It is a concept, if not understood, can result in chanting without results. Oneness of Self and the Environment We have a […]
Transcript download: lesser greater self 1 What is the Nichiren perspective is on ego or no self. Is the aim to fully dissolve the personal self? Is it an illusion we have an ego? Are we to upgrade the self or see it as non-existent? I’ve never fully understood this topic. This is an […]
Download transcript: Faith in the Gohonzon Recently I received a question, “Please explain our connection with the Gohonzon and why it’s important to have faith in the Gohonzon. What exactly does the Gohonson mean?. This is an important question as it goes right to the heart of our practice. Gohonzon means object of […]
Transcript download:universe communicates When we chant in front of the Gohonzon with a prayer need for something or a need to know something, we have opened a dialogue with the universe. As President Ikeda says in Faith into Action, “To offer prayers is to conduct a dialogue, an exchange with the […]
Transcript download: Are You Trying to Avoid a Difficult Problem Have you heard this or thought it to yourself? “I hate this problem. I just want to get away. then I wouldn’t have to deal with it.. It would be so much easier just to leave.” Many people do this. It’s called the geographical solution. […]
Many questions come up about chanting and to day we are going to discuss two of them. Transcript download: Is There Any Right Way to Chant I’ve received two questions about chanting which I am going to address. Starting with these questions, we are going to discuss the different issues that can come up as […]
Transcript download: Steps to Forge Your Faith In this vlog I want to share with you through a personal experience. how you can build your faith. I want to begin with a quote from Daisaku Ikeda. ” The entire universe is like our own personal bank account. The amount of fortune we can withdraw depends […]
Do you think that getting a divorce will solve all your problems? In this vlog I am going to illustrate how to actually change your destiny so you don’t repeat the same problems in another relationship. Video Transcript Download: Will Divorce really Change Your Life