Life is Wonderful December 13, 2009

SGI President Ikeda’s essay series

Imagine a conversation between a mother and her three-year-old son, who is trying to cut an  apple with a sharp knife.

“Put that knife down!” says the mother. “You’re going to cut your finger.”

“No, I won’t cut myself!” retorts the child.

“Yes, you will!” responds the mother angrily.

This only makes the child more determined.

“No, I’m not!”

“You are, too!” shouts the mother, even angrier.

“Give me the knife!”

“NO!!” shouts the child.

Then the mother suddenly remembers something she had studied in psychology—that every accusatory “you” message can be turned into a non-blaming “I” message. She pauses a moment, and then, in a tone of voice free from anger, says:“When I see you holding that sharp knife, I feel scared. I worry that you might

Changing Impossibility to Possibility December 12, 2009

Linda Johnson, SGI-USA Women’s Leader

discusses the means to fulfill our dreams and develop the life-condition to overcome anything.

Nichiren Buddhism holds the key to helping people build an indestructible palace of happiness within their lives. We must share this key with others, and we must learn to utilize it to the maximum within our own lives.

I find that when we judge our ability to accomplish our goals through intellectual analysis rather than faith, we concede to defeat even though we practice this great teaching. If we fail to employ the “strategy of the Lotus Sutra” as the Daishonin instructs us, we tend to perceive that our goals are unattainable and do not even bother to challenge them through faith, thus making our mistaken perception a reality. Nichiren Daishonin tells us, however: “If you only chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, then what offense could fail to be eradicated? What blessing could fail to come? This is the truth, and it is of great  profundity. You should believe and

Experience by Mr. Tsuji (YMD) December 11, 2009

My name is Tsuji and I am a YMD member in Chuo ward, Kobe city. It has been one year since I joined the Soka Gakkai. Today, I would like to share my experience with you. In May 1998, I injured my back, and my right foot became very swollen and very weak. A doctor at a general hospital diagnosed my as having a hernia of an intervertebral disc, I was hospitalized right away. I spent six months in a long-term rehabilitation because surgery though it would cure the problem quickly, would p resent the danger of paralysis to the lower half of my body. During the long rehabilitation period, I was thinking of my fiancée who had died of liver cancer nine years before, and my mother who died of the same disease a year before. I was determined to live with a 

Lotus Times December 11, 2009

Hi all,

I have created this blog to communicate with all the people who are practicing Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism. You can share your experiences and the victories you achieved after taking up the practice of Buddhism. I will be posting an experiences of members soon. Please suggest  ideas to improve my blog or send me your experiences if you want to share it in this blog. Please keep watching for more stuff here. Thanks for your time

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