Buddhability

This month, we’re doing a short series about how to put the power back in your hands. Today’s episode is about the power of simply deciding.
Resources:
The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, p. 35.
Discussions on Youth, new addition, p. 411.
Each Constant Contains Incredible Possibilities
Christopher Robin’s Episode: What it Took to Make My Dreams a Reality
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As a child, Samirah Gnangbe, lived through a civil war. From that moment on, she became someone who paved the way for others as a second-language learner and Ph.D. student in engineering. Samirah shares how she challenged herself each step of the way through chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. 

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Resources:
Discussions on Youth, new edition, pp. 8, 25
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol 1, p. 4

Rhonda Windham, of Los Angeles, was already an NCAA basketball champion and trailblazing WNBA General Manager beforeencountering Buddhism. She shares what practicing Buddhism taught her that all her success did not—how to look inward with unflinching honesty and lead with her heart.
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It’s natural to want to look away from the inevitable reality of death but Buddhism teaches that death is an alternate phase of life and makes up a larger universal cycle. To understand death is to deepen our understanding of and appreciation for life.
 
Today’s guest, John Plummer, of Cold Spring, NY, shares how facing his fear of loss improved his relationships and deepened his work as a film and TV writer. 
 
References:
The New Human Revolution, vol. 24, pp. 177–78
A Piece of Mirror and Other Essays, pp. 79, 83–84.
Leave of Grass by Walt Whitman.
“Like the Sun Rising,” Journey of Life: Selected Poems of Daisaku Ikeda
Unlocking the Mysteries of Unlocking Birth and Death, p. 104.
The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition.

Chip Grossman, of Santa Monica, always thought spirituality and business were opposing goals. It wasn’t until he encountered SGI Nichiren Buddhism that he realized their deep ties. Today, Chip shares how chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo helped him develop the courage and strength to go after his goals and build unshakable happiness.
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Resources:
The New Human Revolution, vol. 9, pp. 272–73
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 637.
The New Human Revolution, vol. 5, pp. 27­–28
The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, pp. 185-87.