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Turning Adversity Into a Gift
After nearly losing my life in a knife attack, I’ve made profound inner changes on my road to recovery.
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After nearly losing my life in a knife attack, I’ve made profound inner changes on my road to recovery.
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My family’s bout with COVID-19 became a catalyst to transform our relationships and become closer than ever.
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How I’ve defeated the odds and transformed my health, life and destiny. I’m Kristopher Sanders from Chicago.
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Buddhism has taught me that nothing can hold me back.
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How Buddhism gave us the tools to build a life of absolute happiness.
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By putting Buddhism at the center of my life, I transformed the karma of addiction into the mission of helping others recover.
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How I learned the invincible spirit of Soka. I’m Keiko Brunson, from Denver.
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by Lee Malone Redlands, Calif. When I was growing up, my mother was extremely caring, and my father was an upstanding man who worked three jobs to support us. Despite being raised in a good, loving home, I still had a lot of fear in my heart and struggled with cowardice. I was introduced to
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How I gained the courage to face my fears.
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by Patrick HallSan Francisco “Just as flowers open up and bear fruit, just as the moon appears and invariably grows full, just as a lamp becomes brighter when oil is added, and just as plants and trees flourish with rain, so will human beings never fail to prosper when they make good causes.” (“The Third Day
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How practicing based on a vow enabled me to surmount illness with a great sense of purpose. by Amy WatsonSouth Weber, Utah In July 2019, I found out I had cancer for the third time. I had first been diagnosed 12 years earlier with synovial sarcoma, a rare cancer that only occurs in one to
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by Myeong, Alam and Jason Hasson Fresno, Calif. World Tribune: Thank you for sharing your family experience with us, Myeong and Alam. We understand you faced a major obstacle as a family when your second child was born in 2012. Can you share what happened? Myeong Hasson (wife): When Jason was born, he did not
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How I overcame debilitating health challenges and opened my careerpath through awakening to my bodhisattva vow. by JeanneMarie MandleyCHICAGO One night in January 2017, I woke up screaming because I couldn’t feel my legs. I found out I had mononucleosis, and the virus had attacked the nerves in my spinal cord. After being paralyzed for
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How chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with deep conviction and appreciation saved my life. by Jane PostonBedford, Texas In September 2012, I started experiencing severe symptoms of heart failure stemming from the rare disease cardiac sarcoidosis. Most nights, I laid in bed propped up with pillows because this was the only way I could sleep without my lungs
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By Eddie Mower In 2015, my wife, Emily, went in for a routine prenatal checkup, when doctors diagnosed our unborn son with hydrocephalus. The overaccumulation of cerebral fluid causes pressure on the brain and leads to developmental issues. Without a cure or a way to treat it before birth, the doctor told us we had