TagMany Treasures

An encounter with my mentor awakens me to my mission to teach in New York.

Over my 56 years of Buddhist practice, I’ve overcome family discord, troubles at work and illness, based on my vow to strive for kosen-rufu in America with my mentor, Ikeda Sensei. I’m Rod Burke from San Luis Obispo, California.

Basing ourselves on a vow for the happiness of the people, my wife and I forge a bond transcending time and space, and even death.

Finding Buddhism in my 60s, I awaken to my mission to demonstrate what’s possible in life’s golden years.

Returning to a forgotten lake, I find more than memories—love and a sense of mission.

Living with an incurable neurological disease, I show up as a positive force.

Basing everything on prayer, family reveals to me that my life itself is the treasure tower.

Visiting my mother near the end of her life, I reveal the mother I want to be for my children.

Making our home a bastion of kosen-rufu, I wage a battle to bring hope to the members of New Mexico.

Confronting life’s workaday struggles, I learn to live—and write—deeply. I’m Judy Juanita from Oakland.

Discovering Buddhism in my golden years, I chart a course for happiness.

In a world turned upside down, good friends guide me on the path of my mission.

Striving alongside my mentor, I confront my fear of self-expression to become a bold disciple and actor.

By practicing Nichiren Buddhism with the SGI, I have gained a deeper sense of my mission as a “lawyer for life.”

Managing the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, I deepen my faith and develop immensely, together with those around me.

Embracing Buddhism at 73, I move beyond mere obligation, drawing on a deeper reason to serve—for the sake of joy of self and others.

Centering my life on Buddhist practice, I transformed generations of fear into faith in my own power to heal.

Speaking openly of Buddhism in the wake of my mother’s death, I move beyond my grief to connect with her anew.

With a fighting spirit, I greeted my retirement as the dawn of a new day.

How I shed generations of fear and revealed a life of courage.