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On episode 100, Mónica Lladó-Ortega, of Puerto Rico, tells the story of her relationship with her husband and how her Buddhist practice enabled her to see her own self-worth after their initial break up. Listen now to learn how relationships—even the long and complicated ones—can provide us with the greatest lessons about life and love.

In this episode, Melanie Santiago, of Denver, talks about how she encountered Buddhism at 13 when she was going through a tumultuous time. Her Buddhist practice helped her shift her life state from one of suffering and victimhood to one of empowerment. Listen now to learn how to orient your life toward a healthy path,

Buddhism opens my life to a love transcending time.

Seeing myself through my mentor’s eyes, I open my life to the love I deserve.

How the humanity of SGI members upended my worldview and remade me as a revolutionary.

In this episode, we talk identity and relationships with Briana Boche, of Seattle, who shares her story of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and how she developed confidence in the practice of human revolution, that is, the process of continually revealing our courage, wisdom and compassion for ourselves and others. We discuss with Briana how her Buddhist practice

by Courtney Pogue Little Rock, Ark. My cousin, who has been practicing Buddhism for 14 years, introduced me to Nam-myoho-renge-kyo in 2019. Since the birth of my first son, Negus, I began experiencing health issues making it difficult for me to walk, so I started chanting with the desire to find a different way to

We only become truly human by connecting with the people. It is indeed among the people that we develop ourselves and discover true joy. … There are various degrees of human relationships, such as people we know by sight and others with whom we just exchange greetings. The most admirable association we can form, however,

Sharing Buddhism while traveling cross-country, I primed my heart for a significant encounter with my father.

Some friendships are so iconic that they can only be understood in pairs. Frodo and Sam. Cher and Dionne. Maverick and Goose. They reinforce for us the value of friendship, of having a ride-or-die, to share life’s rollercoaster highs and lows (even if those lows take you to the gates of Mordor). To be sure,

How I came to walk the talk and appreciate my husband.

How changing my relationship with myself changed my relationship with money.

“Having good friends and advancing together with them is not half the Buddha way but all the Buddha way.” —Shakyamuni Buddhism is referred to as the “inner way,” finding both the causes and solutions to human problems within the hearts and minds of human beings themselves. However, it also acknowledges the power of external influences

        by Naoko Leslie, Maya Gunaseharan and Olivia Saito SGI-USA Women’s Leader, Young Women’s Leader and Youth Leader To the women and young women of the SGI-USA, thank you for your dedicated efforts to unite together and win in 2018, the Year of Brilliant Achievement in the New Era of Worldwide Kosen-rufu!