Personal Experience of Buddhist Practice: From Tragedy to Good Fortune World Tribune (WT): Thank you for sharing your experience with us. What was life like in Taiwan? Sue Kuan: I worked at a bank while my husband worked at an architectural firm. We had two children and lived in […]
People and Personal Experience
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Experience of Personal Transformation: Arlen Vidal In this video Arlen Vidal tells of how she used her practice of Nichiren Buddhism to find her mission as an educator who works to empower underprivileged youth.
Challenging Every Obstacle By Bill Ponce (USA) I was 19 when I came to the United States from Mexico, not speaking English and with only a seventh-grade education. By 27, I was married and had two beautiful daughters—and a drinking problem. At 33, my marriage ended in divorce, and my […]
10 Celebrities who are Members of Soka Gakkai Soka Gakkai, which means “Value-Creating Society,” is a lay Buddhist organization under the umbrella of Nichiren Buddhism. The core practice of Soka Gakkai is to chant the title of the Lotus Sutra – “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” – and recite excerpts of […]
Personal Experience: Overcoming Digestive Problems, Chronic Rhinitis and Depression I have swept away my introverted, depressed personality. I now live with enthusiasm and a positive mindset. – Zheng Wan, Korea Raised in a poor family, I suffered from ill-health from the time I was young. My parents’ constant arguing […]
Personal Experience: Multiple Belonging by Gene Reeves I believe we are called today . . . to move beyond our own tribalisms, our racial and ethnic and national and class smallness, and let our vision of human wholeness become a basis for a more genuine community, a model of […]
10 Quotes from Albert Einstein Do you know who develop the famous equation between energy and matter, E = mc²? Yes, he is Albert Einstein, the most influential physicists of the 20th century who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921. Albert Einstein didn’t speak until age four […]
26 Successful People who used to be Failures in their Lives Behind the glory of success is often the stories of failures and adversities. Failure is nothing to be ashamed of. All successful people fail in many areas of their lives. Most important of all is to move on with […]
Tina Turner: The Miracle of Daimoku to Transform Life What would you do if your mum leaves when you’re 11, your dad leaves you at 13, you then lived with your grandma who dies when you’re 16, and you then marry a man who beats you for the next 16 […]
Real-life Experiences of Accidental Time Travellers by Stephen Wagner Time machines might only be available in the movies, yet many people have experienced unexplained events that seem to be temporary but very real slips into the past and the future. What date would you go if you could travel through time? […]
