No matter what life brings ups and down but see it as a stepping stone for you to cross over to the next level.
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It 2022, and life is moving forward. Thich Nhat Hanh dies, bell hooks dies and this years is starting out like a continuationof 2021. I am now more equipped in Tucson and I am reflecting on spiritual teachers in my life. Some came and some gone away. But I am still here on my side being accountable for my practice and for my happiness.
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This season has come to an end, however this episode is about transitional period in ones life. How do you find joy during these stressful moments on which all things that once were are gone. You gotta start all over again, and it feels like you're back a level one. Yet, don't fret because your life is sustained, but by what?
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When doubt creeps in what can the Dharma reveal to me. What drives doubt away. Join me in my talk about doubt, how it comes and how it goes and the one element that leads us a path to our liberation.
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This episode is a continuation on faith, failings in life and dealing with change. We all go through these difficulties times however, what will drive us to move beyond the pain, guilt, shame and lost? How must we show our sincerity during the covid-19 pandemic? Is it our will to make anew or is it in our efforts in our practice?
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Are you the only black person in your sangha? Are you struggling to figure out where you belong in your journey in the Buddha’s teachings and in your practice. Here I outline a few reasons why we matter in the Dhrama, and where we fit.
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This episode is about FAITH, what is faith and how should we apply it to our practice in Nichiren Shu Buddhism. Many come into this practice with a very different view on faith, and sometimes that may lead to use slandering this practicing thinking that it's not doing what it should be doing for us. Join me in a very deep conversation on faith and how we could view it under the cultural context of Japanese cultural perspective.
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