Tips on starting your Buddhist practice … and why we chant for the impossible
Episode description
Today’s episode is for beginners, though the takeaways are refreshing and valuable for even seasoned chanters. Our guest is Crystal Fraser, of Colorado, who shares some basics about SGI Nichiren Buddhism and its core practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, as well as her own journey with it. We then dig into a popular question: What should we chant about and why do people talk so much about turning the impossible into possible?
CHEAT SHEET
0:49 How Crystal encountered Buddhism and why she started chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
7:35 The basic philosophy and practice of SGI Nichiren Buddhism
13:09 What changed when Crystal started chanting
27:21 Why we chant about things that feel impossible
46:35 The concept of human revolution
48:49 Advice for anyone new to Buddhism
References:
- What is Human Revolution?
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