The Search For Enlightenment

As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve been re-reading and listening to William Woollard’s book The Reluctant Buddhist. It’s a fantastic account of William’s journey from Buddhist sceptic to devout Nichiren Buddhist practitioner.

His second book, Buddhism And The Science Of Happiness is, in my opinion, is an even better read. More scientific, to which I can relate, it shows how modern science is converging towards the Buddhist principles of eternal change and energy, all the time.

Sometimes tasks are a bit of a labour of love. So it was with the process of organising the chapters from William’s books from Jason Jarrett’s podcasts. I worked on the mp3 files for hours, arranging them into a structure that allows me to store them on my mobile phone and play them back through my car stereo on my way to and from work.

I find that listening to books on the drive to work, coupled with my morning chanting, puts me in a higher life-state, and helps me apply Buddhist principles to my working day. The same applies to the drive home, the World of learning again raises my life-state and means that I am in one of the higher Ten Worlds for the rest of the day. I find the higher the World I am in, the happier I am.

Given that the main reason I practice Nichiren Buddhism is to make me a happier person, I find that this way I can virtually guarantee that I am happy for most of the day, seven day a week.

So you can just imagine what a happy chappie I am today, almost 48hrs of the Wonderful World of Woollard has been fantastic. Thank you William, please keep the inspiration coming. I would also like to extend my thanks to Jason Jarrett for working with William to bring William’s books to the whole world, through his amazing podcasts.