When life is beginning to feel a bit like swimming in treacle, the only key to success is to draw on your own determination.
Sometimes things don’t go the way you wish and that can be for a number of reasons. But if you can remain calm, suppress your frustrations and stay focused, things will change.
Like taking the lid off a particularly tenacious jar of gherkins, it’s all about getting a proper grip on the problem, and once battle is joined, keeping the pressure on in a dogged manner.
Of course the struggle may go on for some time, but there can only be one outcome if you refuse to quit, and that is victory.
And don’t forget that wonderful feeling of success when the lid finally turns. That comes with all manner of problems, and is the reward for all your effort and determination.
But what is it with those gherkins? They always seem to present a challenge, don’t they?
Going back over your own mistakes, asking yourself those painful questions and giving honest answers is a difficult, but cathartic experience.
The sudden and unexpected passing of a friend’s mother, led me to seek out a poem about death, from the Buddhist perspective.
With ever increasing mindfulness, our own feelings will change as we reflect on the causes for those feelings.
Nichiren Buddhism is not simply about blind faith in the practice.
We’ve all heard of sexism, racism and religious discrimination, but how many of you have ever heard of speciesism? What does it even mean? The spell checker in my blog writer doesn’t know the word, it suggests specialism, which is strangely ironic. Let me explain why I want you to know.
May 6th was celebrated as always, the world over, as the birthday of Shakyamuni Buddha. The Sanskrit word Buddha means “One who is awakened [to the truth].” While the term was widely employed by various schools of the time, it eventually came to be used exclusively in reference to Shakyamuni. At the same time, the word Buddha implies “to bloom.”
There seems to be a nasty bug going round, both at work and at college, so I was looking around to see how Buddhism concerns itself with illness and healing that illness. I found these wise and thought provoking words …
Having confidence in yourself, in your faith, and in my case, my practice is often a comfortable place to be. But simply having someone else question that confidence can be a good thing at times, even though it might leave you questioning yourself.
Given the choice, would you rather have money, or the happiness that love brings? Many people seem to think that money and happiness go hand in hand, but under so many circumstances, money creates a situation where having the one precludes us from having the other.
The Search For Enlightenment 
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