I was reccomended this site by a SGI-UK member, I like listening to audio and what I hear so far I am enjoying the direction it is giving me. I have known a friend from NJ-USA who has been practicing for over 20 years and I myself have finally took up the practice Ma-USA. I find myself going around and around with my suffering and not very happy.

I had a bad divorce 12 years ago and business loss, I attempted suicide thankfull I was unsuccessful. I wrote a program abouit Suicide Awareness and prevention but have not put it unto good use to help my fellow human beings. I am in real estat over 20 years and I know in my heart I survived for a reason to forfill a mission.

My daughter 17 years old was involved on a bad car accident and sustained a serious head Injury which brought allot of suufering, she is strong and had come back allot , although there are issues she is progressing nicely.

I myself went into a tail spin in mArch of 08 and still struggling and some depression has snuck back into mylife and I never thought I would think of hurting myself again and I have not attempted but started to think it would be easier, very unhappy not putting my program in practice and my job is filling bank orders now and it is stiffiling.

My friend found me a District leader and I am attending meetings and chanting although I do not feel allot of changes I think I am on the right path to freedom even with obstacles in life that will always occur.. He is a good leader and when I told him about my thoughts and I kept saying I amnot depressed he said you are if your talking about hurting yourself and to seek help.

I guess you need to go full circle in life to understand what happen to me 12 years ago and understand life changes can bring anyone back. So I got some medication and continue to chant, as my leader said if we had cancer we would go to the dr and chant for the right Dr.

Never thought I would be my own example again towards my program but I know and feel I have a purpose to fill and to live my dharma.

I willl continue to listen and finding allot of direct ways to deal with life and keep on chanting

Sincerely Dan

Thank you so much for this podcast!
My name is Mariko Jacinto. I’m a mother of 5 children.

I’ve been practicing for 25 yrs. in the Phil. and once in awhile I get to visit SGI NY where my daughter and son practice.
My “friend” who is a Christian has read “Buddha in your Mirror” and has attended meetings but is now listening to Allan Watts, a British philosopher of eastern teaching which he downloaded. He has not joined SGI yet. I don’t want to force him as I am coming to strong and impatient.
He asked me to listen to it and I found Allan Watts truly interesting to listen to.
And when I heard William Woollard, I was impressed with his voice. He sounded quite like Allan Watts.
Pls. let William know about this and if he can listen to Allan Watts interpretation of Buddhism and do something like that based on Nichiren Daishonin’s teaching. I would rather that my friend listen to an SGI interpretation of Buddhism.
Thank you for featuring him on this podacast.
I hope William can come up more in your podcast.
Thank you,

Mariko