CategoryExperience

Enduring gain and loss, I understand that victory is decided by my determination.

With the members of the young women’s division, I impress a great truth in the depths of my life and become a trusted teacher, director and friend. I’m Apoorvee Sawhney from Denver.

Hunting for a job and home, I find the meaning of victory.

Leading with a prayer for a youthful Maine, I double my business and my passion to match.

Bearing the courage of a friend in mind, I bring a zeal for kosen-rufu to Alabama.

Overcoming profound self-doubt and the loss of my mother prepares me for a journey of 10,000 miles. I’m Yoko Ambulo from Chicago.

Centering my prayer on my children, I open my life to the future of my dreams.

Encountering Buddhism, I recall the dreams that once made life worth living and realize them all.

Ingraining Sensei’s “Clear Mirror” guidance, I see in my husband’s illness an opportunity for reflection.

Casting aside ego and self-pity, I connect with my mentor’s heart and blaze a trail to victory. I’m Kenichi Hackman from Torrance, California.

Basing my life on winning daimoku, I give my all to motherhood, leadership and a long-held dream.

by Bhavini Gupta Duvall, Wash. Born and raised in a large family in Delhi, I’d not taken so much as a meal alone until I moved to America, where suddenly, most all my meals were had alone. I spoke to my husband for the first time in April 2019 over the phone, and that winter,

Returning to New York in my youth, I find there, in the SGI, the means to reveal my mission. I’m Blane Charles from New York.

Discovering a friend in a childhood rival, I grasp in the depths of my soul that people can change for the better.

Living based on a vow, we transform the karma of our families and lay the foundations of a happy home.

Through film and Buddhism, I build a bridge to my true self and cross it with my family.

Handed the key to happiness, I was able to open educational and athletic opportunities for myself and hundreds of young athletes. I’m Karen Dennis from Columbus, Ohio.

Practicing for self and others, I transform my family from the inside out.

An encounter with my mentor awakens me to my mission to teach in New York.

Trying for fatherhood and the Pennsylvania bar, a lesson is seared into the depths of my life.