CategoryExperience

Raising the next generation of young men’s leaders, I rediscover the roots of my faith.

Striving to lead a contributive life, I reveal day by day a determined, poetic heart.

Tackling my doubts with daimoku, I take the stage with a light heart.

Facing my fears with earnest resolve, I take a hand outstretched in friendship and hold out mine to the youth. I’m Les Hayward from Seattle.

Working with people, I learn to trust them and myself.

Living for self and others, we lay the foundations of eternal good fortune.

Engaging in dialogue for the peace of the land, my family triumphs over illness and fear. I’m Chika O’Berry from Ashburn, Va.

Facing fears of fatherhood, I see my life anew.

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,