March 2021 Living Buddhism

How I learned the invincible spirit of Soka. I’m Keiko Brunson, from Denver.

This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the February 2021 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. We are the conductors of our own lives. We hold the baton, directing the flow of our precious life’s music through the days and years of our existence in this world. Nichiren

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