TagMany Treasures

Amid a health scare, they learn that winning lies in encouraging others.

In the face of loss, I teach my students, my nephews and myself that all hardship can be transformed into value.

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

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

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

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

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

Over my 56 years of Buddhist practice, I’ve overcome family discord, troubles at work and illness, based on my vow to strive for kosen-rufu in America with my mentor, Ikeda Sensei. I’m Rod Burke from San Luis Obispo, California.

Basing ourselves on a vow for the happiness of the people, my wife and I forge a bond transcending time and space, and even death.

Finding Buddhism in my 60s, I awaken to my mission to demonstrate what’s possible in life’s golden years.

Returning to a forgotten lake, I find more than memories—love and a sense of mission.

Living with an incurable neurological disease, I show up as a positive force.

Basing everything on prayer, family reveals to me that my life itself is the treasure tower.

Visiting my mother near the end of her life, I reveal the mother I want to be for my children.

Making our home a bastion of kosen-rufu, I wage a battle to bring hope to the members of New Mexico.

Confronting life’s workaday struggles, I learn to live—and write—deeply. I’m Judy Juanita from Oakland.

Discovering Buddhism in my golden years, I chart a course for happiness.

In a world turned upside down, good friends guide me on the path of my mission.

Striving alongside my mentor, I confront my fear of self-expression to become a bold disciple and actor.

By practicing Nichiren Buddhism with the SGI, I have gained a deeper sense of my mission as a “lawyer for life.”