Growth is essential

Life is a never-ending struggle to grow. - Daisaku Ikeda

INNER - TRANSFORMATION

It is senseless to blame others or your environment for your miseries. Change begins from the moment you muster the courage to act. When you change, the environment will change. The power to change the world is found nowhere but within our own life. - Daisaku Ikeda

Leadership and thinking for your self.

To lead a life in which we are inspired and can inspire others, our hearts have to be alive; they have to be filled with passion and enthusiasm. To achieve that, we need the courage to live true to ourselves. Rather than borrowing from or imitating others, we need the conviction to be able to think for ourselves and to take action out of our own sense of responsibility.

Daisaku Ikeda

The Universe Exists within you.

“Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.” 
― Rumi

Each life is unique... now go live it...

Life is for living!

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open… No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.” — Martha Graham

You are not your body

How vast could your world be?

‎"Know that you are not your body; you are not your relationships; you are not your job title; you are not your dreams. Who you truly are is a great and vast energy, shining brightly with many facets. Like a diamond in the sunshine. Allow this essence to come forth now on earth as you walk your unique journey." - Kay Andrews

The wild horses of emotion. For my friend Keith....

Escape from those emotions and set your self free.

Cut through the bullshit and the negative emotion, chant nam myoho renge kyo till the dark clouds part.

Put your hands together and take control of the wild horses of your mind, my friend!

Jump on their backs and ride them up the path of victory to a place there the sky is bright and the sun shines like warm golden beams on your face.

Victory is yours. Take it!

Robbie
NMRK

The Sunset....

"Whatever you fight, you strengthen, and what you resist, persists."
— Eckhart Tolle

I will succeed!

Push through to achieve clarity...

There may be times when life seems gloomy and dull. When we feel stuck in some situation or other, when we are negative toward everything, when we feel lost and bewildered, not sure which way to turn--at such times we must transform our passive mind-set and determine, "I will proceed along this path," "I will pursue my mission today." When we do so a genuine springtime arrives in our hearts, and flowers start to blossom.
Daisaku Ikeda

How do we appreciate what we do have when we have never truly suffered?

July 8, 1926 – August 24, 2004

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have a found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."

Elizabeth Kübler Ross

You are unique!

When you hold fast to your beliefs and live true to yourself, your true value as a human being shines through. Buddhism teaches the concept of "realizing your inherent potential." In other words manifesting your true entity, your innate self, revealing it and bringing it to shine, illuminating all around you. It refers to your most refined individuality and uniqueness.
- Disaku Ikeda

Sowing the seeds of change.

Because I have expounded this teaching of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, I have been exiled and almost killed. For as the saying goes, "Good advice grates on the ear" But still I am not discouraged.

The Lotus Sutra is like the seed, the Buddha like the sower, and the people like the field.

(WND-1,748)

Nichiren was a wise man, and what can be seen in the quote above was that he was so sure about his beliefs , that he was willing to stake his life on it.

Now many people have accused me of becoming part of a cult or believing in something that is based on fairy tales or myth. And where as I do agree, there is a lot of myth and magic sometimes in religion, Nichiren Buddhism is founded on one simple principle.

Success or Victory is achieved through self belief.

Chanting nam myoho renge kyo is about working on your inner self, your sense of self. It is about building up the missing pieces that have been removed or broken down because of your previous experience.

Nam myoho renge kyo, symbolises my life, your life and the life of the universe. We are taught that to be happy, we need to be in tune with the pulse of the universe.

We do this by chanting. But when we chant, it isn't just about sitting and saying some words and things magically happen in our lives, it is about a fundamental transformation that occurs from the inside out.

When we chant, we are polishing our lives. And there is a lot of interesting metaphors when it comes to polishing, which I will explain.

Now the Buddha has said that a normal person, who's mind is clouded by the illusions of emotion, is prone to suffering and can not be enlightened.  When a person grasps the nature of life, and is able to polish their life, they are able to see the truth about them selves and about life.

The Gohonzon, which is the external representation of our inner life state. It is used to polish our lives, we practice daily, until this mirror is clear.

This is when we begin to see our true selves emerge.

But this takes time, commitment and most importantly consistency. If you want change, then you must be consistent.

Just remember, that it has taken you years to get your self in to the situation you are right now with your mind and it can take an equally long time to get out it.

This all depends on how willing you are to change.

Chanting is about changing something. Some people chant for money, fast cars, a partner. Some people chant for world peace and the happiness of all of man kind.

At the end of the day, we chant because we want to move something in or out of our lives.

Nichiren Buddhism is different to most forms of Eastern Buddhism, one of the biggest differences is that we are not expected to abstain for all the physical desires of being human.

Through our desires we discover our humanity, this is what we believe.

What we learn is that we have free will and a choice to do what ever we choose to our bodies and our lives, and to the earth, but we must suffer the consequences of the karma we create.

There is nothing wrong with smoking 100 cigarettes a day, but you must live with the fact that you could potentially develop cancer one day.

You could give up your life for others and spend all day and all night working 19 hour days, in an effort to change the world, but you could potentially die in a car accident driving home one night because you were too tired to say awake at the wheel.

Life is about choices. Every single tiny choice. From how quickly you brush your teeth, to how much you spend on your house or a car.

What we learn is that through these physical and conscious choices we create changes in the world around us.

So through our chanting, we are able to know our selves better and to know the best course of action for the benefit of all.

Through every positive action, a positive effect is created. Every-time, without exception.

The idea simple; is be aware of all your actions and causes and do your best to be a good person in all avenues of your life, respecting life and respecting others.

But at the same time, acknowledging that you are human, that you will make mistakes, that you will fuck up occasionally and that sometimes, wether you like it or not, things are going to go horribly wrong.

But when they do, you have developed a deep and resounding strength, that no matter how bad things get, you know that you will find a way out.

And if the way out happens to be death, then we know and believe, that even death is the beginning of a new and exciting adventure.

Just know that at the end of everything, your experiences and choices are all you will take with you when you do.

So live boldly and dream big!

Namaste!
Robbie

Time to let go.

There comes a time in life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good. So, love the people who treat you right. Forget about the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy.

Happiness comes from within.

Happiness doesn't exist on the far side of distant mountains. It is within you, yourself. Not you, however, sitting in idle passivity. It is to be found in the vibrant dynamism of your own life as you struggle to challenge and overcome one obstacle after another, as you clamber up a perilous ridge in pursuit of that which lies beyond.

Daisaku Ikeda

Happiness can be yours, all you need to do is reach down and summon it up from within, no matter what.

Matthew SEVEN Verse SIX.

Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.