Jan Carlton, Art Therapist MA BA Hons PGDip BAAT BABCP HCPC

09/05/2026

09/05/2026

One tiny step can change everything 💖🙏🏻🥹

08/05/2026

May you have a happy month of May…

07/05/2026

....One in the Same. Consistency from Beginning to End....

Through consistently chanting and making efforts to overcome the roadblocks of life and fulfill our dreams, while helping others do the same, we bring forth the wisdom and life force to create the life we envision along with true inner happiness and freedom, essentially uncovering our infinite potential. This is the goal of Buddhist practice.

This boundless life state, called Buddhahood or enlightenment, is embodied in the Gohonzon inscribed by Nichiren Daishonin. Though an external object, the Gohonzon functions as a clear mirror through which we can recognize and reveal our inherent Buddhahood. Nichiren taught that whether we reveal our Buddhahood relies solely upon the depth of our own conviction, or faith. He won over life-threatening persecutions and challenges, proving, through his own example as an ordinary person, that all people can surmount any obstacle and achieve enlightenment. He embodied in the Gohonzon his dauntless spirit to awaken all people to this truth.

By chanting in front of the Gohonzon and seeking to share this winning spirit, we ourselves come to embody the same state of life as Nichiren.

SGI President Ikeda explains: “The Buddha does not exist in some far distant place separated from our lives. And people are not servants of gods or deities. Our lives are originally endowed with the supremely noble state of Buddhahood; they are entities of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. It thus follows that our lives themselves are the object of fundamental respect. And the Gohonzon, the mandala inscribed by Nichiren, serves as a clear mirror to reflect and draw forth the Nam-myoho-renge-kyo within” (The New Human Revolution, vol. 19, pp. 243–44).

06/05/2026

We can’t heal the world today …
(Beautiful words by 💖)