Chanting for Happiness

Now is the time for all of us to shine. 

Yes, as yesterday's post says, there may be a time in each of our lives to mourn, to cry, and to wash away our sadness. 

But suffering and sadness and bearing our troubles is not the goal of Buddhism. "Our goal is not to master suffering," Daisaku Ikeda states. 

Our goal is to be happy.

Smile ~ it is a cause for your own happiness....smile as much as you can. Every smile of yours makes a difference through all the universe. Every smile of yours creates ripples in the energy of life. Your smiles are contagious. This has actually been proven in the field pf Positive Psychlogy. 

We can all become happy. 

Every one of us. 

We all deserve to be happy.

Today I'm suggesting we all chant to praise our lives, and to have the sun shine through our lives. Nichiren means Sun Lotus. How perfect. We all practice the Buddhism of the sun. We are the sun. 
Today on this SUNday, a sunny one here in Chicago, let's chant to light the sun inside each of our lives. 

Let's let our lives shine. We can all chant to be happy. Happiness is our birthright. We deserve to be happy. Go ahead and chant for it!