On what do we base our decisions?
Practicing Buddhism is a process that enables us to better know our desires and continue to refine them day after day after day. Our continual process helps us to hone who we really are and instills in us the confidence that we CAN HAVE what we truly desire.
President Ikeda says in Faith and Action (in the Self-Reliance section), page 65:
"Our Lives are our own.
It is not for someone else to dictate to us
how we should live.
All that awaits those who allow themselves to be continually swayed by what other people say or do
is unhappiness.
We simply need to have the self-belief to be able to say: This is right.
This is the path I will follow.
I am content."
Happiness is born from such inner fortitude.
Moreover, those who earnestly devote themselves in accord with the mystic law
cannot fail to realize lives of total fulfillment."
How do we develop this core of self belief?
We can chant for it:
Power Prayer for Increasing Confidence:
Life! I am determined to increase my confidence in my own life. I am determined to tap into the core and essence of my life itself, and bring the full wisdom and power of my life into everything I do. I am determined to know exactly what I want and chant to fulfill it. I am a votary of the Lotus Sutra and I will make my life shine like the sun! I am determined to use every breath of my life as a beacon for good, and to be a light for others along the path of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo."
