We are first introduced to Buddhism, or we seek it out on our own, and we decide that we too would like to become enlightened. We may approach the problem in any number of different ways. It has been my experience that those people who make a determination to do something specific each day are the happiest. In Nichiren Shu, we suggest that every day we recite a portion of the Lotus Sutra and chant Odaimoku. The idea is that this gives a person some specific, attainable goal. The result is that over time, with the accumulation of these small daily goals, a person finds that their life situation changes. The transformation, the objective of enlightenment, is reached gradually and yet every step along the way is enlightenment.