Remember, though, that we are not letting go just for the sake of letting go. If we cling to the concept of letting go then we are not letting go, we are not freeing ourselves, and we will not feel peace. … Freeing the mind frees ourselves and then we can act in a less stressful way. It is how we respond to things as they arise around us that determines our state of mind; it isn’t the things themselves. Remember we need to do something; we need to think something in order to become angry or sad or any other emotion. Chanting the Odaimoku and meditating on the Lotus Sutra enables us to develop a state of mind that is free from clinging, and one that recognizes that we are already Buddhas, even if we are unaware at the moment.