With Joy

Our Buddhist practice always should be about joy. When we approach it as if it is a burden that must be accomplished then I believe we have missed the message of the Buddha. Yes, there are times when it will be difficult to accomplish the changes in life you wish to accomplish, and sometimes these changes will take a long time. Yet, what we learn in Buddhism is there is no one more qualified to make those changes than the individual, you.

Lecture on the Lotus Sutra