A Change in My Heart Changed My Family Relationships
Buddhability27 Sep 2024

A Change in My Heart Changed My Family Relationships

Sometimes we may wish the people around us were different. Today’s guest, Brigid Perry of Boston, shares how chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo honestly about her feelings toward her family helped her make a fundamental shift in the way she views them.

Today’s episode is also available in video format here.

References:

The New Human Revolution, vol 1, pp. 173-4.

Living Buddhism, June 2024, p. 5.

The New Human Revolution, vol 30, Ch. 4.

Cheat Sheet:

02:05 Brigid joins her sister at a Buddhist meeting

07:45 Her brother comes home due to illness

13:00 Wishing her family would change so life would be easier

21:30 How Buddhist study helped her shift her perspective

26:20 Seeing her brother in a new light

33:15 Chanting to cherish her family just as they are

39:10 A once unimaginable family moment

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