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Today we’re unpacking the question: what does it mean to win every day when sometimes things take time to resolve? Our guest is Yoko Ambulo, of Chicago, who shares her journey learning Buddhist lessons about what happiness actually is, what a winning daily rhythm looks like, and why it’s so important to create an arena in which you give yourself a chance to win.
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Cheat Sheet
1:11 Why Yoko started chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
4:47 The law of cause and effect
7:30 What a winning daily rhythm looks like in Buddhist practice
11:36 How Yoko learned that happiness comes from within
15:10 A step-by-step approach to creating value from unhappiness
21:45 What winning means
28:14 One of Yoko’s favorite Buddhist quotes
29:35 How Yoko found her purpose
32:33 Her goals for 2023
38:08 Advice on how to get the most out of this year
References
- Kosen-Rufu: Our Mission, p. 241
- The New Human Revolution, vol. 16, pp. 201–02
- The New Human Revolution, vol. 25, pp. 73–74