Announcement: Tell us why you started chanting!

Buddhability

SGI-USA

Health & Fitness, Self-help, Self-care, Religion & Spirituality, Mental Health, Buddhism

4.9 • 603 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

We’re making a listener episode with your stories about starting your Buddhist practice! You can submit a voice message telling us, in a minute or less, why you started chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

Ways to submit your voice message:

1. Instagram: Send a voice message to our DMs @Buddhability

2. Voicemail: Call us at (646) 883-6381 and leave a message after the tone.

Please send us your story by Friday, August 2nd.

We’ll select a small assortment to share on an upcoming episode, so please submit only if you are comfortable having it shared on the podcast.

Transcript

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0:00.0	From SGIUSA, I'm Cassidy Bradford, and this is Budability.
0:09.2	This week, we're taking a quick break to prepare for the next batch of interviews,
0:13.9	but we're also announcing a new listener episode.
0:17.5	That's right, it's your time to share the story of how you started practicing Buddhism.
0:22.6	So here's the ask.
0:24.6	In under a minute, tell us why you started chanting NAMyo Hōengke-Kiao.
0:29.6	Maybe a college friend shared it with you when you were going through a bad breakup.
0:34.6	Or maybe you knew about chanting since childhood,
0:37.7	but didn't give it a try yourself
0:39.6	until you hit a major roadblock.
0:41.9	Whatever the story, remember to focus on the reason.
0:45.4	What made you say, you know what?
0:48.1	I'm gonna give it a try.
0:50.2	Because it can be intimidating to explore Buddhism
0:53.1	and try chanting for yourself.
0:55.0	So be sure to tell us what pushed you to check it out.
0:58.5	And of course, you can give us a sprinkle of the payoff.
1:02.0	Was it worth it? Are you glad you tried it?
1:05.1	We've got two ways you can submit your story, Instagram or voicemail.
1:10.5	For Instagram, you can DM us a voice message. Our account is
1:14.9	at bootability. We'll link it in the show notes. You can also call in our voicemail. When you call our
1:21.2	number, it'll go straight to voicemail. You'll hear my voice reminding you of the prompt, and then you can
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