From SGI USA, I'm Cassidy Bradford, and this is Budability.

The weekly series where I talk with Buddhists from all walks of life about the power we each have to change our lives and the world around us.

We know it can feel like there are way too many things to learn about Buddhism.

So many concepts, so little time.

So to make it easier to learn, we're creating bootability shorts.

Monthly episodes where we break down a Buddhist concept that we've touched on in an interview.

This is also a great opportunity to get your questions answered. So if you have a question about the basics of Buddhism, you can always email us at connect at SGI-USA.org, and then we

might answer it on the show or even in an article. In last week's episode about dreams, Grady

mentioned practicing for self and others.

This is a concept you might hear pretty often at a local Buddhist meeting,

or even when you open up a book about Buddhism.

To understand why supporting others is foundational to Buddhism,

we first need to understand how Buddhism views people.

The fundamental spirit of the Lotus

Sutra and Nitrin Buddhism is that all people are irreplaceable and infinitely possess the noble

Buddha nature. While earlier Buddhist teachings said that only certain kinds of people could

attain the enlightened life state of buddhahood after many many lifetimes of practice the lotus sutra said no no no

no people no matter who they are can attain buddhahood in their present form this was revolutionary

a life committed to respecting all people can be traced back to the lotus sutra One such example is of bodhisattva never disparaging.

In Mahayana Buddhist teachings, bodhisattvas are disciples of Shakamuni Buddha, the original Buddha,

who's sometimes also known as Sudartha. These bodhisattvas devoted themselves to Buddhist practice

and then come to develop awe-inspiring qualities

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