Welcome back to Bootability, a weekly interview series about the amazing ability we all have to change our lives and the world if we're brave enough to tap into it.

I'm your host, Ghi Jolly.

Today we're talking about what winning over yourself really takes.

It requires taking an honest look at what is causing you to suffer and finding the courage

to transform it deep within.

Our guest is Jamie from Davis, California, who shares her journey using her Buddhist practice of chanting

Namyo Hōren Gae Kyo to battle her own anger, which began at a young age, and on the way,

she discovered a beautiful person within. Here's Jamie.

So my name is Jamie.

I am 26 years old.

I'm calling from Davis, California, which is nearby Sacramento, California.

And I am a consultant, actually, at a management and strategy IT consulting firm.

So, yeah. Awesome. Thank you again for taking

the time to have this conversation. I know we're going to get into some real stuff today. And I'm

really excited about this topic because I think in some way everybody can relate to what we're

going to talk about. But I always like to start at the beginning, which is if you could

just briefly tell me the story of how you first encountered Buddhism and what was going on

at the time such that you wanted to start chanting them, your Hōdingekio.

Yeah, totally. So actually, so my parents started practicing independently. They met and then they had me.

And so like that's kind of how I was like encountered Buddhism.

I don't remember when I literally first started chanting because my parents were doing it.

You know, like even before I was born when I was just still in the womb.

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