My Life is Better Than I Could Have Imagined
Buddhability
SGI-USA
4.9 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Radhika Rao, of San Francisco, tried Buddhism because she was jealous of a friend’s happiness. Since then, she’s living a life beyond anything she had dreamed. Today she shares her perspective on life as a theater teaching artist and Buddhist.
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Resource:
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 748
The Flowering of Creative Life Force
The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, pp. 165–66
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | From SGI USA, I'm Cassidy Bradford, and this is Budability. |
| 0:08.3 | The weekly series where I talk with Buddhists from all walks of life |
| 0:12.3 | about the power we each have to change our lives and the world around us. |
| 0:28.6 | Recently, I've been thinking that having imagination actually requires hope. You have to be able to entertain the idea that something could be possible. |
| 0:33.6 | But we might feel limited by our circumstances. |
| 0:36.6 | The job market is rough. |
| 0:38.8 | Dating in your hometown is hopeless. |
| 0:41.9 | Maybe you do have some goals, but to dream beyond what seems feasible can be hard. |
| 0:48.5 | So today, I'm speaking with Radica Rao. |
| 0:51.8 | She's a theater teaching artist in San Francisco and is living a life |
| 0:55.4 | she couldn't have imagined when she first started chanting Namil Hōdenge Kehl. |
| 1:09.9 | Welcome to bootability, Radica. |
| 1:12.6 | Thank you for joining me today. |
| 1:14.6 | And we've already had such a fun little chat and like working on the technology at the start of this. |
| 1:20.6 | So I'm already feeling like encouraged and energized. |
| 1:24.6 | But you know, to start out every episode, I always have the guest |
| 1:27.6 | introduce themselves. So just tell me a little bit about who you are. Yeah, thank you, Cassidy. |
| 1:33.8 | I'm so honored to be on Buttability. You know, long-time fan. I listen to almost every episode. |
| 1:41.0 | Oh, wow. I do. Yeah, yeah. Long-time listener. My name is Radica Rao. Oh, wow. I do, yeah, yeah. Long time listener. |
| 1:46.0 | My name is Radica Rao. |
| 1:48.0 | I live in San Francisco. |
| 1:50.0 | I am what you call a theater teaching artist, which means that I work in the theater, |
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