“Nam Myoho Renge Kyo,” the title of the Lotus Sutra, is also known as the Daimoku. In this episode, Rima Vesely-Flad speaks with a decades-long practitioner of Nichiren Buddhism, Jacci Thompson-Dodd, about the significance of chanting and other practices of the association, Buddhists of African Descent.

Jacci Thompson-Dodd has practiced Nichiren Buddhism for 50 years. She supports women healing from life-altering illness and trauma. Thrivorship®, her nationally recognized program for breast cancer survivors, has been offered by cancer centers and organizations across the country.