Lily Lowe-Myers is one of those buddhists who are an amazing advert for it - seemingly endlessly able summon up light and cheer - with abundant energy to support others. She makes it look effortless. But she admits how deep she has to dig sometimes - and the amazing life-changing trick of ‘making your prayer bigger’ - finding the determination to overcome your struggles so you can inspire others to believe they have the same power. 

Part of practising Nichiren buddhism involved reciting sections of the Lotus Sutra. The concluding lines of this daily prayer sum it up well: ‘At all times I think to myself; How can I cause living beings to gain entry into the unsurpassed way and quickly acquire the body of the buddha’ - in the moment you really yearn to help others become happy your life state soars and you become happy yourself.