I alone am responsible for my life.

There's no one to blame.

The good news? I have the power to change it. 

Countless imprints from our karmas—thoughts, words, and actions—over countless lifetimes have gone into the mix of impressions in our store consciousness. Impelled forward by them, our current life is therefore solely our creation. When certain people impact our life, it is because we had planted the cause for them to do so. So our interactions with them are likewise due to our past karmas.

We alone are responsible for our life.

So, sorry, there’s no one else to blame. What we are experiencing is because of what we had done in this life. And in all our lives before. The future holds the potential to be much better. Incredibly better. Since we alone are responsible for our lives, it’s entirely up to us what our future will hold. If we decide that we want birth in the Western Pure Land then we need to make it happen—with belief, vow, and practice.

Fully confident we will attain what we seek, let’s get to work.