Welcome to my Blog. I'm a practising member of SGI-UK a lay buddhist organisation practising the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin. It is often described as a practise of Active Humanism which I think reflects it perfectly. The basic practise is the chanting of 'Nam Myoho Renge Kyo' on a daily basis and putting the practise into use in our daily lives thereby making this a practical rather than esoteric form of Buddhism. For more information, please follow the Buddhist links on the right of this page

“Prayer is the courage to persevere. It is the struggle to overcome our own weakness and lack of confidence in ourselves. It is the act of impressing in the very depths of our being the conviction that we can change the situation without fail. Prayer is the way to destroy all fear. It is the way to banish sorrow, the way to light a torch of hope. It is the revolution that rewrites the scenario of our destiny... Believe in yourself! Don't sell yourself short! Devaluing yourself is contrary to Buddhism, because it denigrates the Buddha state of being within you.”.
Daisaku Ikeda.

Banked Holiday

Bit of a none day yesterday really ... well, after the Buddhist meeting anyway .... Found a quite interesting Sociology paper on the SGI in Italy which you can download HERE if you want to.

Woke up reasonably early today despite the fact that I hadn't set the alarm as the weather forecast was crap for today so I figured that I wouldn't rush round getting ready for the cricket today. It's only a one day C&G match against Scotland which we 'should' win easily. Bit surprised to find that they started on time as it's been raining a fair bit this morning, but as I will have to leave early anyway to get to the Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmayfair this evening, I thought I;d just drop in on it for a few hours a bit later. I made a decision this year that I needed to miss a bit more cricket .. probably just catch afternoons, as I need to work more this year instead of just scraping by.

After a good morning gongyo, I tried to get my mobile sorted as it refuses to take photos but it's broken ... got to get a new one ... more figuring out of technology !

Got to Trent Bridge in time to catch the last few overs of Scotland's innings .. all out for 192. Notts got off to a good start then lost Russel Warren's wicket quite early but easily caught Scotland up with great batting by the new lads .. Will Smith 95 not out and Samit Patel 94 not out ... pleased they did well .. time some new blood was brought in. Eventually got to 193 for 1 with 10 overs to spare .. pretty easy match !

Anyway .. need to get ready ... Mayfair beckons !


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