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.

Cup Final

After such lovely weather the clouds are back and it's persisting it down out side right now .. BUT in some ways I'm happy about that. The sun is fantastic but I always want to be outside when that happens and today is FA Cup Final day. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not the football supporter that I used to be, though I spent many a year on the terraces back in the days when they were a poor non league side though I have fond memories of characters like Billy 'barrel chested' Howells and John Flanagan,













Of course, these days I'm more of a cricket fan but I still like to watch the odd game and both Liverpool and West Ham are attractive sides, so the plan is to do a bit of tidying etc then sit down to the match with a big veggie fry up ... Also have a party this evening at another Buddhists though I suspect it will be fairly sedate .. maybe no bad thing at my age :-)

SGI President Ikeda's Daily Encouragement for May 13
During our dialogue, Dr. Arnold Toynbee at one point told me that his motto was Laboremus, Latin for, "Let's get to work!" Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism focuses on the present and future; it is infused with the spirit, "Let's get started!" We practice for the sake of the present and future. It is important not to become trapped in the past; we have to put it behind us. The Buddhism of true cause is always based on the present moment; it is always "from this moment on."

And ... WOW ... what a great cup final ... so rare to see a half decent one and that was just amazing ... shame West Ham didn't win but a great game all the same .... right dashing now as it went to Extra Time and I have to get ready.
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