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.

drizzle bloody drizzle

And after a few days break .. I'm back !

Not a lot to report really ... Have been trying to get to the cricket but the weather has been a real pain and it's now a dead cert to end in a draw and just really now whether Notts can get a few more bonus points .. doesn't really seem like the season has started. Mind you .. doesn't really seem that Summer has either !!

Had a pretty good Buddhist meeting on the Wednesday which I thought kept fairly focussed which is good as sometimes they go all over the place depending on who's there etc.

Went to Arnold on Thursday for the last in the Jazz Steps series. Have to say I was a bit dissapointed as it was Pinski Zoo with Jan Kopinski, a local guy, who I've seen a number of times before and enjoyed. He's at his best when he plays the bleaker Eastern European type numbers but unfortunately his current line up seems to be a bit funk oriented and was, in all honesty, a bit loose. Still .. I did at least get confirmation that I'll be doing the new Jazz Steps Web site.























And so to Saturday .. and yet more rain .... hope to pop to the cricket for a couple of hours this afternoon but not looking great .. will keep you posted :-)

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