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.

...... and Bheki Mseleku

Well .. it's been a busy week work wise and have a meeting this afternoon (oops that's been put back to Monday now too .. just had a phone call !) and one on Monday which I hope will lead to more work. Also had a couple of Buddhist meetings and one (possibly a second today) home visits too .. aren't I a good little Buddhist lol. Really REALLY didn't want to do a home visit but did one on Monday and much to my surprise, I actually enjoyed it so more on the way I guess.

Typed up some notes from the Study last Friday and have posted them below if anyone is interested.

Went to the Bonington theatre in Arnold again last night for the jazz. There had been some doubt, due to health, as to whether Bheki Mseleku would be playing but thankfully he did. Having said that, if he hadn't turned up, I wouldn't have been dissapointed to hear 2 sets by the John Donaldson trio who were superb. BUT .. it has to be said that the Bheki Mseleku quintet were a class above most things I've seen .. it really was like seeing a living legend .. a live Thelonious Monk/Bill Evans ... absolutely excellent .. no other words for it really !

Hopefully should have a photo or two of the gig to post shortly.

And here's the study notes as promised >>>

Study Notes – From December 1st 2006


The purpose of study is not an intellectual pursuit but for bringing us back to chant to the Gohonzon to raise our life state. Study also leads to perseverance .. as Nichiren says “To accept is easy; to continue is difficult. But Buddhahood lies in continuing faith”.

Whatever situation we find ourselves in, chant with the determination that ‘I Will Win’

We don’t all see the world in the same way, but see it through whatever life state we have. By chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo, we see the world through our Buddhahood.

There is no such thing as individual types of Karma .. eg money karma, relationship karma. If we strengthen our faith and our practise, ALL karma changes.

A Buddha has no fear and trusts 100% in their Buddhahood. We can face all our difficulties and still be happy.

Daimoku, Difficulties and the effort to overcome difficulties are the way of attaining Buddhahood.

Human Revolution doesn’t mean simply to suffer. We sometimes say things like ‘I really did my human revolution at work the other day’ when what we really mean is that we suffered because of something/someone. This is NOT Human Revolution. Human revolution means to transform and change through the suffering and move our lives forward.

When we change, the world also changes. Everything starts with Inner Transformation – changing our hearts and our minds.

Life state is the key – Raise it by chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.
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