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.

Daimoku Daimoku Daimoku

The sun is out, the skies are blue .. spring can't be here at last can it ? Maybe it's old age but even mild winters seem to drag these days. Probably more about the sunlight really and I've already managed to sit outside with a coffee at the weekend though it was a wee bit cold if I'm truthful.
Our district gave the Buddhist Study last Friday which was pretty good I thought and reasonable turnout though sadly, only one other person from our district. Similar at Kosen Rufu really .. only three there but it was a really nice Kosen Rufu meeting and seems to have turned something in my practise. It might not last but I'm currently averaging at least 1 1/2 hours chanting each day .. kind of like a car I guess ... if you just want to sit in it, then you don't really need to put any fuel in, but if you want to go the journey you need to have enough fuel (daimoku).
Well, that's my analogy for the day :)
Finished reading The Buddha in your rearview mirror today .. kind of a cross between Buddha in Your Mirror and the Dick Causton Book .. on the whole quite good though probably need to read through again.



Buddha in your rear view mirror



Bit more work then time for Neighbours .. also need to pop into town this afternoon so maybe cofee outside .. mmmm we'll see :)
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Anonymous said...

Hi I am fairly new to the practise I started in January of this year and I am still going on. At first i found the chanting twice a day hardgoing but now I am doing it and it is payiing off.

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