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.

A Jazztastic night

Funny day really .. the first e-mail I opened in the morning was telling me that Toni Kofi was unable to play at the Jazz at the Bonington in the evening due to gastric flu (actually, the e-mail went into slightly more detail than that .. but .. eeeewwww !!). That was a big blow as I'd been looking forward to see him play.

Brian rang me later to say that Brian Edwards was standing in for him ... I thought WHO ????? I was pretty cautious as stand ins haven't always been great, but this guy was brilliant .. especially as he only had a few hours notice and virtually no practise. There were a couple of small cock ups but that was to be expected and were only loose endings and who cares about that. I was really pleased that the Bonington crowd gave him a great reception and I think he was impressed.

He has some music on his myspace site at http://www.myspace.com/noggmuzikif you fancy a listen .. and pic below:






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