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.

Leonard Cohen

After 15 years I think, when I saw him last, Leonard Cohen is playing the UK and while I didn't get tickets to see him (though if he adds Nottingham I will !) I was looking forward to seeing him on TV from Glastonbury but apparently he or his manahement wouldn't let it be filmed (maybe a dvd coming out later ?).

Anyway .. a few people filmed it off the screen from Glastonbury .. so enjoy :)









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What can I say ??

That's a good question .. I'm starting to feel a little guilty about not posting but it kind of reminds me of when I first started work and used to keep a diary which predominantly said:

Got up
Went to work
Practised Drums
Went to Pub

Exciting life eh ;)

So that's why no posts I guess, though I've done some Buddhisty stuff such as going to Taplow a couple of weeks back for a lecture to Study Lecturers (likely I'll be doing one in, well... half of one, in September .. scarey !!). The lecture was by European Womens leader .. Mrs Takahashi and was really good, though it was a full day and by the third lecture in the afternoon there were a few 'sleepers' around teh place :-). There's also been a New members day for people practising less than 2 years (but open to all members). That was more succesful than I expected and we had 60 people in one room .. just a normal sized one .. pretty warm that was.

Anyway .. I think I'm now coming out of my period of Mourning for Harold leaving Neighbours and I'll leave you with a tribute to him

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It's the end of the world as we know it

Today I'm feeling sad because the Big Bang Theory season finished last night :(

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