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.

Sunday August 16th 2009 - Pleasant Sunny Day

It's the day after the Regional men's Buddhist course at Taplow, and I've decided to re-start my blog. After several attempts, I have finally managed to buy a copy of 'Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary' which has inspired me to restart this as an online diary. I shall probably call it 'Charlies not so youthful diary'!.

What especially impressed me in teh book, is Ikeda's honesty about how he felt on a daily basis, including times when he idled a day away or missed a Buddhist meeting to go to a movie. This is something I can identify with and I fell shows his humanity and teh fact that we are all human with all the potential failings that entails. He never lets site of the battle being to defeat our negative tendencies and to win and reveal our Buddhahood. He also records the weather for the day, so in a 'copycat' style, so will I.

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Had hoped to catch up on some sleep today after the early start to the course at Taplow, but it was not to be. One main side effect of teh Blood Pressure medication I am on is early waking - something I will probably now have to adapt to.

Have been in a bit of a blue funk the last few days for some unknown reason and must try to pull myself out of it. Not a very productive day today but that's ok as yesterday was at Taplow and there was much to take in and process from the day and I will be typing up my notes on that in the next few days.
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