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.

Pass the Sick Bag

Want to buy a unique souvenir of the Royal Wedding .. a sick bag or condoms perhaps ?

http://hubpages.com/hub/Royal-Wedding-Souvenirs-and-Memorabilia

Mish Mash

Got some left over yoghurt ? Why not try this delicious simple recipe from Palestine

http://hubpages.com/hub/Recipe-Food-from-Palestine-Mish-Salad

Fed up with the dailies?

Oppose the Murdoch takeover of the press and but the only English Language daily Newspaper in the world

http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Morning-Star-A-UK-Socialist-Newspaper

Another New Article

An article written last night about a Greek rembetika Musician that I had the pleasure of meeting.


http://hubpages.com/hub/Rembetika-Musicians-Thanassis-Athanasiou

What's new

Well I haven't really been here much and probably won't if I'm truthful but I thought it would be a useful place to keep up to date with some new things I'm doing.

One area I seem to be developing is online content writing and have now written several articles which I've listed below - Subjects are included in the url

http://hubpages.com/hub/Buddhism-in-Europe-Soka-Gakkai-International
http://hubpages.com/hub/The-British-Royal-Wedding-Kate-Middletons-Wedding-Dress-and-the-Effect-on-the-Economy
http://hubpages.com/hub/Feyyaz-Fergar-Feyyaz-Kayacan-Turkish-Poet
http://hubpages.com/hub/Yannis-Ritsos-Greek-Poet-and-Communist
http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Rastamouse-Controversy
http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Buddhist-View-of-Hell-and-the-Ten-Worlds
http://hubpages.com/hub/The-House-of-Rodakis-Aegina-Greece
http://hubpages.com/hub/Recipe-Food-from-Turkey-Imam-Bayildi
http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Death-of-the-Weekend-and-the-Rise-of-Consumerism
http://hubpages.com/hub/Suiseki-The-Art-of-Stone-Appreciation-or-Bonsai-Stones
http://hubpages.com/hub/Libya-Libyan-Food-and-Recipes
http://hubpages.com/hub/Greek-Food-Briam
http://hubpages.com/hub/Jamaican-Food-Ackee-and-Saltfish
http://hubpages.com/hub/Recipe-Food-from-Sardinia-Italy-Con-le-Sarde-Pasta-with-Sardines
http://hubpages.com/hub/Recipe-Food-from-Malta-Stuffat-tal-Qaqocc
http://hubpages.com/hub/Recipe-Food-from-Japan-Chirashi-Sushi-Scattered-Sushi
http://hubpages.com/hub/Robert-Motherwell-Abstract-Expressionism-The-Artist-and-his-Art (this one will be expanded in the not too far off future)

http://hubpages.com/hub/Recipe-Food-from-Afghanistan-Quabli-Pilau
http://hubpages.com/hub/Yemen-Food-Recipe-Saltah
I'll list new ones as I do them so watch this space