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.

NOTICE ABOUT THIS SITE

As you have probably noticed, I kind of ran out of things to say on this blog that were of much use/relevance and have been using it simply to backlink articles.

I have now another site I use for that and am considering what to do with this one.

HOWEVER, I HAVE STARTED ANOTHER BLOG BASED ON MY THOUGHTS AS A BUDDHIST WHICH ARE BASED ON PRESIDENT IKEDA'S DAILY GUIDANCE AND WILL BE POSTING A NEW ONE EACH DAY.

TAKE A LOOK AT MY NEW DAILY GUIDANCE THOUGHTS BLOG.

Asparagus Pee

Had asparagus twice yesterday which wasn't planned ... absolutely delicious, but funny how it makes your pee smell bad !!

Buying fish online

Well it would be nice I guess to try some different fish other than what can be bought at the supermarlet and it looks like a good way tp buy them is to do so online.

root canal treatment

Apparently, despite rumours to the contrary .. root canal surgery is not that painful !!

Root Canal Surgery

I thought I;d do a bit of digging around about this as everyone seems to think it's dead paiful ... apparently not!!!

Sitting in the morning sun

In teh garden .. british summers and the lovely warmth .. so how about some new garden furniture?

Blood Pressure or Hypertension

It came as quite a shock to me a few years ago when I discovered I had very high blood pressure. Thankfully, it is now down to decent levels .. article about high blood pressure here.

Google Domination

It seems that Google is no longer happy simply dominating the search engine market and now seem set to attack Microsoft's dominance of the sofware sector .. not by relacing it, but by attempting to bypass it alltogether with their newly announced Google Chromebooks.

New blog started

As you may have noticed, I rarely post any buddhist stuff on here these days. It's not that I don't practise, I do but I rarely find the time anymore and I don't think anyone read it anyway.




I have now started a blog though which is more personalised which you can see at http://inmyfifties.blogspot.com/ .. basically a sometimes humourous look at life after fifty.

stinky breath

a couple of new articles on excerptz about bad breath and the unusual tonsil stones ... never heard of them ? take a look.

new website

finally got my own 'what I like' kind of website up and running yesterday which I hope will grow > www.grumples.co.uk

A bit of art

Just the one this morning .. busy busy day ahead ... pop along and check it out .. an intro to buying art online

Phew busy busy busy

Thanfully a friend dragged me out for a walk along the nottingham to beeston canal with a meal at one end and a pint at both :-) Good job too as it was a lovely day and I'd spent the morning in bed writing some articles for Extractz.... B it of a change of tactic and topic subjects including a basic guide to holidays in Greece , a bit of info and tips for online dating a couple of health related ones kind of in how to nmake a will and an article on bipolar disorder Just to lighten the mood a little, I added a couple of short articles on upcoming fashion trends Jelly Shoes and Cat Eye Sunglasses