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.

Lazy Saturday

Well .. yesterday was exciting .. not really ... usual kinda day .. bit of work, bit of a swim etc though I did go for a few beers in the evening which was nice ... don't usually go out at the weekends so it was good to remember what town is like then !

The good news of the day was that my Buffy DVD arrived so I bet you can guess what I did all morning in bed .. yes ... watch the DVDs ... Buffy just gets better with age :-)

No idea of plans for the weekend at the moment .. it's currently about 2.30pm and I really should get moving to go into town. As usual, I seem to have missed the sun and no doubt it will be raining when I get there ....

I had every intention of doing a decent amount of chanting this morning but it all went pear shaped .. must do at least SOME before I go out .... Just re-read The Buddha, Geoff and Me by Eddie Canfor-Dumas .... Not the best written novel in the world but it does help to remind me of why I practise ... so a bit of arse kicking in gear is called for over the bank hols me thinks !

Right .. to town >>>>>>>>>
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