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.

And after all is said and done ..................

Well .. that's the Bank Hols over with and my plan to work hard over it simply didn't materialise .. In fact, I've spent a fair chunk of it simply recovering !

All was good ... until Saturday night when I went to a neighbour's Wedding Reception in the evening with some friends. It was a strange one really ... even though we weren't late .. it felt like the end of a party ALL night ... The evening started with a quick beer in town followed by a couple of bottles of ok-ish real ale ... bit strong though ... but then I made the (un)wise decision to hit the whisky .. which I did all night and then went, with a friend, to a bar in town until 2 or 3 am .. and for the first time in absolutely ages, I simply can't remember coming home ... !!! I did wake up at 8am on the sofa and went to bed where I stayed until early afternoon ... so most of that day and the following were spent feeling a bit grog.

Last night though, I was starting to feel better and went to the Mayfair again (yum !) ... Took it pretty easy with the wine/beer/whisky though and went to bed about 1am .. only to wake up again at 5am .. and that was that .. I couldn't get back to sleep so I started work at about 6.30am and have actually stuck at it pretty solid for most of the day .. though I'm about to have a tea break now .. Also need to ring the shop at Taplow Court to get some Buddhist books for the stall we're having at the Green Festival in the Arboretum this coming Sunday ... got my head burnt bad last time ... probably get it wet this !!

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