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.

Faith, Practise & Study

Just a quick post before I do morning Gongyo (Buddhist Practise) later than usual, but I listened to a podcast last night which was a Buddhist Study by Jason Jarrett which clarified the Faith/Practise/Study aspect which sometimes seems convuluted and complicated. He quoted Something from Daisaku Ikeda which (paraphrased) said:

Faith
Faith is to believe in the Buddha nature of all people, whoever they are

Practise
Practise is to awaken the Buddhahood in ourselves and also in others

Study
Study is to study the philosophy of respecting the lives of all human beings


Thought that was pretty good and to the point ... so on to gongyo .. maybe more later
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1 comment:

Sibri said...

Yeah that is a great and simple way to view it... I like that

*copy and paste time*

9:58 am

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