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.

There's Always a Crux !

Bit of a late start this morning. I don't know why but I felt really shattered yesterday .. maybe it was the early coffee and subsequent come down but by the time the evening came, I really didn't want to go to the Buddhist Meeting but forced myself. Sometimes you just know you're not going to enjoy it and the first 20 mins of the chanting were dreadful, I couldn't hear the rythm due to a member who chants very strangely an emphasises it wrongly which threw me. All ended up ok though .. so I guess that was just one of those obstacles :)

Received the Monthly Guidance this morning and one bit stood out for me which was a quote by the second president Josei Toda who said "There is always a crux, a key point in every situation. Be sure never to miss it!".

That's quite pertinent to me really. I recognise that point and when it comes, I usually do what I do in times like that ... revert to playing the class fool ... Now there's something to chant about !!

Anyway .. It's a late start today .. needed to sleep in a bit especially as I woke about 5 having some weird dreams about calling the emergency services who told me to stop calling them all the time .. I think the implication was that I'd accidentaly called them on my mobile too many times and they wouldn't respond to me now ... !!! I'm sure there's a message in it somewhere !! Good job I don't analyse dreams eh !! I personally think that dreams are like a release valve for fears and phobias ... get them out your system while you're asleep .. sounds good to me !!

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