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.

Daimoku Domei

Well .. I finally got rid of that virus .. nasty little sod ... each time I got rid of it, it came back in a slightly different disguise each time !! Anyway .. gone now.

Bit of an early start this Sunday morning for me as I'd agreed to do Daimoku Domei with an SGI member in Hertfordshire. I'd not heard that term before but basically means chanting at the same time as someone else but in a different location. Anyway, this guy was my 'buddha buddy' on the recent mens course and we each chose 3 things that we wanted to change by January 7th so agreed to chant together at set times to have the determination to make them happen. I guess in a small way, actually getting up at 8.30 on a Sunday morning is a start for me as my third one was to actually do more things and not be so lazy .. so that's a good start .. though I'll probably lie on the sofa and watch a film now I've done lol

On the third point, also started a bit of a flat clean/tidy yesterday which I'll continue in a few minutes ... got most of it done .. but got to sort through a big thick pile of papers that I seem to have accumulated ... big throw out time !!!

And that's about it I think ... maybe a coffee in town later .. but will the sun come out ????
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