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.

Escape from Sado

Wahay ... I've made a decision this year not to do the Xmas visiting thing and am now going over on the 27th for a couple of days so hopefully all will be a bit calmer by then !! Which means a couple of peaceful TV days and my own choice of Xmas dinner .. not a big fan of th etraditional one so I've gone for parmesan encrusted sea bass ,colcannon and veg with a rich choccy pud for afters mmmmmm
Soon be time to sort a few new years determinations out and have a few in mind. Find a piece from Ikeda's early diaries and might adapt it to my own use a bit .. so something like ...:
  1. Study Buddhism and increase the strength of my chanting
  2. Cut down on expenses and work harderr to earn more
  3. Live productively
  4. Look after my health (not too bad at that generally anyway)
  5. effort/patience/confidence/conviction/faith

So that's it at the moment .. bit of a mix of Ikeda and me and maybe will alter it but a good base to start from.

Party night tonight after going to the Mayfair last night which , as always. was excellent and always incredible to see the eating machine that is Andy ... no idea how he does it ... he's like the Duracell rabbitt when there's food in front of him !!

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