Chanting Buddha: Go Honzon

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.

Go Honzon

Finally, the sun is out and Summer seems to be here again ... for how long ?

Had another visit to Taplow on Sunday which involved an early start .. had to be up at 5.30am ouch !! One of teh guys in our district was receiving Gohonzon (the scroll we chant to) so a few of us went down to support him.

We got there in plenty of time and had a bit of a walk around the grounds before and after the ceremony. Unfortunately I've got a new mobile and can't seem to get images off it which is really annoying .. also think I've lost the lead. Me and technology don't really go that well together despite being a web designer !!

And last night, we headed over to Chesterfield for his enshrinement which was quite nice as he lives half way between Nottingham and Sheffield so there were several there from Sheffield too.

Couple of Pics below