Chanting Buddha: Now and Zen

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.

Now and Zen

Noooooo don't worry .. I'm not following the Jack Kerouac route and starting to Ohmmmmmmm ... It's just that after my old cheapo mp3 player that looked like it had been designed by a Czechloslovakian Cartoonist died, I spotted a nice looking ZEN mp3 player which was under £30 with a gig of memory ... got good reviews too so why not eh .. I did buy it mainly to listen to Buddhist lectures but there's an easy to use ripping tool too .. so I've just copied my last Zoe Rahman CD onto it and it sounds great so as long as it doesn't break I'm well happy with it :)

Ok .. on with some work now .. beenfidling about with my new toy too much !!