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.

Excellent Study

At last .. something to post !!

Last night's Buddhist Study was really excellent and captured the main points of why we practise Buddhism really well. Really good turnout too ... I didn't count but a couple of us estimate 55-60 people. The lecture was given by Sanda McWilliam who came up from Taplow Court and gave the study on 'On Attaining Buddhahood'.

Anyway .. key points below .. copied up from my notes:

  1. We attain Buddhahood as and where we are; NOT as a different person or in a different place. The key is inner change (Human Revolution)
  2. It is important to make the DECISION to change and to continue in the effort once we have made the decision.
  3. We should become the master of our own minds and not let our (negative) minds 'master' us.
  4. A Mentor teaches others to believe in the potential that exists in their OWN lives.
  5. To be a Bodhisattva means to give hope and fight negativity, which can often be very subtle. To fight negativity means to fight disbelieff in our own and others Buddha nature. It is essential to chant plenty of daimoku (nam Myoho Renge Kyo) to keep our energy levels high enough for this fight.
  6. Buddhahood exists only in our conduct as human beings (walk the walk, don't just talk the talk).
  7. It is important to INITIALISE our determinations and be active, not passive.
  8. Each morning, we have no idea what lies ahead for us during the day. It is therefore important to prepare for the day ahead with a strong gongyo and daimoku.

All good straightforward but key stuff !!!!



Chanting Determination Update

Time Chanted to Date (day 13 of 184) >>>

Target to be chanted by end of day - 16.25 hours
Actual amount chanted so far - 16.5 hours

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2 comments:

Sibri said...

55-60!!! Where did everyone sit?

6:15 pm
Chanting Buddha said...

ah .. apparently it was 39 .. Mel counted them ... still a good turnout though

8:14 am

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