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.

Taplow part 2

And another trip to Taplow at the weekend but for a single day this time for the HQ and Chapter Leaders meeting. The morning was a regional one and generally fairly practical rather than inspiring but a few interesting things did come up.

The afternoon was more a general meeting and was absolutely packed which I guess shows how SGI-UK is growing in numbers.

Just a few pints from it (arrghh I mean points .. a freudian slip there :-) .. I've still got to type up the previous weekends notes too but for now anyway !!!


  1. There are 2 types of daimoku (chanting) .. 'Offensive' (as in attacking) daimoku which is where we put our own personal goals and determinations in line with others happiness and there is 'defensive' daimoku where we simply chant for our own desires. The latter tends to shrink our lives more whereas 'offensive' daimoku expands it.

  2. Important to encourage others (as well as ourselves of course !) to attend Study meetings and to get engaged in discussion meetings and to take an active rather than passive role in SGI-UK.

  3. Yas encouraged us to be ourselves and never to 'pretend' that we understand something based on someone else's belief .. he encouraged us to understand things personally and if we didn't, then to talk to others about it to understand more.
  4. Be aware of our own negative thoughts and challenge them before they determine how our lives will be.

That's kind of it .. a lot of the stuff was practical really for leaders etc so not really for here.


And that's it for now I think .. need to work again ... but have just made a perfect cup of Greek coffee so I took a photo :-)


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Sibri said...

Hmmm very interesting... especially the bit about Offensive and Defensive Daimoku!

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