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.

Tired after Taplow

Well .. actually not too badly tired as I was lucky enough to share a room with only one person ... and they didn't snore so got a reasonably ok nights sleep.

The course itself was really good and I definitely feel that I learned a lot on it and one thing especially about my own practise .... but that can wait for a discussion meeting ;-)

I'll be typing up some notes and will post any appropriate ones here when I get round to it.

Had a couple of good nights in the canteen afterwards .. especially when one member produced some whisky .. though I didn't think so the next day !!

Anyway ... here's a few photos for now, including one of Taplow at 7am .. see .. I do see that time sometimes .. also Alan and Annette playing at being 11 again sending each other dirty text jokes ... and I'm NOT posting those here lol. I'll post some better pics when I get them from a couple of people who took some on the course itself.








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