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.

update and quote

Just a brief post as it's been a week or more and not too much to post really. I've been making a concious effort to bring in more money by actually getting up early and working reasonably solidly. I'm also starting a part time work from home thing next week .. just a couple of hours a day at first but expect that to rise to three or so in teh near future which will just about cover my rent which is always a priority !! My official title I believe is 'editor' .. how cool is that :-)

Received an e-mail from a fellow Buddhist in Brazil today who sent me a quote someone had given him so I thought I;d share it as it's a bit of a 'thinker'


TIME DOESN`T EXIST IN BUDDHISM, PSYCHOLOGICAL TIME JUST DOESN`T EXIST. DEPRESSION, ANGER AND SO ON EXIST IN PSYCHOLOGICAL TIME ( WHICH HUMANS CREATED, A WRISTWATCH FOR EXAMPLE DEPICTS HUMAN CREATED TIME…). OUR BUDDHISM EXISTS IN THE NOW. THE PRESENT MOMENT ONLY. THEREFORE OUR SUFFERING, OUR DEPRESSIONS ARE ILLUSORY. FIGMENTS OF THE PAST OR THE FUTURE, WHICH IS PSYCHOLOGICAL TIME. THAT’S NOT BUDDHISM SHE SAID. WE DON`T NEED TO WAIT TO BE HAPPY, WE CAN BE HAPPY NOW. SHE SAID TO CHANT FOR THE THINGS WE WANT TO BE HAPPY RIGHT NOW AND WE WILL RECEIVE THEM, RIGHT NOW. OUR HUMAN REVOLUTION IS FIRSTLY ABOUT OUR OWN LIVES. OUR HAPPINESS. ONCE WE BEGIN TO CHANT IN THE “NOW” AND DROP THE PAST OR FUTURE OUR LIVES BECOME `ONE` WITH THE UNIVERSE AND OUR HAPPINESS IS ABSOLUTE, NOT RELATIVE. THE SECRET IS IN THE POWER OF “NOW”.
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