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.

I paint, therefore I Ham

Not so much of a catch up as nothing much to report apart from having a birthday which was pretty good .. usual .. Mayfair .. yum yum !!

Made a determination at the start of the year to do something creative. This determination seemed likely to fade into oblivion when we were asked as part of our Buddhist group to donate something on the subject of 'my mentor and I', for a book to be published. My initial thought was a poem as I've done a bit of that in the past with moderate success ..... well I quite like them anyway lol ( see http://www.lulu.com/content/761774 ), but I decided to have a go at something I've wanted to do for a while and have always enjoyed looking at in galleries .. I decided to paint !!! So far I've done two things, the first for this project and the second just a general thing .... I've got a feeling I may enjoy reading teh comments ... NOT !!!!! lol





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