Welcome to the ezine produced by SGI Buddhists that prompts the positive, kindles the constructive, highlights the hopeful and leaves you feeling - well, up!
Published on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 11:03 | | 
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The Majestic Plastic Bag is a clever and disturbing Attenborough-style mock documentary about the life of a plastic bag.
“Over the course of its life the plastic bag will cover vast distances through neighbourhoods and across parks … the bag will travel hundreds of miles to join the thriving community of plastic known as the great pacific garbage patch.”
Published on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 15:07 | | |
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What does Salvador Dali eat for breakfast? Surreal.
Who is the famous barnyard painter? Pablo Pigcasso.
Why did the artist apply for a loan? He was baroque.
What is an artist baby’s first word? Dada.
What do artists spice their food with? Cezannings.
OK, OK … last one.
Published on Wednesday, 01 May 2013 17:14 | | |
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What does "Buddha" really mean? A young US reporter asked men and women on the street.
Published on Thursday, 25 April 2013 19:44 | | |
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Sir Ken Robinson continues to challenge ideas on reforming education, claiming that we’ve sold ourselves into a 'fast food model' of education which is draining our spirit and energy. Reformation is just not good enough, he says — we need a revolution!
Published on Tuesday, 16 April 2013 22:12 | | |
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“We need to live differently in the 21st century. To live differently involves thinking differently, which involves seeing the world and ourselves from a new perspective,” says Matthew Taylor of the RSA, the charity committed to social change, and the creators of the delightful RSA Animate series which has revolutionized the way complex ideas are illustrated.
Here’s Matthew Taylor on 21st Century Enlightenment.
Published on Monday, 15 April 2013 13:11 | | |
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May 15th is International Conscientious Objector’s Day. The world over, men and women are still being imprisoned for avoiding conscription or deserting the army on moral or religious grounds.
Published on Friday, 05 April 2013 11:10 | | |
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It is often said that Nichiren’s Buddhism begins and ends with his great treatise 'On Establishing The Correct Teaching For The Peace Of The Land'. Eddy Canfor-Dumas offers some thoughts on its relevance today, especially to those practising Buddhism within the SGI.
We're obsessed with finding happiness. At every turn there are self help books, articles and TV shows on finding that elusive feeling, as well as happiness institutes, retreats, courses, and coaching. Yet despite this, the epidemic of depression in Western society is worsening. What is going wrong?
The English countryside is under serious threat, writes Camilla Scaramanga. Planning laws which protect our rural landscape have been overturned - with priority given to housing and economic growth.
Daisaku Ikeda is President of the Soka Gakkai International, the world’s largest Buddhist lay group and America’s most diverse. In a rare interview, Ikeda talks about the organization’s remarkable history, its oft misunderstood practice, and what its members are really chanting for.