Apart from chanting my way to work, my favourite bit of my Buddhist day is listening to my podcasts, shutting the world out, and entering the World of Learning.
I keep banging on about Edward Canfor-Dumas’ The Buddha, Geoff and Me, but I must have listened to the podcasts twenty or thirty times.
It’s not just a really good story, read beautifully, in convenient bite sized episodes, it covers pretty much every aspect of Nichiren Buddhism at least once.
So I listen to my good friends, Ed, Geoff, Dora and Piers weaving their way through the story, the ups, the downs and every time I take in a little bit more.
I truly believe that the book should be a compulsory read for every school kid, and parent too actually. It’s a modern classic, in my opinion, and could change the whole world given the chance.
It’s not for everyone, my mother doesn’t like the bad language and it’s a bit too complicated to take in on a single read, but I implore you, listen to one chapter and give it a chance. Chapter seven is my favourite, but that’s just me.
The Search For Enlightenment 
Nov 16, 2010 @ 09:58:13
Dear Richard,
I definitively agree, this book is fantastic! Thank you for the short review!
You’re doing a great job with this blog, thank you so much!!
Just my two cents: I don’t mind the “bad language”, in fact, I think it’s one of the very good points of this book, as it’s a good change to other buddhism books, which are written in a “better language” but also little bit more “boring”, if you know what I mean?!
NMRK!!!
Nov 16, 2010 @ 12:25:21
Dear Ursula,
I like your way of thinking. The book is a great introduction to Nichiren Buddhism, but also a f***ing good read, as Geoff might have put it.
Thank you again for your kind comments. I try very hard to distil the lessons from my day into the blog. Some days are easier than others, but it makes me think about things and that has to be good for my Practice and my progress.
It is amazing to see the geographical spread of visitors to the blog. The World really is a small place with the power of the internet.
Take care and NMRK,
Richard