Richard Causton
Lecture Podcasts
This is a website inspired by the YouTube channel of Richard Causton lectures; a compilation of wonderful lectures given throughout his time as leader of NSUK (Nichiren Shoshu of the United Kingdom) and later of SGI-UK (Soka Gakkai International United Kingdom)
“The real challenge, therefore, lies in sublimating our desires and re-orientating them towards creative and valuable ends. Inevitably, this means recognizing that, although we can get a certain amount of short-term satisfaction from fulfilling our own selfish wants, ultimately our greatest happiness is inextricably bound up with the desire to work in some way, however apparently insignificant, for the happiness of our fellow men and women.”
― Richard G. Causton, The Buddha In Daily Life: An Introduction to the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin
A very warm welcome to the Richard Causton Lectures. The 13th January 2015 marked the 20th anniversary of his death. He was the first general director of SGI-UK from 1975 to 1995. My sincerest thanks to those pioneering SGI-UK members who have made audio cassette copy recordings of his lectures, which are the sources for the uploads on this channel. They have kept these recordings all their lives, testimony to the incredible encouragement and inspiration deriving from Mr Causton’s lectures and his incredible ability to connect to audiences all around the UK.
IMPORTANT: The lectures pre-date the priesthood issue. For more on this see: http://www.sgi-usa.org/memberresource... Richard Causton always followed Daisaku Ikeda as his mentor therefore these lectures do not endorse the priesthood at all. SGI since the 1990's is a separate organization from Nichiren Shoshu / Danto sect. Therefore any allusions to NSUK (Nichiren Shoshu UK) in the lectures refer to today’s SGI-UK http://www.sgi-uk.org/
Listening to Mr Causton’s lectures does not constitute a looking back at the past at all. We of the SGI have our gaze fixed on the present and the future. I have opened this YouTube channel to celebrate the foundation work to our beautiful SGI-UK. We should be proud of this common heritage and history that makes us what we are today. Listening to these lectures will make us look at our Buddhist practice with a renewed freshness and open our eyes to new perspective in our practice.
NAM-MYOHO-RENGE- KYO.