I have just posted my first post on the blogosphere, and realised that I termed Friends of the Western Buddhist Order and Nichiren Buddhism cults. Well, the term cult can be read in three ways: negatively, as one might regard Scientology or David Koresh, neutrally, as it were a synonym for a sect or new religious organisation, or positively, as in a cult film or cult book, as if to say Valley of the Dolls is a cult novel. It was in the neutral sense that I used the word cult in describing the two Buddhist groups.

Some thoughts about blogging. This has given me much more of an incentive and motivation to express my thoughts in writing. Rather than having to go through the filter of an editor or publisher to get my work into the wider readership, I am able to communicate more directly, and publicize my work to whomsoever I wish.