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Read MoreBuddha’s Brain: Review
There is a buzz around the application of neuroscience to meditation, but can science really tell us more about meditation? Buddha’s Brain reviewed by Vishvapani
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Read MoreThe Measles Epidemic and Making Wise Choices
The measles cases in South Wales stems from parents’ fear and confusion. Here’s the Buddha’s advice on making wiser decisions and confronting our fears, rather than being driven by them.
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Read MoreBradley Manning & the Ethics of Communication
Imagine you are Bradley Manning in 2009: a low-ranking US intelligence officer stationed in Iraq with access to vast amounts of diplomatic and military data. You discover much that you consider unethical. So do you keep quiet, or do you leak the information, risking the prospect of decades in military prison?
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Read MoreBuddhism and Abortion
Buddhism has traditionally opposed abortion, while tolerating its practice. Exploring this difficult territory means looking at ethics from a Buddhist perspective and considering how we balance compassion for the unborn child and for the mother
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Read MoreRichard III and the Buddha
The discovery of the skeleton of Richard III in a Leicester car park has sparked worldwide interest. What does it tell us about our relationship with the figures that shape our sense of history or with the Buddha
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Read MoreMindful Weight Loss: Fasting and Eating Habits
Why is it so hard to maintain weight-loss diets? Fasting is a time-honoured practice that brings more awareness to eating and helps us shift long-standing habits
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Read MoreBooks on the Karmapa Controversy
Two rival candidates currently claim the position of Karmapa, leader of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. The controversy has split the school and prompted a flurry of books describing the conflict. But what is really going on in this dispute, and why have westerners been caught up in it? Here’s a review of three of those books and another exploring western responses to Tibetan Buddhism
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Read MoreUK Parliament Debates Mindfulness
Chris Ruane, the MP for the Vale of Clwyd in North Wales initiated a debate in the UK House of Commons on mindfulness, especially focusing on how it can help the unemployed.
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Buddha’s Brain: Review
There is a buzz around the application of neuroscience to meditation, but can science really tell us more about meditation? Buddha’s Brain reviewed by Vishvapani
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The Measles Epidemic and Making Wise Choices
The measles cases in South Wales stems from parents’ fear and confusion. Here’s the Buddha’s advice on making wiser decisions and confronting our fears, rather than being driven by them.
Read More
Bradley Manning & the Ethics of Communication
Imagine you are Bradley Manning in 2009: a low-ranking US intelligence officer stationed in Iraq with access to vast amounts of diplomatic and military data. You discover much that you consider unethical. So do you keep quiet, or do you leak the information, risking the prospect of decades in military prison?
Read More
Buddhism and Abortion
Buddhism has traditionally opposed abortion, while tolerating its practice. Exploring this difficult territory means looking at ethics from a Buddhist perspective and considering how we balance compassion for the unborn child and for the mother
Read More
Richard III and the Buddha
The discovery of the skeleton of Richard III in a Leicester car park has sparked worldwide interest. What does it tell us about our relationship with the figures that shape our sense of history or with the Buddha
Read More
Mindful Weight Loss: Fasting and Eating Habits
Why is it so hard to maintain weight-loss diets? Fasting is a time-honoured practice that brings more awareness to eating and helps us shift long-standing habits
Read More
Books on the Karmapa Controversy
Two rival candidates currently claim the position of Karmapa, leader of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. The controversy has split the school and prompted a flurry of books describing the conflict. But what is really going on in this dispute, and why have westerners been caught up in it? Here’s a review of three of those books and another exploring western responses to Tibetan Buddhism
Read More
UK Parliament Debates Mindfulness
Chris Ruane, the MP for the Vale of Clwyd in North Wales initiated a debate in the UK House of Commons on mindfulness, especially focusing on how it can help the unemployed.
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Pilgrimage to Auschwitz
Some years ago I attended a Bearing Witness Retreat at Auschwitz concentration camp. It as a sobering, but deeply stirring experience.
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Marketing wants your attention: choose wisely where you pay it
Advertising, marketing and retail promotions all want something from us: time, attention and money. How can Buddhism help us notice and withstand their effect?
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I’m a writer and teacher of Buddhism, mindfulness & meditation based in Cardiff and a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order. I contribute to Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4 and my biography, Gautama Buddha: the Life and teachings of the Awakened One is published by Quercus 