by Vishvapani | Dec 27, 2011 | Buddhist World, Reviews
The Book of Enlightened Masters: Western Teachers in Eastern Traditions by Andrew Rawlinson (Open Court, 1997) £31.50 Review by Vishvapani Not long ago, when the East was axiomatically ‘mystical’, teachers of eastern religions were assumed to be possibly mad, probably...
by Vishvapani | Dec 21, 2011 | Buddhism, Mindfulness, Practice
If you could sum up the whole of the Buddha’s teaching in a single word that word might be ‘impermanence’: the fact that everything around us is changing all the time and that therefore we can change ourselves. That’s easy to say, but knowing that...
by Vishvapani | Dec 19, 2011 | Thought for the Day
Listen The UK government is quietly debating the future of our nuclear weapons at a time of massive cuts to defence spending. Here’s a Thought for the Day talk I broadcast in 2006 looking at the some of the underlying issues that are often left out of...
by Vishvapani | Dec 15, 2011 | Gautama Buddha, Reviews
Dr Joyce Miller reviews “Gautama Buddha” for the Association of Religious Education Inspectors, Advisers and Consultants: AREIAC Newsletter, Autumn, 2011 In this excellent book on the life and teachings of the Buddha, Vishvapani quotes a story to...
by Vishvapani | Dec 11, 2011 | Buddha, Gautama Buddha
The Buddha’s still relevant and still misunderstood. Further reflections on the experience of writing Gautama Buddha: the Life & Teachings of the Awakened One. Part 3 of an email interview with Will Buckingham on the ThinkBuddha blog Part 1 | Part 2 ...
