Buddhists are celebrating Buddha Day or Wesak this week. But 2,600 years on, is Buddhism still relevant? This week Buddhists celebrate the Buddha’s Awakening or Enlightenment. According to the traditional dating that took place in 538 BC, and the...
Compassion is what happens when a loving heart meets suffering. Following the chemical attack in Syria and American strikes, what is a compassionate response? Weekend Word, BBC Wales 07.04.2017 Sometimes words fail. I won’t try to evoke what we’ve...
Today is Parinirvana Day when Buddhists mark the death of the Buddha. The body’s impermanence calls us to be mindful and alert Thought for the Day 15/2/2017 Today Buddhists mark the death of the Buddha in a festival called Parinirvana Day. Aged 35, 4 or 500...
This is a personal reflection on my involvement with a Buddhist Centre that went wrong in the 1980s: a cautionary tale about the complexities of ‘spiritual communities’ and how good intentions produce harmful results In September 1997 The...
Martin Scorsese’s film, Silence, shows Buddhists persecuting Christians in Japan, opening a window on the dark side of Buddhist history? How should modern Buddhists respond? It’s intriguing to hear that the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have...
