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...
The childhood mental health crisis demands we think differently about our society. Buddhism & mindfulness show how we can take account of our minds When I was a kid, flinging insults around in the playground I remember us saying: ‘You’re a looney. You...
Greed and hatred are evident in the world. But behind them is the most powerful force of all: ignorance Prophetic statements can be simple and understated, and none is simpler and more cooly accurate than Robert Frost’s poem Fire and Ice. Some say the world...
http://www.wiseattention.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/tftd160914.mp3 The celebrations of Roald Dahl Day show that his wonderful and highly moral books are as fresh as ever. What does child’s-eye morality mean for adults? Yesterday, I took my son...
http://www.wiseattention.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/tftd160907.mp3 Setting alight a replica of London in 1666 to commemorate the Great Fire of London was a stirring evocation of impermanence I wish I’d been at the Tate Modern on Sunday night when a 120 metre...
