by Vishvapani | May 4, 2023 | Featured, Thought for the Day
I’ll watch the Coronation this weekend, but how can I say ‘God Save the King’ when I don’t believe in God? King Charles philosophy of ‘Harmony’ could make a connection Thought for the Day BBC Radio 4, 4 May 2023 I think I’ll watch the Coronation this...
by Vishvapani | Apr 28, 2023 | Retreats
On Retreat with Wordsworth & Coleridge William and Dorothy Wordsworth lived at Alfoxton in 1797–8, near their friend Samuel Coleridge, who lived with his family in nearby Nether Stowey. In that year each of them wrote some of their finest work – the volume of...
by Vishvapani | Apr 28, 2023 | Featured, Thought for the Day
Sentient AI is making us ask: what is consciousness? For Buddhism, the real issue is what consciousness is for, and the answer involves compassion Can Artificial Intelligence systems be sentient? Philosophers call consciousness ‘the hard problem’ because we can’t...
by Vishvapani | Apr 19, 2023 | Buddhism, Events, Retreats
Entering the Mandala: Mindfulness & Imagination Online Retreat Seven days of meditation, creativity and ritual in a spirit of mindfulness and inquiry Led by Vishvapani and Vidyamala Friday September 1 – Thursday September 7, 2023 $ Book a Place...
by Vishvapani | Apr 5, 2023 | arts, Reviews
After Cézanne,By Maitreyabandhu,Bloodaxe, 2019 Maitreyabandhu’s most recent poetry collection reflects on Cézanne’s paintings and is a subtle meditation on the possibilities of art and perception The epigraph of Maitreyabandhu’s most recent collection After Cézanne is...
