by Vishvapani | Nov 25, 2011 | Comment, Thought for the Day
Weekend Word: BBC Wales 25/11/2011 With the country still coming down from an heroic World Cup and gearing up to celebrate Shane Williams’ final game next week, this is a good moment for Welsh rugby. Young players, full of flair and passion, line up beside grizzled...
by Vishvapani | Nov 19, 2011 | Buddhist World, Interviews
In 1975 when Helena Norberg-Hodge first met her friend Tsewang Paljor in a Ladakhi village, Tsewang told her, ‘We don’t have any poverty here.’ That was before this the remote Himalayan region – politically part of India but culturally part of the old Tibetan Buddhist...
by Vishvapani | Nov 15, 2011 | Gautama Buddha, Reviews
This review of Gautama Buddha: the Life & Teachings of the Awakened One appears on The Secular Buddhist Association website. You can comment on the Secular Buddhist website or Facebook site, or in the comments section of this post Gautama Buddha: Man or...
by Vishvapani | Nov 13, 2011 | Mindfulness
I’ve made a new website for my mindfulness training work at www.mindfulnessinaction.co.uk. It includes details of my courses, workshops and distance learning, as well as background material on MBSR and how it helps. There’s also a mindfulness blog plus...
by Vishvapani | Nov 8, 2011 | Buddha, Buddhism, Practice, Talks
Trouble in the Sangha: the Buddha’s teaching following the Quarrel at Kosambi Sangha Day, 2011 (Talk at Cardiff Buddhist Centre) Listen to the talk The Sangha Jewel represents an ideal of unity and harmony in the spiritual community of Buddhists. But unlike the...
