by Vishvapani | Jan 18, 2017 | Featured, Thought for the Day
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...
by Vishvapani | Jan 11, 2017 | Featured, Thought for the Day
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...
by Vishvapani | Sep 14, 2016 | Featured, Thought for the Day
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...
by Vishvapani | Sep 7, 2016 | Featured, Thought for the Day
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...
by Vishvapani | Aug 31, 2016 | Featured, Thought for the Day
I once spent a month in a monastery in the mountains of Bhutan. It sounds romantic, and the pristine beauty lived up to the image. When I left a mule driver came to take my belongings and watched bemused as I tried to attach my refuse bags to the animal. The mule...
by Vishvapani | Jul 8, 2016 | Thought for the Day
Here in Wales, we’re simultaneously mourning the Football team’s exit from Euro 2016 and celebrating their achievements. How the Buddha’s teachings help us manage life’s ups and downs? Weekend Word, 16.07.08 ‘Gutted but proud’. That’s been the...
