by Vishvapani | May 15, 2024 | Featured, Thought for the Day
As society gets angrier, the ancient Buddhist teachings are more relevant than ever Are we getting angrier? A video that went viral last week showed a 60 year-old man pounding the windscreen of a woman who’d honked him. Eyes bulging, spewing profanity, he was seized...
by Vishvapani | Apr 16, 2024 | Buddhism, Featured, Thought for the Day
As the war in Gaza threatens to spiral into a regional conflict, what light does Buddhist wisdom shed on cycles of violence? After the Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy in Damascus and Iran’s missile strike against Israel, now what? Troubled voices are urging...
by Vishvapani | Feb 28, 2024 | Featured, Thought for the Day
When AI Systems Try to deal with bias they encounter an underlying truth: no one’s perceptions are wholly true. Tackling that starts with ourselves Think of a doctor or a lawyer. If what comes to mind is the image of a white man, does that show your unconscious...
by Vishvapani | Feb 16, 2024 | Featured, Thought for the Day
Extreme Weather Shows How Conditionality Works by Vishvapani, Thought for the Day, 16.2.2024 https://www.wiseattention.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/TFTD-16.02.24-Vishvapani.m4a Extreme weather is disconcerting because climate change shows how far our responsibility...
by Vishvapani | Jul 14, 2023 | arts, Ethics, Featured, Thought for the Day
Thought for the Day BBC Radio 4 14.07.23 When a storm blows up in the media we get drawn in. Milan Kundera and the Buddha can help us stay alive to humans realities behind the news. One of the many lessons the Czech novelist Milan Kundera, who died this week, urged on...
by Vishvapani | May 19, 2023 | Featured, Thought for the Day
Trans debates are just one battleground in the Culture Wars. Learning fromthe Buddha, how can we make peace? Thought for the Day, BBC Radio 4 19.05.2023 Andrew,’ I said. ‘You look … different.’ My old friend was wearing a dress and makeup and his hair had grown. ‘I am...
