by Vishvapani | Mar 24, 2014 | Buddhist World, Ethics
Zen at War revealed to people in the West the extent of Buddhist collusion with the Japanese War Effort in WW2. This article explores the issues that raised with the book’s author, Brian Victoria by Vishvapani When dawn broke over Pearl Harbour on 7 December...
by Vishvapani | Feb 25, 2014 | Buddhism in the West, Mindfulness
Here is a clip of a news programme on PM, the BBC Radio 4 afternoon news programme describing the mindfulness courses that have been running in Westminster for MPs and Lords. Listen Now This is the first mainstream coverage of the courses I know of other than a blog...
by Vishvapani | Dec 13, 2013 | Buddhism, Mindfulness, Practice
Mindfulness and meditation are powerful practices. Right from the start we sense we’re engaging with something very profound – and also very simple. In this post and the linked talk I suggest how these experiences can become a path to liberation Listen...
by Vishvapani | Nov 21, 2013 | Buddhism, Featured, Mindfulness, Practice
The criticisms that can be legitimately levelled at Mindfulness Based Approaches boil down to a single issue: the entire mindfulness movement is based around eight-week courses. Teachers of secular mindfulness, along with others such as Buddhists, need to face this...
by Vishvapani | Jul 8, 2013 | Buddhism, Talks
The Christian Passion is a dramatic story touching on powerful emotions. Is there a similar drama in the Buddha’s story? Pause for Thought, BBC Radio 2, April 2013 A highlight of my holiday in Southern Spain last Easter was seeing the parade in Malaga. The whole...
by Vishvapani | May 16, 2013 | Buddhism, Reviews
Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom By Rich Hanson and Richard Mendius New Harbinger Publications, 2009 There is a buzz around the application of neuroscience to meditation. It works in a couple of ways: meditators are being...
