by Vishvapani | May 26, 2026 | Featured, Thought for the Day
At Hay Festival this weekend, the River Wye was granted legal rights to flourish and be free from pollution. Walking a river I love, I find a thirteenth-century Buddhist teacher has something unexpected to say about what that really means. An odd group gathered in May...
by Vishvapani | Feb 17, 2026 | Buddhism, Featured, Thought for the Day
Thought for the Day, 17.2.2026, BBC Radio 4 In a divided America, a 2,000-mile walk by Buddhist monks reveals how mindfulness can transform our response to global suffering and offer radical hope. The worse the news gets, the closer we come to some underlying...
by Vishvapani | Dec 9, 2025 | Featured, Thought for the Day
There is no more vexed issue in politics at present than the status of asylum seekers. It’s a complex debate that understandably focuses on the difficulty of absorbing more people and the struggles of those who are already here. But for now I want to focus on just one...
by Vishvapani | Oct 31, 2025 | Featured, Thought for the Day
Turning towards pain and suffering is a key to healing and it’s a key to creativity. Abeer Ameer’s remarkable journey helped me face what’s happened in the Gaza War About ten years ago a young Muslim woman called Abeer Ameer came on a mindfulness...
by Vishvapani | Jul 26, 2024 | Featured, Thought for the Day
Dressage Champion Charlotte Dujardin’s withdrawal from the Olympics when video footage showed her maltreating a horse raise questions about where the balance lies between discipline and abuse. How can we find the middle way? Thought for the Day, BBC Radio 4, 26...
