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 | Jun 27, 2016 | Comment, Featured
On Thursday night, many of us in Britain went to bed hoping and expecting that Remain would win the EU referendum. We woke up to learn of the opposite result. Now we’re in the midst of financial and political crisis that is spreading in all directions. I share the...
by Vishvapani | May 21, 2016 | Buddha, Buddhism, Featured, Thought for the Day
On Buddha Day Buddhists ask what the Buddha means today, so long after his death. Is he an historical figure or an eternal principle? Thought for the Day 21.6. 2016 hen Gautama, the man history knows as The Buddha, died two-and-a-half thousand years ago his followers...
