by Vishvapani | May 11, 2015 | Buddhism in the West, Featured, Reviews
What does Buddhism have to say about our society and how can it become a force for social change? The Buddha on Wall Street What’s Wrong with Capitalism and What We Can Do about It Vaddhaka Linn, Windhorse Publications,, Cambridge, 2015, ISBN: 9781909314443 ...
by Vishvapani | May 9, 2015 | Featured, Mindfulness, Secular Mindfulness, Thought for the Day
This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week focuses on mindfulness. What’s the connection between an ancient Buddhist practice and modern mental health needs? Thought for the Day 9/5/2015 In this election, for the first time, we heard calls from a mainstream...
by Vishvapani | May 2, 2015 | Featured, Thought for the Day
We often turn away from the suffering around us or in the news. But, following the Nepalese earthquake, what happens when we open up? Thought for the Day 2/5/2015 Some years ago I was travelling in northern India when my group stopped at a roadside chai stop....
by Vishvapani | Feb 11, 2015 | Featured, Interviews
Marshall Rosenberg died on Saturday 7 February, 2015. He was the originator of Nonviolent Communication, a creative approach that is used in education, conflict resolution and mediation. In 2002 Vishvapani met him to discuss his work to promote tolerance and...
by Vishvapani | Jan 30, 2015 | Featured, Secular Mindfulness, Thought for the Day
Our Criminal Justice System is under pressure and failing to stop reoffending. As Vishvapani is learning through working in this field, mindfulness and Buddhist principles offer the basis of an alternative approach This week the Scottish government announced that it’s...
by Vishvapani | Jan 28, 2015 | Featured, Secular Mindfulness
Mindfulness teaching is becoming a profession. As interest grows exponentially, much is being asked of a grass-roots movement. How can mindfulness teaching retain its integrity, avoid the pitfalls of professionalisation? In the late-1950s my father trained at The...
