Thought for the Day, 21.08.2020. On BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08p7wg5 As Ellen Degeneres’ Kindness brand runs into trouble, how does kindness look from a Buddhist perspective? The American TV host Ellen DeGeneres has been called the Queen of...
Coronavirus has created a crisis in developed countries like the UK. But the wider impact is being felt even more strongly in the developing world. How can we keep that wider perspective? Thought for the Day, BBC Radio 4, 14.05.2020 by Vishvapani...
Buddha Day or Wesak 2020 falls as much of the world is in lockdown. And the ancient story of the Buddha’s Four Sights has a new resonance Thought for the Day 07/05/2020 If the clouds clear tonight we’ll see the May full moon, traditionally called the Full Flower...
The Covid-19 lockdown is disturbing. But what are the creative possibilities of the space it creates Like so many others, I’ve been deleting future events from my online calendar and, in place of the busy summer I’d planned, there’s a lot of blank space. Those...
Facing a Covid lockdown, let’s look after our minds and connect with the people around us COVID-19 is simultaneously driving us apart and pushing us together. Self-isolating, social distancing, and the lockdown that’s happening in countries ahead of us on the...