by Vishvapani | Sep 3, 2020 | Featured, Thought for the Day
Thought for the Day 28.08.2020 There are job losses at Gatwick and Rolls Royce, and shops are closing all down the high street. Covid-19 started as a medical emergency, but the crisis has turned economic and we’re told there’s much more to come. When people are...
by Vishvapani | Aug 21, 2020 | Featured, Thought for the Day
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...
by Vishvapani | May 14, 2020 | Comment, Featured, Thought for the Day
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...
by Vishvapani | May 7, 2020 | Featured, Thought for the Day
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...
by Vishvapani | Apr 1, 2020 | arts, Featured, Thought for the Day
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...
