When the lights go out, we glimpse our dependence on conditions and lack of control. It’s also a window onto our interconnected place in the fabric of life. Interconnectedness and the Systems we Depend on...
How can we balance openness and emotional sensitivity, with traditionally masculine qualities like courage and fortitude? The Buddha’s story of the Two Arrows offers an answer Your Title Goes Here by Artist Name Lords was awash with red yesterday on the second...
Weekend Word, BBC Radio Wales, 02/08/2019 Some years ago, I moved into a suburban house with a large, nondescript garden and started to imagine how it might look. Before long I’d caught the gardening bug and I’ve gradually created a beautiful space filled with flowers...
On June 26th 2019 I represented Buddhists at a gathering of the interfaith group The Faith For The Climate Network. Here’s my talk This is text of my talk to the Faith for the Climate speakers meeting at Church House on June 25th. The other speakers...
It’s fitting that Vesak, the festival Buddhists celebrate on Sunday to mark the Buddha and his understanding of the human condition, falls this year in Mental Health Awareness week. The story of the Buddha’s meeting with Kisagotami makes the connection....