by Vishvapani | Oct 16, 2012 | Buddhism in the West, Featured, Mindfulness
Buddhist mindfulness practices are being used in settings from healthcare to corporate stress management and military training. This is the secular Mindfulness Movement. But can what else can mainstream society learn from Buddhism, and what does a Buddhist context add...
by Vishvapani | Oct 15, 2012 | Talks
My online retreat on Tricycle.com is in its third week with a talk on Communicating with Meaning. This talk and last week’s are only for Tricycle members, but the first talk – Communicating with Truthfulness – is available to all. Next week’s talk is on...
by Vishvapani | Oct 11, 2012 | Practice
Communication is a huge part of our lives. All our relationships depend on it, but it often seems to go wrong and we can react or lose patience, even with people we’re close to. Here are some suggestions for developing our communication with the help of mindfulness...
by Vishvapani | Oct 4, 2012 | Articles, Audio & Video, Buddhism, Featured, Gautama Buddha
The Buddha of history is not the same as the archetypal Buddha, but we can come close to him through the words he left behind and though imagination. This article was a keynote talk at the 2011 Triratna Buddhist Order Convention and reveals the Buddha to be a man of...
by Vishvapani | Sep 26, 2012 | Buddhism
A reflection on suffering and unsatisfactoriness (dukkha) – the motivation for deciding that ‘I must change the way I see the world’ Suffering is part of my life. Everything I experience is tinged with incompleteness. I cannot escape...
