by Vishvapani | Mar 25, 2021 | arts, Reviews
Lincoln in the Bardo, winner of the 2017 Mann Booker Prize, has been widely praised as a remarkable vision of human life and its possibilities that is formally daring but also moving and accessible. It is all those things, but it is also the first truly great western...
by Vishvapani | Mar 15, 2021 | Buddhism, Prayer for the Day
Buddhism is a non-theistic faith, so what’s Buddhist doing on Prayer for the Day? Do Buddhists Pray? Buddhist Prayer by Vishvapani | Prayer for the Day https://www.wiseattention.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/PFT1-04032021-09.mp3 Prayer for the Day, BBC Radio 4,...
by Vishvapani | Mar 15, 2021 | Buddhism, Featured
Five talks on BBC R4’s Prayer for the Day based around the stages of the Buddhist Meditation on Loving Kindness or ‘Mettabhavana’ 1. Kindness for Yourself Kindness for Yourself by Vishvapani | Prayer for the Day...
by Vishvapani | Feb 19, 2021 | Buddhism, Featured, Thought for the Day
Buddhism teaches that existence is impermanent, insubstantial and unsatisfactory. Covid and the conditions of the modern world bring out these underlying patterns, and we need to change our mindset to match reality Thought for the Day 19.02.2021 As we glimpse the...
by Vishvapani | Feb 12, 2021 | Buddhism, Featured, Thought for the Day
Covid-19 has brought home to everyone our unavoidable vulnerability and mortality. This is a central theme of Buddhist teachings, which we mark on Parinirvana Day, which commemorates the Buddha’s passing away Thought for the Day 12.02.2021 In a mid-winter chill...
