by Vishvapani | Feb 8, 2018 | Sangha Night, Talks
Buddhists often talk about Enlightenment, but what does it mean? The Buddha is the object of faith in Buddhism, so in what are we placing our faith? Vishvapani (who has written a book about the Buddha) explores these questions and talks about what faith in the Buddha...
by Vishvapani | Feb 8, 2018 | Sangha Night, Talks
Faith is ‘the first of the five spiritual faculties’ taught by the Buddha; but in English it has many associations – ‘blind faith’, ‘leaps of faith’, faith as the alternative to ‘reason’ and so on. Vishvapani speaks about what faith means for Buddhists in...
by Vishvapani | Jan 30, 2018 | Featured, Thought for the Day
Education focuses more and more on learning skills. The Buddhist idea of ethics as skilfulness makes a link between ordinary skills and he rely of ethics and spiritual life. Skill and Skilfulness - Thought for the Day 30.01.2018 by Vishvapani...
by Vishvapani | Oct 26, 2017 | Buddhism, Featured, Talks
Can We Create a Mindful Society? http://www.wiseattention.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Can-Mindfulness-Change-Society-Vishvapani.mp3 Society faces an array of challenges that require us to attend to our minds and mental states. The mental health crisis, the...
by Vishvapani | Sep 12, 2017 | Featured, Thought for the Day
http://www.wiseattention.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tftd170912.mp3 In Burma Buddhists are committing atrocities against Muslim Rohingyas. We must speak out, not just against the violence, but the very idea of a Buddhist nation that underpins it. Thought for the...
by Vishvapani | Sep 5, 2017 | Featured, Thought for the Day
Police officers, and others in the public sector, often care deeply about what they do. But pressure is growing and stress is rising. Buddhist-inspired emotional intelligence can speak to these difficulties The president of the Police Superintendents’...
