When I spent a week at Auschwitz Concentration Camp with a Buddhist-led interfaith group, I confronted the question, is such a visit meaningful or morbid? We may not be able to make sense of such places, but ‘bearing witness’ to their horrors retains a...
Burma’s struggle isn’t between Buddhists and their opponents but between different kinds of Buddhists. The monastic establishment’s complicity in the generals’ Buddhist dictatorship shows the need to reform Buddhism, freeing it from practices that...
Fred Goodwin was a start of the banking world. His risks failed, the market turned and he’s been stripped of his knighthood. The worldly winds are blowing again: Weekend Word (Good Morning Wales, 03/02/12) I wonder what it’s like to be Fred Goodwin right now? An...
There are jobs in the South East, but the regions and deprived areas are losing out as the recession bites. But people in South Wales where I live have a sense of identity and belonging that can’t just be transplanted Thought for the Day 24/12/2012 For many...
The UK government intends to shape its policies according to what promotes happiness and wellbeing. But what is happiness, and what are the factors, according to Buddhism, that develop it? Thought for the Day 17th January 2012 When my two year-old son got his main...
Thought for the Day 3/1/2012 Looking ahead at a bad time, politicians cite the Golden Jubilee and the Olympics as sources of hope for 2012, but personally, I’m looking forward to the Dickens bicentenary. Perennially and globally popular, Dickens is celebrated as a...
