by Vishvapani | Oct 9, 2011 | Buddhism, Comment, Thought for the Day
This Thought for the Day reflects on the worldly winds as the news shows them blowing through the lives of those caught up in a maelstrom they never expected Listen to the broadcast. Step back from the details of several stories that have dominated the headlines...
by Vishvapani | Sep 26, 2011 | Comment, Thought for the Day
I’ve been contributing since 2006 to Thought for the Day, BBC Radio 4′s religious comment slot in the popular and influential Today Programme. I’ve done about ten a year. Since April 2011 talks have appeared on the Today website and stay for a month. The audio...
by Vishvapani | Sep 13, 2011 | Ethics, Thought for the Day
Listen to the talk here My relief that the Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic is at last being subjected to international justice has a personal dimension. My father’s family were Jewish victims of the Nazis and my grandfather died in Sobibor Concentration Camp, so I...
by Vishvapani | Aug 23, 2011 | Audio & Video, Buddhism, Gautama Buddha, Talks
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 was a keynote talk at the 2011 Triratna Buddhist Order Convention and reveals the Buddha to be a man of humour...
by Vishvapani | Aug 15, 2011 | Ethics, Thought for the Day
Thought for the Day, Saturday 13 August, 2011 In all the cacophony of indignation and analysis that followed this week’s riots, one voice stood out for me. Tariq Jahan’s son was killed when a car drove into a group of young Asians who were guarding the local shops in...
