What is the connection between mindfulness and ethics, and how does mindfulness fit into the Buddhist Path? In this talk, Vishvapani places mindfulness in an ethical context and explains what ethics means within Buddhism. Mindfulness, Ethics and the Buddhist Path by...
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...
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...
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...
Education means discovering what we love and learning how that love can carry us forward. How can mindfulness help? A talk to a gathering of Head teachers of independent UK Girls Schools on the difference mindfulness can make to schools and their leaders Girls School...
The Christian Passion is a dramatic story touching on powerful emotions. Is there a similar drama in the Buddha’s story? Pause for Thought, BBC Radio 2, April 2013 A highlight of my holiday in Southern Spain last Easter was seeing the parade in Malaga. The whole...
