by Vishvapani | Nov 24, 2015 | Featured, Talks
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...
by Vishvapani | Oct 7, 2015 | Featured, Gautama Buddha, Thought for the Day
Everyone in a responsible position is asked to display leadership qualities. What kind of leader was the Buddha, and what lessons can modern leaders draw from his example? We’re hearing a lot about leadership: what worked for Alex Ferguson; what didn’t...
by Vishvapani | Oct 1, 2015 | Featured, Thought for the Day
The pain of slavery is resurfacing as demands for reparations. How can we resolve deep-rooted grievances and move on from the past? How do we move forward when past suffering still affects us? Many people face that question in their personal lives, but there’s a...
by Vishvapani | Sep 7, 2015 | Buddhism in the West, Featured, Gautama Buddha, Reviews
What if one of the philosophers who travelled to India with Alexander the Great had encountered Buddhism, become a monastic practitioner and then returned to Greece, where he taught Buddhism but was remembered only as a Greek philosopher? Greek Buddha argues that this...
by Vishvapani | Aug 20, 2015 | Featured, Thought for the Day
When English children are asked how they feel, they’re less happy than children in Ethiopia and Algeria. How can Buddhist ideas of mindfulness and skilful action help young people? The Good Childhood Report published yesterday by the Children’s...
by Vishvapani | Jul 10, 2015 | Featured, Thought for the Day
As London prepares for 24-hour tube services and the way opens for 7-day shopping, how much commerce do we really need and what’s it doing to us? Thought for the Day 10.07.2015 If you struggled to and from work in London yesterday because of the tube strike, you...
