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 | 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 | May 14, 2014 | Buddhist World, Featured, Gautama Buddha
As Buddhists mark the Buddha’s Enlightenment, Vishvapani asks, what is his significance today? Thought for the Day 14/5/2014 Listen This week Buddhists around the world celebrate the Buddha’s Enlightenment in the festival of Wesak or Buddha Day. Buddhists...
by Vishvapani | Nov 29, 2012 | Buddha, Featured, Gautama Buddha
In the Buddha’s world, nature and the wilderness were frightening threats. The early Buddhist texts show how he forged a new relationship with nature, opening the way for the beautiful nature poetry of his followers As the Discourses of the Pali Canon (our main...
by Vishvapani | Nov 12, 2012 | arts, Reviews
There’s a tantalising affinity between Buddhist views of the insubstantial nature of the self and modern insights into the illusions created by literary texts. But there are also profound differences between deconstruction and Buddhist spiritual practice. A book...
by Vishvapani | Oct 4, 2012 | Articles, Audio & Video, Buddhism, Featured, Gautama Buddha
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 article was a keynote talk at the 2011 Triratna Buddhist Order Convention and reveals the Buddha to be a man of...
