The Queen’s funeral is a reminder that everything we experience is subject to change. Buddhists reflect on impermanence to focus on what’s most important Thought for the Day, 21.09.2022 Autumn has come quickly this year. Three weeks out of August, it’s...
Buddha Day or Wesak 2020 falls as much of the world is in lockdown. And the ancient story of the Buddha’s Four Sights has a new resonance Thought for the Day 07/05/2020 If the clouds clear tonight we’ll see the May full moon, traditionally called the Full Flower...
http://www.wiseattention.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/tftd160907.mp3 Setting alight a replica of London in 1666 to commemorate the Great Fire of London was a stirring evocation of impermanence I wish I’d been at the Tate Modern on Sunday night when a 120 metre...
Reflection on Death Here is my version of the second of the four reminders (also called the Four Preliminary Reflections): reflection on death and mortality. One day I will die. I cannot avoid it. It comes to everyone, and it will come to me. Everyone who has lived in...
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...
