by Vishvapani | Mar 16, 2023 | arts, Featured, Thought for the Day
The Oscar Winning movie, Everything, Everywhere, All at Once is a parable of life and survival in the age of infinite possibilities Thought for the Day, BBC Radio 4 16/03/2023 Blinking my way out of the movie that this week won seven Oscars, I knew it was...
by Vishvapani | Dec 15, 2011 | Gautama Buddha, Reviews
Dr Joyce Miller reviews “Gautama Buddha” for the Association of Religious Education Inspectors, Advisers and Consultants: AREIAC Newsletter, Autumn, 2011 In this excellent book on the life and teachings of the Buddha, Vishvapani quotes a story to...
by Vishvapani | Sep 2, 2011 | Buddha, Buddhism, Reviews
Like many literary youths just out of college, Pankaj Mishra dreamt in his early 20s of being a writer. He holed up in the Kashmiri Himalayas of his native India to read and reflect, and he found his imagination caught by the maroon-robed Ladhaki monks. Dreaming of...
by Vishvapani | Jul 25, 2011 | Mindfulness, Reviews
Available Truth: Excursions into Buddhist Wisdom and the Natural World Nyanasobhano, an American actor/playwright turned Theravadin Buddhist, writes essays and reflections on the Buddhist path that stand well apart from the general run of writing on Buddhism...