Vishvapani on 'Thought for the Day'

Vishvapani is the regular Buddhist contributor to Thought for the Day: a comment on the news from a faith perspective on the main BBC radio news programme.

Here are his recent talks: 

10.1.18 The Skill of Ethics
Education focuses more and more on learning skills. The Buddhist idea of ethics as skilfulness makes a link between ordinary skills and he rely of ethics and spiritual life.
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Kerala Floods - Relief and Rehabilitation

Kerala is suffering its worst floods for 100 years. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced and are living in over 1,000 relief camps set up in the State. There have been a number of deaths and many serious injuries. Many are missing. The numbers are rising all the time. But even in such disaster, ugly face of untouchability rises and Dalits are discriminated during relief, as reported by India Today on July 24th, 2018. It happened earlier in Gujarat Earthquake; even the Tsunami...

Italian-speaking volunteers wanted for translation of Sangharakshita's work

Val Cartei is a mitra training for ordination in Brighton, UK. She’s a published author in both English and Italian, now working with Triratna’s Translations Board.  She is now looking for some volunteers to help her with translating some of Sangharakshita’s writings into Italian:-

She writes: “I am looking for Italian speaking volunteers with proofreading and editing skills to help me produce high-quality translations into Italian of Sangharakshita’s works. I have so far translated The Noble Eightfold Path, Who is the Buddha?...

2019 dates announced, plus an exciting new project...

If you are on our mailing list then you will have received an email containing dates for Padmaloka retreats in 2019. If you haven’t received this email then do check your spam folders and promotions folders, as well as making the appropriate adjustments to your email service provider’s settings to ensure our emails to you go straight into your primary inbox. Our 2019 printed program is nearly ready to send out to you and our 2019 retreats will be available...

An Update on Lokamdhara's Health

Dear Order Members,

As many will know, Lokamdhara underwent surgery five years ago for a cancer of the oesophagus. Although troubled by problems with his digestion, he otherwise made a good recovery from this procedure. Over the past couple of months he felt he was getting more discomfort, which become more acute in recent weeks. Three weeks ago he had a CT scan in Colchester, and sadly this revealed another tumour, this time within his pancreas....