Food & the Mind
With Episode #34 we continue the Food Musings - this time adding notes about Verses being chanted before taking a meal. But really, why is food so important? The Anumodana Chant at the end is from Am...
8 Dec 202416min
Coffee with Shakespeare - Part 2
Episode #33 - A second meeting with Shiva Rijal, a University professor at Kathmandu University where he reads, teaches and inspires his students on Shakespeare and spirituality with a particular focu...
7 Dec 202441min
Renunciation is Fun
Episode #32 - Renunciation, the precepts, keeping them. A few more musings. It is the end of the year - I have had a difficult 2 months - and I emerge with new ideas for 2025 -
6 Dec 202425min
Not for Happiness- Debunking a few myths
Episode #31 - Just a few musings on living on precepts - Buddhism is not about seeking happiness - rather entraining the mind at removing that which empedes serenity to settle in.
1 Dec 202416min
Musings on Bardo & Death
Episode #30 - Experiencing the death of the elder and musing on Bardo chants, funeral chants and lightness of compassion. Funeral Chanting are available at Amaravati Website: https://amaravati.org/t...
23 Nov 202416min
Contentment as GPS with Life Hacks from the Buddha - Dr Tony Fernando -
Conversation #29 - Ancient insights on stress, anxiety and suffering for modern living straight. We talk compassion, generosity, kindness and mindfulness with Dr Tony Fernando. Another book on mindful...
25 Aug 20241h 30min
Pure Dhamma - Returning to the Bodhi Tree
In this Conversation #28 with Michael Kewley - aka as Pañnadipa - we explore the meaning of Pure Dhamma, in a nutshell and how Vipassana or a practice of being aware and present to what is, can help u...
17 Aug 20241h 19min
Nothing Is As It Appears - The Monk Without Dhamma - Part 1 -
Conversation #27 takes us into the magical world of Tantric Buddhism with Thukten Yeshi and his Novel “The Monk without Dhamma”. Embark with us on a journey across the Himalayas and be inspired by how...
1 Aug 202445min
