Dear Blog Readers, On this first day of January, 2018, may I start by wishing each and every one of you a very Happy New Year and all good things for the year ahead! Although New Year is a man-made concept, this period around mid-winter is a natural time of drawing inward and reflection on...
This is a time of year when stress levels peak. Yes, we have parties, holidays and festivities to look forward to. But there are all those other things we need to get done before year end. Project deadlines, work assignments, and around the home perhaps, all sorts of jobs to complete in readiness for Christmas...
Dear Blog Reader, If you were in a position of unique privilege, and could access anyone in the world you wanted to, who would you turn to for wisdom when you needed it most of all? You would, of course, be ultra wary of those driven by self-interest, narrow in view, or lacking in insight. You...
Do you need to have faith to be a Buddhist? Must you believe in certain things – and if so, what? Faith may seem unnecessary or irrelevant if you are engaged in a practice-based psychology, which is how many of us regard the Tibetan Buddhist path. But in fact you do need faith – or...
Dear Blog Readers, I’d like to share a chapter from my book Hurry Up and Meditate which explores this intriguing question. I hope you find it useful! Warm wishes, David Since ancient times, the wisdom of self-knowledge has been held above all other. Some believe that it is the real purpose of our life’s...
Buddhism may be an ancient tradition, but it’s a difficult one to categorise from a Western perspective. Is it a belief based religion? Or a practice-based psychology? Many of the trappings and rituals may make it look similar to some of the more orthodox Christian denominations. But there is no Creator or omnipotent deity in...
Medicine Buddha is an extraordinary and precious healing meditation practice found in Tibetan Buddhism. The purpose of this blog is simply to share a few resources and links I hope you may find helpful if you are investigating this practice. As with all tantra practices, it is recommended that you receive proper initiations and teachings...
Buddhism is a non-theistic tradition. Whether or not it can be termed a religion is debatable—the etymology of the word ‘religion’ refers to God. Many of us think of Buddhism as a practice-based psychology rather than a belief-based religion. Nevertheless, Buddhism has some of the outward trappings of a religion, such as temples, iconography, prayers...
For the past few years it has been my very great privilege and joy to lead groups of people on Mindful Safaris to Africa. On these trips we combine daily meditation sessions in nature, along with game viewing. None of us has any idea what will happen from one day to the next, but the...
Dear Blog Readers, I can’t believe it’s already a year since the publication of The Queen’s Corgi: On Purpose. I had such a lot of fun writing the book. Like The Dalai Lama’s Cat series, what I’ve tried to do in the book is to offer wisdom – in this case about how to lead...
