Political

I received a message over the weekend asking if I would give a Buddhist perspective for an inter-faith New York website on the current storm in the USA about Pastor Terry Jones from Florida who had planned to burn the Koran in the grounds of his church and the wish of the Muslim community for an Islamic centre in the financial heart of New York. …

“America will never be at war with Islam.” Are you sure, Mr President?Read More »

A football match serves as the invitation to enter into the realms of the gods. It is an authentic darshan (profound seeing) of the emptiness of self existence and the meeting with the non-dual. …

A football match reveals the realm of the godsRead More »

This month, the French National Assembly has passed a vote by 335 votes for and one against to ban the burqa, the black veil used to  cover the face by a small number of women in the country’s Muslim community. The Upper Chamber in France will take the final vote in September. …

France bans the burqa. Why stop there?Read More »

I can only make a bow with folded hands to the 682 men, women and some children from more than 30 nations who bravely boarded the small flotilla of ships that embarked from Istanbul to take a modest 1000 tons of aid to the besieged citizens of Gaza. …

I bow down to those on the flotilla of ships for GazaRead More »

If you wish to keep your diet simple, then  take notice of Shakespeare’s warning in Comedy of Errors of using a long spoon if you sup with the devil. In other words, don’t get too close to the food industry. …

Are we digging our Grave with our Spoons, Forks and Knives?Read More »