Vaddhaka is on a tour of Triratna Buddhist centres in the UK and Ireland, promoting his book about Buddhism and capitalism, The Buddha on Wall Street. See below for further dates.
Before his Manchester talk, Clear Vision filmed an interview with him. What is a practical Buddhist response to capitalism? How might an economics motivated by generosity look?
(32 minutes)
Hear Vaddhaka live! The UK and Ireland tour continues:
May 21st Nottingham Buddhist Centre
May 26th Liverpool Buddhist Centre (Sorry, this has had to be cancelled.)
May 27th Newcastle Buddhist Centre (Sorry, this has had to be cancelled.)
May 29th London Buddhist Centre
June 1st North London Buddhist Centre
June 2nd Brighton Buddhist Centre
June 5th West London Buddhist Centre
June 7th Birmingham Buddhist Centre
June 10th Shrewsbury Triratna Buddhist Group
June 12th and 13th Dublin Buddhist Centre
June 17th Glasgow Buddhist Centre
June 21st Colchester Buddhist Centre
June 23rd Norwich Buddhist Centre
Vaddhaka will also be touring elsewhere in Europe in September, and New Zealand and Australia in November and December. Further details to be announced.
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Hi Munisha, Could you add the West London Buddhist Centre to the list, please.
It’s June 5th. I think Vaddhaka hasn’t had time to update his website yet on this.