Windhorse Publications
Windhorse Publications

New podcast episode with Sagaraghosa Rosemary Tennison

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 30 Aug, 2023 - 12:20

New podcast episode with Sagaraghosa Rosemary Tennison

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 30 Aug, 2023 - 12:20

We’ve just released a new episode of the Windhorse Publications Podcast. In it, Dhammamegha talks with Sagaraghosa Rosemary Tennison about her upcoming book, Starting on the Buddhist Path. In the conversation, Sagaraghosa explains the meaning and significance of her name, and why studying Buddhism is different from studying other subjects. She talks about her first encounters with Buddhism, the importance of friendship in Buddhist practice, and how the Dharma (the teachings of Buddhism) can change our lives for the better....

Windhorse Publications
Windhorse Publications

New podcast episode with Vessantara

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 29 Mar, 2023 - 10:00

New podcast episode with Vessantara

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 29 Mar, 2023 - 10:00

We’re delighted to announce the latest edition of the Windhorse Publications podcast: Learning to Live in a Free Way, with Vessantara.

Thirty years after the first publication of Meeting the Buddhas, Dhammamegha speaks with Vessantara about the new edition of this classic Dharma text. After learning how the book came to be, the discussion turns to the qualities of the enlightened mind, and the nature and power of these Buddha and Bodhisattva figures, and a whole path to living in freedom.

Please note:...

Windhorse Publications
Windhorse Publications

New podcast episode and winter sale

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 23 Nov, 2022 - 11:00

New podcast episode and winter sale

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 23 Nov, 2022 - 11:00

In this blog post we’re pleased to announce our latest podcast episode and our Winter Sale, in which we’re offering 40% off selected books for three days only.

New podcast episode with Satyadasa

In our latest podcast episode, Dhammamegha talks with Satyadasa about his wonderful memoir The Sound of One Hand, which is a tender account of one person’s ‘Dharma life’. What does it look like to live a contemporary Buddhist life, with a strong response to the Buddha’s teachings, as well as ambition,...

Windhorse Publications
Windhorse Publications

New podcast episode: A Buddhist guide to digital life

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 19 Oct, 2022 - 11:15

New podcast episode: A Buddhist guide to digital life

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 19 Oct, 2022 - 11:15

A lot of life is spent online these days. It is the medium for news, entertainment, work, debate and perspective, music, keeping up with friends, dating, and, for some, pornography.

In our latest podcast episode, Dhammamegha speaks with new author Prajnaketu about his upcoming book Cyberloka: A Buddhist guide to digital life. Prajnaketu wants to open up ways of thinking and talking about our digital lives that draw on the teachings of the Buddha. 

We talk about hyper-availability and how to go mindfully into our...

Windhorse Publications
Windhorse Publications

New podcast episode with Vimalasara

By Windhorse Publi... on Tue, 13 Sep, 2022 - 16:34

New podcast episode with Vimalasara

By Windhorse Publi... on Tue, 13 Sep, 2022 - 16:34

Read on to find out about our latest podcast episode, a new addition to the books available on our website, and a chance to catch up with our latest book launch.

New podcast episode with Vimalasara
It’s always good news when one of our books starts selling well. But in this case, the popularity of Eight Step Recovery: Using the Buddha’s Teachings to Overcome Addiction points to the rise of compulsive and addictive behaviour and thought over lockdown and beyond. Dhammamegha...

Windhorse Publications
Windhorse Publications

New podcast episode featuring Nagapriya

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 10 Aug, 2022 - 10:30

New podcast episode featuring Nagapriya

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 10 Aug, 2022 - 10:30

We’re delighted to announce the latest episode in our podcast. Dhammamegha interviews Nagapriya, author of The Promise of a Sacred World: Shinran’s Teaching of Other Power, which we will be publishing in a few weeks.

Nagapriya encountered the writings of the Japanese Pure Land teacher Shinran at a point of crisis in his own spiritual life. Shinran and his teaching of Other Power opened a different way of thinking about enlightenment and a life in the Dharma.

Listen to the new podcast episode on ...

Windhorse Publications
Windhorse Publications

News from Windhorse Publications

By Windhorse Publi... on Thu, 7 Jul, 2022 - 16:00

News from Windhorse Publications

By Windhorse Publi... on Thu, 7 Jul, 2022 - 16:00

We’re pleased to announce a new podcast episode and our plans for Buddhafield.

NEW PODCAST EPISODE

In February this year, we published a memoir by a man diagnosed with life-threatening prostate cancer. That man is Devamitra, and his book, Entertaining Cancer, covers his remarkable story of working with his mind through diagnosis, treatment and recovery.

In this podcast episode Dhammamegha interviews Devamitra to learn more about the man behind the cancer journey, and finds out what conditioned his strength of character, and...

Windhorse Publications
Windhorse Publications

New podcast episode

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 1 Jun, 2022 - 14:20

New podcast episode

By Windhorse Publi... on Wed, 1 Jun, 2022 - 14:20

We’re delighted to announce the release of Episode 2 of the Windhorse Publications Podcast. Dhammamegha and Bhikkhu Anālayo continue their conversation, turning to the crucial question of the place of mindfulness of others in meditation, the importance of sanghaor community, and the relationship between what happens on the cushion and our ways of being in the world. 

Getting closer to some of our collective challenges, Bhikkhu Anālayo talks about climate change and the Six Element Practice. We then move onto Bhikkhu Anālayo’s...

Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

Reflecting on Racism with James Baldwin

By viveka on Sun, 7 Jun, 2020 - 15:51

Reflecting on Racism with James Baldwin

By viveka on Sun, 7 Jun, 2020 - 15:51

Dear Sangha friends,

I wanted to offer you a podcast to listen to in these times.

Listen to the podcast on ‘Nothing Is Fixed’ by James Baldwin’

Paramananda and I met on May 25 to record a conversation for The Buddhist Centre Online. At the time George Floyd had not yet died an unjust death in an encounter with police. Another black man Ahmaud Arbery’s shooting while jogging in Georgia was in the news. Our...

North London Buddhist Centre
North London Buddhist Centre

The ecology of the heart talk on Saturday morning

By Ratnaprabha on Thu, 2 Apr, 2020 - 11:38

The ecology of the heart talk on Saturday morning

By Ratnaprabha on Thu, 2 Apr, 2020 - 11:38

Saturday 4 April 11:30

Budcast talk with Singhashri on The Noble Eightfold Path, number 4, Perfect Action. 

Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/362056610
Meeting ID: 362 056 610

Most people would agree that it’s wise to take a non-violent approach to life. How can we fully live from a place deeply rooted in this core Buddhist principle? We do so by gently turning towards, listening deeply and engaging whole-heartedly with our own diverse inner landscape, including ...

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