My favourite place, anywhere. The magical, mysterious, energising, spiritual Swayambhu temple and monastery in the Kathmandu Valley. Arriving there as dawn unfolds awakens every sense in me, I feel it now, I connect with it as I write this poem…. Read More ›
A lighter post this week to illustrate some of my Buddhist experiences in pictures I have taken over many years. To begin, Nepal is classified as a Hindu nation, officially. Their last and earlier kings were revered as being head… Read More ›
A celebration of Buddha’s birthday told in a style as if in conversation with Buddha himself. The conversation with The Two Doctors is quite respectful and describes his birth through to enlightenment and death. As Buddhists ourselves we will be celebrating today quietly and mindfully.
For the first half of my marriage I was a “part time Buddhist”, I suppose I was a BINO, a Buddhist in name only. I had married Champa, Dr C, in 1971 when we were postgraduate students together, both doing… Read More ›
If Buddha was alive today he’d have a Nepalese passport, did you know that? Despite the occasional outrageous claim from an Indian politician, it is widely known that Siddhartha was born at Lumbini in Southern Nepal where there is a… Read More ›
A celebration of Buddha’s birthday told in a style as if in conversation with Buddha himself. The conversation with The Two Doctors is quite respectful and describes his birth through to enlightenment and death. As Buddhists ourselves we will be celebrating today quietly and mindfully.
The Two Doctors 
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