Diana Winston - The Practice of Mindfulness

Teach Your Brain Compassion

Stephen Batchelor and Ven Brahmali debate in Melbourne 2014

Stephen Batchelor and Ven Brahmali debate the relevance of the early Buddhist texts for the modern world at event hosted by Melbourne Insight Meditation Group in conjunction with the BSV. The event took place at the Augustine Centre in Melbourne, VIC, Australia on 14 Feb 2014.

Opening the Eyes

A short video of a Nepalese sacred-art master and his journey of patience and time. Shot in Nalanda Monastery, a monastery of a Tibetan Buddhist tradition in the southern part of France, it shows the final steps in completing statues of followers of the historical Buddha, and especially reveals the crucial point and rarely seen of opening the eyes…

G. Yamazawa - "Elementary"

In this powerful slam performance, award-winning poet George Yamazawa recounts his earliest memories of teasing classmates by calling them “gay,” and the reaction he got from his Buddhist father. In rhythmic verse, Yamazawa talks about the power of words as insults and poetry, and the love that Buddhism inspires.