buddhism

Wandering candlelit streets, climbing ancient temples and dining with new friends, we discover spirituality in some of Kathmandu’s most unexpected corners. I arrive in Kathmandu to find the city bathed in candlelight, stepping into my hotel over a threshold adorned with flickering flames and intricate mandalas crafted from vibrant coloured sands. At every entrance, whether […]

Discover the true unbound and unconditional love of Metta meditation, a 2500-year-old Buddhist practice. Metta has the power to permeate and transform hearts and minds and forms a peaceful weapon against ill thoughts and feelings. 

Throughout five decades of political exile, the 14th Dalai Lama has spread a teaching of peace, caring and the middle way.

Mandalas offer not just tantalising works of art but a spiritual tool that has been used by various traditions as a first step on the journey towards self.

How did one of the world’s oldest religions become whittled down to an aesthetic that has infiltrated our lives? It appears to be the minimalism and simplicity at the centre of Zen, which has come to act as an antidote to our consumer-driven lives.

The people of Bhutan have been governed with a policy for happiness over the last thirty years. How would this policy function in a Western commercial materialistic world?