Tag: Buddhism

  • All things must pass

    Funerals are never easy. I’m sure many mourners find themselves lamenting that missed opportunity to say ‘goodbye’ properly. I’ve never had that chance to share that opportunity with any of those I’ve lost. A final farewell as the coffin is committed is the closest I’ve ever come. And that’s the moment when it becomes real;…

  • Blue-sky thinking

    Blue-sky thinking

    I remember being in a maths lesson one day when I was about 10. We had been asked to rate the probability of certain things happening on a scale of one to 10…

  • The bad Buddhist

    The bad Buddhist

    Over the course of the past 10 years I’ve dabbled with the philosophy of Buddhism — without much success I hasten to add. I began my adventure with ludicrously high expectations. Nirvana was only a few small steps away, or so I thought at the time…