The Windhorse Publications Podcast

Aug 28 2024 15 ep. 44 mins 7
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Windhorse Publications is the biggest independent publisher of books on mindfulness, meditation and Buddhism in the UK. Follow us as we welcome authors, teachers and experienced practitioners to talk about our books and the ideas and themes they cover. Our Publishing Director Dhammamegha will also be exploring great new books coming up from Windhorse and other publishers, and pointing you to interesting new Dharma writers. #WPPodcast

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A Guide to Ritual in Buddhist Practice with Bodhidasa

Aug 28 2024 46 mins  
Dhammamegha speaks to Bodhidasa in Sydney, Australia, about his upcoming book Approaching Enlightenment: A Guidebook for Buddhist Ritual. The conversation covers: Bodhidasa as a practitioner, teacher, and self-declared geek. We’ll hear about his interests in magic, games, popular culture, and literature, and how these are part of his practice and the book. How ritual, archetypes,

A First Aid Kit for the Mind - Valerie (Vimalasara) Mason-John

Apr 27 2024 28 mins  
Today, Dhammamegha speaks with award winning author and speaker Valerie (Vimalasara) Mason John about their soon-to-be-released pocketbook First Aid Kit for the Mind: Breaking the Cycle of Habitual Behaviours. We hear about Vimalasara’s life and writing, and the deep well of experience through trauma and addiction recovery and mindfulness. They speak from the heart about all the

Student and Teacher - an interview with Cindy Rasicot

Feb 07 2024 38 mins  
In this episode, Dhammamegha speaks with Cindy Rasicot - the author of a new book This Fresh Existence: Heart Teachings from Bhikkhuni Dhammananda. Cindy speaks about meeting her teacher Venerable Dhammananda, and responding to her challenging message of kindness and forgiveness rather than anger and hatred. The podcast conversation covers what it is like to be a student and discip

The Subtle Art of Caring – an interview with author River Wolton

Nov 08 2023 53 mins  
Today we have a wonderful and insightful conversation with River Wolton, a poet, writer, activist, Buddhist teacher and author of her new book titled The Subtle Art of Caring. We talk about her life and practice and the Buddha’s teachings of the Brahma Viharas or divine abodes. In this book, River looks again at these ancient teachings as a resource for sustaining compassion thro

Buddhism: Where do you start? - In conversation with Sagaraghosa

Aug 30 2023 40 mins  
In this new episode of the Windhorse Publications podcast, our publishing director Dhammamegha speaks to the author of a book we’ll be bringing out later in September – Starting on the Buddhist Path: An Invitation. In the conversation, the author Sagaraghosa muses about her first encounters with Buddhism, the importance of friendship in practice and how the dharma can change ou

’Teachers of Enlightenment’ and going for refuge as part of a global sangha - a conversation with Vajratara

May 24 2023 35 mins  
The Dharma is a universal teaching and an array of practices for liberation. In history, it is embodied by teachers who respond to the particular forms of suffering and bondage that they are born into, human and social. In its spread between India and what could broadly be called the West, the Triratna Buddhist movement and order is rather unique in contemporary convert Buddhism.

Learning to live in a free way - a conversation with Vessantara

Mar 29 2023 46 mins  
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. We had this conversation

Sangharakshita: The man behind the name – A conversation with Nagabodhi about his new book

Feb 08 2023 63 mins  
A great storyteller and author, in this podcast Nagabodhi tells us about his life in relationship to Sangharakshita, and the interesting process of writing about him. Who was Sangharakshita, and what was his life’s project – working out what it is to be a Buddhist in the world today. We have a candid conversation about Sangharakshita’s sexuality, his relationships, his legacy

The Sound of One Hand – a memoir of a real Dharma life with Satyadasa

Nov 23 2022 52 mins  
Windhorse Publications recently acquired the rights to a fantastic memoir, first published earlier in 2022. In this episode of the podcast, Dhammamegha speaks with its author, Satyadasa. Perhaps we all have a fantasy about what it means to be a Buddhist; what a life in the Dharma looks like. Satyadasa, born with one hand, recounts meeting the Dharma in London as a young man, and

A Buddhist guide to digital life with Prajnaketu

Oct 19 2022 44 mins  
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 this 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