Dharmavidya

Talking on Tricycle about Pureland

Tricycle magazine is publishing a series of six talks about Pureland Buddhism by myself on their website

In the Correo

On Saturday, El Correo carried a very nice three quarter page presentation of an interview with me by Iciar Ochoa de Olano under the heading "Prefiero pasar por excentrico que por convensional y aburrido". The interview was quite fun. The interviewer presented a number of stereotyped views of Buddhism and got me to respond to them and I was able to present a picture of the Dharma as involving active compassionate engagement with the problems of this world as well as attaiment of inner peace.

Nice to receive praise for my writings

It is always encouraging to get unsolicited praise. The following comments recently appeared on my Facebook page Writings from David

"I would like to thank you, David. Thank you for writing your book 'Zen Therapy'. For in 2007, when I suffered a mental breakdown, that book got me started on my spiritual journey, and led me to study meditation and Buddhism. I have such a long way to go, but your book helped me more than you could ever know. Thank you, and Bless you :)" - JW

"This book [The Feeling Buddha] was pivotal in my life. It allowed me to finally make sense of the basic teaching of the Buddha, the standard version of which, after a deeper than normal inquiry, I rejected. The Feeling Buddha is an essential text for humanity. May it be dispersed widely." - TR

"I agree - the book has been pivotal for me and so many others I meet - and I have given it to rather a lot of people! I'm glad to have it on my iPad now, in addition to the paper copies" - SJ

Thank you.

 

Interview about my writing

Hi everyone, this is Kaspa, logged onto David's blog. David is in the middle of the ten day chanting retreat at the Buddhist House at the moment (you can watch online at friends of amida). 

I wanted to let you know that there's an interview with David about his writing, and creative process, today at the Writing Our Way Home blog that I run with Fiona.

David's answers are very insightful and comprehensive. Do check them out: An interview with Dharmavidya David Brazier, writer, psychotherapist and Pureland master.

 

 

 

I shall be on BBC Sunday Morning Live tomorrow at 10am

I am going to have a small contribution in this programme.

local press reports of the launch of "Her Mother's Eyes"

Reports in the Malvern Gazette and in the Worcester News

I was interviewed by ExPat Arts

you can read the interview at http://dld.bz/axd9m in the series I Must Be Off.