Bodhipaksa

Politics as a spiritual practice

It’s hard not to get overwhelmed by what's going on in the world. Politics is polarizing, the news cycle fuels…

February 20, 2026

Twenty-five years of Wildmind

Today, the 11th day of November, 2025, is Wildmind's 25th birthday! It's the 25th anniversary of the first day that…

November 11, 2025

Books and cats

It was lovely to receive this photograph the other day. This is Mara, one of the people who wrote an…

August 29, 2025

Find peace with “Sitting With Bodhi”

I warmly invite you to join me in an innovative meditation course. The focus in these 42 guided meditations is…

February 11, 2025

Chinese translation of “This Difficult Thing of Being Human”

It took a while to get a copy of this book from the Chinese publisher, not just because of the…

October 21, 2024

New translations of “This Difficult Thing of Being Human”

I was delighted to discover recently that "This Difficult Thing of Being Human" — my book on self-compassion — has…

September 20, 2024

Great news about my writing

Exciting things have been happening recently. In the space of just a week or so I was been offered two…

August 13, 2024

More adventures with artificial intelligence

Recently I shared a conversation I had with ChatGPT, a supposed Artificial Intelligence. ChatGPT is designed to reply to natural…

March 24, 2023

My latest book: “A Year of Buddha’s Wisdom”

Over the summer I wrote a book. The idea was presented to me by the publisher, who had decided that…

December 24, 2021

Get daily meditation guidance on your iPhone

Version 2 of the Bodhi Mind app includes a unique feature called Sitting With Bodhi. Each day you have the…

February 8, 2019