The Buddha

Inviting new translations of classical Buddhist texts about why the self is an illusion and why giving it up can free us from suffering. From self-realisation and self-promotion to self-help and the selfie, the modern world encourages us to be self-obsessed. We are even told that finding ourselves is the key to happiness. Better to lose yourself! More than 2,500...

A new translation of the Buddha's teachings on mindfulness and how it can help us to be less controlled by our emotions.To feel is to suffer. But do we have to suffer as much as we do? Twenty-five hundred years ago, the Buddha discovered that practices of mindfully observing our feelings and emotions can help us gain some distance from...