Vishvapani BlomfieldVishvapani is the author of Gautama Buddha: The Life and Teachings of the Awakened One (Quercus, 2011) and the editor of Challenging Times: Stories of Buddhist Practice When Things Get Tough (Windhorse Publications, 2006). Since 2006 he has been the uddhist contributor to BBC Radio 4's 'Thought for the Day'. He lives in Cardiff with his wife and son and his work over the years has included mindfulness teaching, writing, broadcasting, leading pilgrimages to the Buddhist holy places and holding central positions within the Triratna Buddhist Community. He became a Buddhist as a teenager and was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order in 1992.
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