In this episode I’m in conversation with Ven. Ayya Yeshe, about her socially engaged Buddhist work. What led her to social engagement? How does helping fit with Buddhist practice? She talks about how her experiences as a Tibetan Nun helped her to empathise with oppressed groups, and her socially engaged work in India with the...

Rainforest Mind with Kaspa Thompson

Rainforest Mind: Engaged Buddhism with Ayya Yeshe

Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist Kaspa Thompson explores the mind, religion, spirituality, wildness and ecology and the places where these intersect and overlap. Kaspa is ordained in Amida Shu, a Pureland Buddhist tradition, and is currently training in Embodied Relational therapy, which draws on body psychotherapy and process work. Early episodes included: 'Christianity and Buddhism', 'Unmet Needs' and 'Wildness'

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Rainforest Mind with Kaspa Thompson