Welcome to the ezine produced by SGI Buddhists that prompts the positive, kindles the constructive, highlights the hopeful and leaves you feeling - well, up!
Published on Saturday, 05 June 2010 18:00 | | 
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Kseniya Simonova from Ukraine started drawing with sand after her business collapsed and had less than a year's experience as a sand animator when she entered the Ukraine's Got Talent TV show.
She became last year's winner, constructing an animation that portrayed life during the invasion and occupation of Ukraine in the Second World War.
Published on Monday, 24 May 2010 11:34 | |
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The group Bringing Unity Back Into the Community (BUBIC) in Haringey, North London, recently won the London Drug Team of the Year award. Manager Kelvin O'Mard explains how he and members of his team help make a difference to the lives of crack users, ex-crack users, their friends and families.
Published on Monday, 06 December 2010 16:23 | |
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Author and headmaster of Wellington College Anthony Seldon places the happiness and wellbeing of his pupils at the centre of his school's curriculum - with startling academic results
Published on Sunday, 14 March 2010 18:23 | | |
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Our levels of stress, anxiety and depression are higher than ever. So too are rates of stress-related physical illnesses such as hypertension, writes Louise Ellis
The insurer Aviva UK Health says that psychological stress was the primary cause of sickness claims last year. A Coventry University study, meanwhile, shows that in some parts of the country almost two-thirds of workers say they are suffering from stress-induced depression.
Published on Thursday, 11 March 2010 11:37 | | |
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Published on Friday, 05 March 2010 13:31 | | |
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What's blue and white, squiggly, and suddenly appears in the sky?
If you know the answer, pop it on a postcard and send it to the people of Norway, where this mysterious light display baffled residents recently.
Published on Thursday, 03 September 2009 19:00 | | |
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As Buddhists, we chant for the health and happiness of ourselves and our families and for peace in our communities but rarely do we find ourselves literally chanting for our lives.
Liberian SGI member Andy Ankrah found himself doing just that. For the past 14 years Liberia has been torn apart by tribal rivalries. The fighting has claimed more than 200,000 lives, displaced one million people and made the country famous for ethnic hatred, public executions and child soldiers.