Suryacitta (The Happy Buddha)

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Suryacitta is an ordained Buddhist and is the author of five books on Mindfulness and compassion. He is known for his no-nonsense, down to earth approach and brings humour to what is often a serious subject. He runs retreats and courses in the UK, Europe and Australia. He has appeared on BBC TV and BBC Radio doing programmes on mindfulness and stress and for many years doing the thought for the day.

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Reviews

Edmund

Aug 8, 2026

A great story to put life in prospective. Thank you for giving it to us.

Fungisai

Aug 5, 2026

I have done many courses on presence and read a lot and yet this course still brought up good reminders. I like the unscripted informal way of presenting something that is so important and so vital for how live our lives and the meditations. Thank you for this Important reminder ☺️🙏🏿💗.

Nenne

Jul 22, 2026

Lovely new course. I like the clarity, humor, the down to earth way. And the playfulness with language, the familiar helpful koan questions where mind again and again draws a pleasant blank😁. This new course too invites and makes it easier to keep practicing, back to presence, before a thought, without the thought.. Repeating is indeed so helpful... Thank you Suryacitta, for your work🪷

Alice

Jun 13, 2026

every day of this course was helpful and insightful. Easy to understand and it added so much depth to the path I’m already on. It’s one of those courses as soon as I finish it. I’ll start back again on day one. I know I’ll get something new every time I go through it. Thank you .

Susan

Jun 8, 2026

That was lovely and helpful. Thank you for your work.

Katja

May 27, 2026

Beautiful and just what I needed today. Thank you so much.

Nicole "Nikki" Ocean

May 25, 2026

Thanks for the reminder and I learned this as cognitive defusion as an ACT skill. I like it and it’s hard to remember to use it, so I will write it down now, put it where I can see it and practice, cuz that’s how things get easier. I appreciate your work Happy Buddha!

Michael H

May 25, 2026

Thank you for a wonderfully simple and positively impact full course. Thank you for your heart, mind and levity. Sending much love. Michael.

Jeremy Loya

May 24, 2026

Beautiful course! I loved the casual and authentic manner of speaking, I loved the repitition, and that it kept coming back to the core theme of Presence with new pointers. Most of all I loved the energy and tone of the teacher. The light-hearted laughs, the calm, joyful demeaner. Surychitta is true to his name! 🙏💛

Nenne

May 9, 2026

Thank you Suryacitta, this meditation struck an important cord today. The open welcoming of painful emotions breaks something gently open, a shift...a different strength indeed. I will definitely repeat this one too, and practice. I would really like to listen to more sessions on this theme, or maybe a (short) course someday? Acceptance can be quite a struggle at times...

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