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

Sophie C

Sep 7, 2026

Fantastic! Thank you 🙏 One to continue practicing throughout my day... especially when unpleasant feelings arise in body and mind and I notice myself wishing they were not there! 😊

Helen Springett

Sep 7, 2026

Really interesting and simple. I will go back and do this again!

Peggy S

Sep 3, 2026

Something very comforting in simply muting my thoughts and allowing myself just to be. Thank you for this course.

Jo P.

Aug 23, 2026

So true! Very helpful visualization. One arrow or dagger is enough! Thank you for this. 🙏🕯️

Tara

Aug 16, 2026

This was so insightful; one of my grandmothers was a great model for this, the other, not so much! You’re right, we can all learn to be that presence for ourselves - thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Deanna

Aug 15, 2026

Very good story that reminded me of what’s more important in life. Thank you for sharing this!

Tara

Aug 15, 2026

This was my first time listening to anything shared by Suryacitta - I didn’t know what to expect but what I heard made me smile - thank you so much, I’ll be back! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Heather Santerineross

Aug 10, 2026

This was absolutely amazing and I will not only share these lessons when I talk with others, but I will be revisiting this again soon to help create positive habit energy. Thank you 🙏

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 ☺️🙏🏿💗.

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