In my last post, I explored the Four Samgrahavastus – ancient Buddhist principles for unifying a community that I've found to be super relevant to leading open source projects like Mautic. The positive response encouraged me to delve deeper into Buddhist ethics for practical wisdom applicable to our unique challenges in the world of open source.

Last weekend I had the great delight of welcoming a good friend to run a women’s day at the Ipswich Buddhist Centre. Suryadarshini hails originally from Canada but for many years has lived just up the road in Norwich.

Today is an important day in the Buddhist calendar - it's Sangha Day, where we celebrate one of the 'Three Jewels' of Buddhism. 

I don't often work as a contractor on ODesk, mainly because when competing against thousands of other developers from other parts of the world who are charging $5 per hour or less, it is difficult to either be awarded a contract in the first place, and to work for an hourly rate which matches your skills and experience.

As you may know, I'm Buddhist and am training for ordination in the Triratna Buddhist Order - quite a long process!  I see my work as part of my practice and this is the main reason why my company Virya Technologies is run along ethical principles.  Just recently my study group have started a module which involves learning and developing a particular meditation practice known as the Brahma Viharas.