Candradasa (Michael Venditozzi) was born in Canada and grew up in Scotland. As a writer, editor, designer, and ordained Buddhist he is currently the Director of a charity/non-profit providing free public access online to extensive resources on Buddhism, meditation and mindfulness. He lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA.

@dharmarascal

Selected Publications

BOOK

Buddhism for Teens, Rockridge Press, 2022
50 Mindfulness Activities, Meditations, and Stories to Cultivate Calm and Awareness

Poetry

New poems in Iamb, Wave Seven, Finished Creatures, issue four, ‘Stranger`, and Black Bough, Deep Time, Volume 2.

Earlier versions of poems on this site were previously published (as Michael Venditozzi) in Acumen (Vol. 51, print only), Agenda (Vol. 39, 1-3, Vol. 39, 4, broadsheet 2, print only, and broadsheet 3), Carapace (South Africa, Vol. 26, print only) Chapman (Vol. 106), The Scotsman, The Times (of London), Vajra Bell (Vol. 8, 1), Urthona (various vols., print only). Various anthologies, including The Heart As Origami: Contemporary Buddhist Poets.

podcasts (PRODUCED & Presented)

The Buddhist Centre, community, reality, life
Buddhist Voices, long-form interviews

Essays & other words

Keeping the Dragons in Mind (Candradasa), The Buddhist Centre Online.
Life of the Buddha (Michael Venditozzi, co-author), audiobook.
World Trade Centre, A Journey Across Cultures (Michael Venditozzi), Medium.
My Journey To Independence (Through Living Abroad) (Michael Venditozzi), Medium.
Reviews of Poems for the Millennium, Vols. 1 and 2 by Jerome Rothenberg and Pierre Joris (Michael Venditozzi), Urthona, print only.