When the Buddha encountered a young man performing ritual salutations to the six directions of the compass, he didn't dismiss the practice, he transformed it. Each direction, he said, represents a key relationship in your life: parents, teachers, spouse and family, friends, colleagues, and those who work for you. Instead of honouring abstract gods, honour the people around you.

What followed was one of the most practical teachings in the entire Buddhist canon. The Sigalovada Sutta lays out concrete, reciprocal duties for every relationship, what you owe a friend, what a friend owes you, how to treat those who work with you, what makes a good teacher or a good student. It's less about metaphysics, more about how you actually show up in someone's life.

Ratnaprabha will be bringing this ancient text to life and asking whether its wisdom still holds. In a world that prizes individual fulfilment above almost everything else, the Buddha's insistence that a good life is built on a web of mutual responsibilities feels quietly radical, and remarkably timely.

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