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2010-07-17
Self and Others
2010-07-16
The Middle Way
2010-07-15
Entering The Stream
2010-07-14
Turning The Wheel
2010-07-13
Conditionality
2010-07-12
The Elephant, the Arrow and the Raft
2010-07-11
Introduction to Secular Buddhism
2010-07-10
Opening Talk for Meditation and Study Retreat
2010-03-22
Confession of a Buddhist Atheist
2010-03-06
Deconstructing Buddhism
2010-03-04
Confession of Buddhist Atheist (Book launch, hosted by Tricycle Magazine and New ...
2009-11-07
Entering the Stream
2009-11-06
Experiencing the Unconditioned
2009-11-05
The Middle Way
2009-11-04
Awakening to Life
2009-11-03
The Poisoned Arrow
2009-11-02
The City
2009-10-31
The Secular Buddha
2009-07-18
Society and Self
2009-07-17
Healing the Five Clusters
2009-07-16
Turning the Wheel of the Dhamma
2009-07-15
Mara The Killer
2009-07-14
From Place to Ground
2009-07-13
The Great Matter of Birth and Death
2007-10-26
#7 Self & Society
2007-10-25
#6 God & Buddhanature
2007-10-24
#5 The Undeclared & The Declared
2007-10-23
#4 Fully Knowing Dukkha
2007-10-22
#3 Turning The Wheel Of Dhamma
2007-10-21
#2 Going Against The Stream
2007-10-20
#1 The Groundless Ground
2005-10-28
The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: Death
2005-10-27
The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: Exile
2005-10-26
The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: Self And Society
2005-10-25
The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: From Deer Park To Jeta's ...
2005-10-24
The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: The First And Second Sermons
2005-10-23
The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: Awakening
2005-10-22
The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: Renunciation
2005-10-21
The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: Meditation
Stephen Batchelor
2007-10-20
#1 The Groundless Ground
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What did the Buddha teach that was distinctively his own view? This talk attempts to answer this question. I start to define three cardinal tenets of the Buddhist teachings: the Principle of Conditionality; the Process of the Eightfold Path, and the Practice of Mindfulness. I then examine a passage from the Ariyapariyesana Sutta in which the Buddha describes his awakening as a shift from a Place to a Ground.
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