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Stephen Batchelor's Dharma Talks
Stephen Batchelor
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2013-04-25 A Solar Buddhism 65:17
How the metaphor of the sun informed the early Buddhist community in India and might also inspire a contemporary vision of the Dharma.
Gaia House :  The Zen Retreat
2013-04-23 Your Original Face 61:24
How the grounds of nirvana and conditionality to which the Buddha awoke can be understood in terms of the Zen image of ones original face.
Gaia House :  The Zen Retreat
2013-04-21 Clearly Visible but Hard to See 51:21
How the term Dharma as defined in the Pali Canon might be considered from a Zen Buddhist perspective.
Gaia House :  The Zen Retreat
2013-04-19 Opening Talk 55:50
This talk also includes Martine Batchelor
Gaia House :  The Zen Retreat
2012-07-21 A Secular Culture of Awakening 62:54
Reflections on the nature of Secular Buddhism as a culture, its relation to the orthodox traditions of the dharma, and its understanding of sangha (community).
Gaia House :  Study Retreat: A Buddhist Secular Retreat
2012-07-19 The Four 60:46
Reflections on the Four (noble truths/tasks) as the culmination of the practice of mindfulness as described in the Satipatthana Sutta.
Gaia House :  Study Retreat: A Buddhist Secular Retreat
2012-07-18 The Five Bundles 60:21
Reflections on the Buddha's understanding of human experience as differentiated through the five bundles (khandha/aggregates).
Gaia House :  Study Retreat: A Buddhist Secular Retreat
2012-07-17 The Hindrances 58:59
Reflections on the five hindrances as understood through their personification in the figure of Mara (the demonic).
Gaia House :  Study Retreat: A Buddhist Secular Retreat
2012-07-16 Radical Attention 59:28
Reflections on meditation as radical attention (yoniso manasikara), mindfulness of breathing, and the Satipatthana Sutta.
Gaia House :  Study Retreat: A Buddhist Secular Retreat
2012-07-15 The Everyday Sublime 63:38
Reflections on the origins and aims of meditation understood as a sensibility rather than a technique.
Gaia House :  Study Retreat: A Buddhist Secular Retreat

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