Posts Tagged ‘secular buddhism’
Episode 98 :: John Peacock :: Buddha the Radical to Creeping Brahmanism
Scholar and Associate Director of The Oxford Mindfulness Centre John Peacock joins us to speak about secular views of early Buddhism.
It’s strange, thinking from our current vantage point, that the religious edifice we call Buddhism might not have been intended by the Buddha to become such an edifice. But, unless we take a closer look, unless we allow ourselves to think outside what the traditions are telling us, we might miss that potential fact of this pragmatic and beneficial practice.
Read MoreMeditation Only?
“Therefore, Ananda, you should live with one’s self as an island, one’s self as a refuge . . . . And how does a monk live like this? Here Ananda, a monk abides contemplating the body as body, earnestly, clearly aware, mindful . . . and likewise with regard to feelings, mind and dhamma. And…
Read MoreEpisode 92 :: Tony Bernhard :: Culture Independent Buddhist Retreats
Tony Bernhard Tony Bernhard speaks with us about facilitating a-cultural Buddhist teaching and retreats. Hi, everyone. As we’ve seen in the growth and popularization of Buddhism in the West, the teaching and practice takes on forms that may not fit with the cultural background from which they’ve come. Our commitment to Buddhism does not, as…
Read MoreUncertain Minds: How the West Misunderstands Buddhism
Stephen Batchelor and John Peacock address the challenges of Buddhism in the west, how it differs from traditions, how Buddhism was misunderstood from the very start, partly because it was viewed through the filter of Christianity. Please join us in discussion below …
Read MoreBuddhism Before the Theravada (Audio, John Peacock) & Comments
I’ve listened to the first audio recording of a series of six talks called Buddhism Before the Theravada, speaker John Peacock, held at the Insight Meditation Center. This talk is fascinating! John Peacock gives a really great history of the times Gotama lived in, and additionally he relates the importance of that history as context…
Read MoreDharma without Metaphysics (Tony Bernhard)
Everything is process. Tony explore Buddhist without the ideas of mind-reading, reincarnation, etc. From dharmaseed.org
Read MoreAn Introduction to Secular Buddhism (Stephen Batchelor)
In this talk Stephen explain what secular Buddhism is, a bit about Buddhist history in general, and Buddhism as it moved to the west.
Read MoreA Letter to Traditional Buddhists
Over the past few months The Secular Buddhist podcast site and its blogs have received increased attention. We are grateful for that and welcome the many new secular Buddhists into the community. But surprisingly, at least to me, we’ve also gotten a lot of heat from traditional Buddhists. I’ve been both disappointed and surprised by…
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