Useful links, videos, articles and other resources
Here you’ll find a selection of resources that we think could be useful to you, as chosen by our teachers. Feel free to move towards what resonates.
Resources, Articles, and Books
Online Resources
- suttacentral.net – The most comprehensive site for comparative work, multiple translations available.
- accesstoinsight.org – An excellent site with many sutta translations and texts pertaining to the Pali tradition.
- dharmaseed.org – Regularly updated collection of dharma talks, including talks by the core faculty teachers.
- dharmafarer.org – Great collection of Piya Tan’s Sutta Study materials.
Other Resources
- A List of the Lists – A useful collection of the main Buddhist lists, extracted from the Pali canon.
- Reading Lists – A series of bibliographies (in pdf format) with recommended reading.
- Glossary – The meanings of words, terms and names, mainly of Buddhist origin.
Book
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Bhikkhus Sujato & Brahmali ‘The authenticity of Early Buddhist Texts’
Sujato Bhikkhu & Brahmali Bhikkhu: The authenticity of Early Buddhist Texts: Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies vol. 5 (2014), Supplement
All rights waived by means of Creative Commons Zero Licence (CC0)
Articles
- Secular Buddhism: New vision or yet another of the myths it claims to cure? – Talk given at a conference on Secular Buddhism in Barre, March 2013 by Akincano Weber. (pdf)
Reprint in: Insight Journal, BCBS, Fullmoon Issue, Aug 2013
Various articles or transcriptions from Stephen Batchelor (opens as an Office .doc):
- Sati Journal interview – an interview by Sati Journal on the role of study in Dharma practice
- Found Objects – an anecdote by Stephen
- European Buddhist Union Talk – a transcription of a talk given in Budapest, Hungary, on September 25, 2010, called ‘A Buddhist Voice for Europe’
- Atheism – an article on atheism
- A Secular Buddhism – an essay, published in the Journal of Global Buddhism, which explores the possibility of a complete secular redefinition of Buddhism
- Am I a Believer? – an essay responding to the question: Can I be a Buddhist without believing that I will survive the death of the brain, or the existence of hell?
- A Secular Buddhist – A personal account from a self-declared ‘secular’ Buddhist
- Mara – Act One – an operatic take on some old accounts
Articles in German
- Aufgeklärtes Erwachen by Akincano Weber – appeared in Ursache & Wirkung, 2023
- Wir wollen die Botschaft des frühen Buddhis1nus in eine säkulare Gegen-wart tragen – Interview mit Akincano im Buddhismus Aktuell, 2017
Videos
Traditional Dhamma, Secular Dhamma
A discussion between Stephen Batchelor and Bhante Sujato on the practice of Buddhism and its relevance at the dawn of the new millennium, moderated by Tina Ng
Keynote speech from the centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice 2015 Conference
Contemporary Mindfulness – The Long View: Perils and possibilities in the path of mindfulness teaching by Christina Feldman,
Stephen Batchelor, Christina Feldman and Akincano Weber speak briefly about Bodhi College and the core long course programme
Stephen Batchelor, Christina Feldman and Akincano Weber speak briefly about Bodhi College and the core long course programme
Bodhi College launch event in London
A discussion between Stephen Batchelor, John Peacock and Akincano Weber about the significance of Early Buddhism.