Dear friends, The end of this year will mark two years since we launched our fortnightly Uposatha Sangha, where we meet on zoom on the new and full moons to take the refuges and precepts together. Our whole Bodhi College team – Jaya, Yuka, Chris, River,...
I have just returned from a brief walk, just about .08 kilometres. This may not sound a great deal but it is the most I have been able to accomplish in the two years that have elapsed since my initial knee surgery. It was a delight to be out, and despite a rather gray...
Ajahn Sucitto: Breathing Like a Buddha, Amaravati Publications 2022. A beautiful presentation of his personal and pragmatic understanding of the Anapanasati Sutta – the Buddha’s teaching on Mindfulness of Breathing. Ajahn Sucitto’s approach is very...
We asked our teachers five questions about them and their lives. Here is what Jaya responded: 1) If you could go back in time, what would you tell your younger self / what do you wish you’d known at the beginning when you started out on this path? a)That there...
We asked our teachers five questions about them and their lives. Here is what Christoph responded: 1) What brings you joy? What makes you unhappy? Learning something. Misunderstandings. 2) If you weren’t teaching what career would you have liked to have?...
We asked our teachers five questions about them and their lives. Here is what Jake responded: 1) What brings you joy? What makes you unhappy? I love it when I can spend longer periods of practising at home. It feels helpful for me to see myself as a yogi first and a...
We asked our teachers five questions about them and their lives. Here is what Martine responded: 1) If you could go back in time, what would you tell your younger self / what do you wish you’d known at the beginning when you started out on this path? Nothing to...
We asked our teachers five questions about them and their lives. Here is what Christina responded: 1) What brings you joy? Personal learning and seeing people flourish in the practice 2) If you weren’t teaching, what career would you have liked to have?...
We asked our teachers five questions about them and their lives. Here is what Bernat responded: 1) What brings you joy? What makes you unhappy? The greatest source of suffering for me are thought patterns based on fear. Tranquillity, human connection and music are...
We asked our teachers five questions about them and their lives. Here is what Yuka responded: 1) If you could go back in time, what would you tell your younger self / what do you wish you’d known at the beginning when you started out on this path? Progress...
We asked our teachers five questions about them and their lives. Here is what Stephen responded: 1) If you could go back in time, what would you tell your younger self / what do you wish you’d known at the beginning when you started out on this path? To always...
Stephen Liben from Canada shares his reflections on our 2024 pilgrimage to the ancient Buddhist monasteries of India Fifteen days travelling with a group of 24 fellow “pilgrims”, together with Buddhist teachers Stephen & Martine Batchelor, Akincano Weber,...
Bodhi College teacher, Christoph Köck, shares his thoughts on the theme for our upcoming study retreat Emptiness, Not-Self and Identity “The Buddha was not so much interested in Absolute Truths than in providing ways of seeing and cultivating the heart.” “The...
By Martine Batchelor I am 60 years old and I have never thought that I would be able to take such a picture as above. As someone who likes to take photos I have had two holy grails – the perfect sunset and the perfect rainbow. I gave up on the perfect sunset when I...
