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...
What is offered here was meant to be a blog on something that I was thinking about. Sadly, this has turned into an almost full-blown essay, but hopefully does touch on some important issues. What is presented is partly polemical, in the spirit of Nietzsche, and...
Bodhi College co-founder and teacher, John Peacock, on the inspiration for his new course: As we grow older and the world becomes seemingly more and more familiar to us, we often lose a vital quality that we possessed as children, and that made the world and life...
Our extended programme for committed practitioners has just opened its doors for applications. Over a year and a half, this gives you the opportunity to turn your interest in the Buddha’s early teachings, into deep understanding. Helping you to embed the...
Already a popular and energetic teacher, Bernat met the dharma at a very young age, and has practiced in Europe, India and Myanmar, gradually putting aside his artistic career as a jazz pianist. His first retreats with Martine and Stephen Batchelor, as well as that...
