"Tenderness is what love feels like in private, justice is what love looks like in public.“ — Cornel West The deaths...
Black Lives Matter – response from the Bodhi College faculty
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An extract from Embracing Extinction
An essay by Stephen Batchelor Being in lockdown during this pandemic allows us a breathing space to consider the...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) response from Bodhi College
Bodhi College is here to serve the wellbeing of all through the particular contribution we can make through our...
Generosity: On the Economics of Bodhi College
By Stephen Batchelor Bodhi College is a small-scale European educational initiative that offers study and training...
What Supports Personal Integrity?
By Christina Feldman and Willem Kuyken Excerpt from Mindfulness: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Psychology When we live...
Reflection on the Buddhist Foundations of Mindfulness Programme
By Melani Sampson, BFM participant 2018-19 I live in the UK and work as a psychotherapist, both in the National Health...
Early Buddhism and Epicureanism
Any philosopher’s argument which does not therapeutically treat human suffering is worthless; for just as there is no...
Reflections from a Committed Practitioner – what the course has brought to life
Caroline Hoffman shares her experience of participating in Bodhi College's Committed Practitioners Programme (CPP)...
Suggested summer reading from the faculty
Hoping to spend time reading in the sunshine this summer? Here are some recent book recommendations from our faculty (scroll down for German suggestions): Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro: The Island: An Anthology of the Buddha’s Teachings of Nibbana, available for free distribution through Abhayagiri Monastary: www.abhayagiri.org, 2009 This is an anthology of the Buddha’s teachings on Nibbana […]
Secular Dharma by Stephen Batchelor
“Secular Dharma” is the name of a two-year modular course taught at Bodhi College that I teach with Martine Batchelor, Renate Seifarth and Jenny Wilks. In February this year, we began the second of these courses with twenty-three students from Europe, America and Indonesia. But what does “Secular Dharma” mean? And how, if at all, does it differ from what is taught on other courses at Bodhi College?
When ‘to do lists’ meet the meditation hall – my experience bridging the gap
Marjan shares her experience of coordinating the first module of Bodhi College’s Committed Practitioners Programme (CPP) in the Netherlands in March 2018. By Marjan Ossebard, Committed Practitioners Programme (CPP) Module 1 Coordinator So, there I was. The first time in my life to attend a retreat or course, not only as a participant, but also […]
Reflections on the first CPP – Study Programme
By Christina Feldman, Bodhi College Teacher Akincano and I recently launched the first of the CPP modules in the...