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by Stephen Batchelor My interest in Māra – the Buddhist equivalent of Satan in the Abrahamic religions – began after the publication of Buddhism without Beliefs in 1997. The success of that book led to my being offered a contract by my publisher to write a sequel on any related topic of my choice. After […]

by Jake Dartington The four noble (or ennobling) truths have always been a central to my understanding of Dharma practice. However, over the years, my interpretation of the truths has changed many times. While at first sight they feel very simple, as we reflect on them more deeply subtleties begin to emerge. I find it […]

by Sean Williams How does one pursue a practice that asks you to let go in a world that demands you to hold on? It’s been a constant challenge for me. I have been developing my practice for about ten years. For nearly all that time, I have worked as a senior executive in a […]

By Ken McLeod Over the last few weeks, I’ve received a few emails with questions about a Buddhist response to the 2016 election. Here is one: What does Buddhism have to say about how to respond to the behavior and rhetoric of Donald Trump? And just as important, what does it say about how to […]

by Brigitte Huber-Jordi, Herrliberg Sitting in the middle of Europe in pre-spring Switzerland I am happy to share some information with you about the Bodhi College. As you may know, BC – as an educational charity – is governed by a board of trustees. The Board presently consists of Richard Fernyhough (chair, GB), Gary Born (GB), […]

by Bernat Font Thus have I imagined. At one time, the Fortunate One was staying in Silicon Valley. There, he addressed the bhikkhus thus: “Bhikkhus.” “Venerable sir,” they replied. “These things should not be cultivated with regards to Facebook by one gone forth. Which things? Thoughts of greed, thoughts of aversion, ignorance of filter bubbles. […]

by Michael Hoey I am grateful to Stephen for the opportunity to respond to his Tricycle article on the UK ‘Brexit’ referendum, now that it has been translated for Buddhismus Aktuell . I would like here firstly to outline some of the reasons why a British Buddhist like me might make a principled case in favour […]

by John Peacock From the Buddha’s perspective one of the major causes of violence and contention in the world are the delusions produced by subject-centred views – diṭṭhi. Views, as the Buddha explained them, are not solely ‘ideologies’ in the sense of logically coherent systems of thought, which proceed from an assumed first premise. The […]

by Stephen Batchelor The world changed in the early morning of June 24th, 2016. I woke up in an airport hotel in Bordeaux. After a few hazy minutes I remembered that I should check my iPad for the result of the British referendum on membership of the European Union that had taken place the day […]

by Andrew Olendzki Ambapali was a courtesan living in the city of Vesali, and is portrayed in the Pali literature as a woman of considerable wealth and influence. She had been left to die as a baby in a mango (amba) grove, no doubt the illegitimate offspring of influential people, but was discovered and rescued […]

Letizia Baglioni What follows is part of an ongoing attempt at articulating what is it about the early teachings that makes them unique and relevant, and why it is worthwhile taking the time to undo (or at least relax) some of the meanings and methods we may have inherited from Buddhist schools and teachers, and […]