The Uposatha Sangha gatherings continue in 2026 as community offerings coordinated by members of the Bodhi College Sangha and you are all welcome to join. The Uposatha Sangha gatherings happen on New and Full Moons, lasts for 30 minutes and give us an opportunity to...
You’ve heard good things about Bodhi College but not sure if it’s for you? Are you thinking there’s a high price tag or maybe you are not the ‘right’ sort of person for a Bodhi College course? Here we attempted to debunk some of the misconceptions you may have had...
How do we structure our courses and what’s the thinking behind them? There are many ways to study, learn, connect and practice with Bodhi College and our teachers and we are proud to welcome people from all walks of life. Here, our teaching faculty explain a little...
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...
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 trustee Brigitte Huber shares her thoughts on cooking and baking as a form of practice: “I regularly have to prepare meals, be it for some friends, our extended family or just the two of us. I have to walk to the basement where veggies and staple foods are...
In advance of his October online seminar series on ethics, How to live, what to do? Buddhism and Five Ethical Dilemmas, John Peacock reflects on some of the key questions of the course: Is there a big current ethical issue that particularly occupies your attention? I...
Books in English: bell hooks: All About Love, New Vision 2016 This book is an essential inspiration towards cultivating the dharma of relationships. It is filled with striking passages relevant to a life of practice: “Knowing how to be solitary is central to...
Gary Born, a Trustee of Bodhi College, passed away suddenly on 21st April 2022. Gary’s love of the dharma was a passion in his life, to which he brought boundless enthusiasm and generosity. Gary was a tremendous contributor to so many groups of people, as a very...
Bhikkhu Anālayo: Developments in Buddhist Meditation Traditions. The Interplay Between Theory & Practice, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies: Barre, Massachusetts, 2022. Pdf available here. This is a great, scholarly book for those who are curious to...
In January, 2022, 29 experienced practitioners from around the world completed the Bodhi College Teacher Training Programme. These are people who were invited into the programme by senior teachers who, through personal contact with them, acknowledged their potential...
