After Buddhism and Beyond

Welcome to this course, developed and taught by Stephen Batchelor Introduction   ‘“After Buddhism and Beyond” was the title of a twelve-session live online course I taught over two semesters during the coronavirus pandemic from February 13 to June 26, 2021....

Samsara – Test course 4

‘Samsara’ is a key concept in Indian and Buddhist thought, which broadly means ‘going round in circles’. This rich and evocative idea can be understood cosmologically — as a beginningless cycle of birth, death and rebirth over aeons; psychologically — as repetitive...

Mindfulness test course3

Theme: In the earliest teachings found in the Buddhist tradition, mindfulness is never presented as a stand-alone quality nor as an end in itself.  Instead, mindfulness is presented as a quality and capacity in human consciousness, that is cultivated and developed...

Mindfulness and its Extended Family

Theme: In the earliest teachings found in the Buddhist tradition, mindfulness is never presented as a stand-alone quality nor as an end in itself.  Instead, mindfulness is presented as a quality and capacity in human consciousness, that is cultivated and developed...

Samsara – Or How to Stop Going Around in Circles

‘Samsara’ is a key concept in Indian and Buddhist thought, which broadly means ‘going round in circles’. This rich and evocative idea can be understood cosmologically — as a beginningless cycle of birth, death and rebirth over aeons; psychologically — as repetitive...