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Complete online at your own pace (Self-paced)
- £99.00 excl.
Description
This self-study course offers a comprehensive series of lectures, reflections, and discussions on the theme of Secular Dharma -from the teacher and author who has written many books on the subject – Stephen Batchelor.
Stephen sees Secular Dharma as a way of radically reconfiguring the dharma to address the conditions of modernity and the crises facing the survival of life on earth. It is founded on an ethic of uncertainty, which seeks an appropriate response to the suffering of our times without any appeal to metaphysical or religious beliefs. What do the original teachings of the Buddha have to say about life for us living now, in the modern day?
The course is divided into twelve seminars, with both video recordings of Stephen’s talks from the original online course and the Q&A discussion with participants that follows.
In the first part of the course, based on selected passages from his book After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age, Stephen considers the emergence of Secular Dharma within the history of Buddhism, offering a humanistic account of Gotama (the man we refer to as the Buddha) and examines the key ideas that inform a sceptical, agnostic, therapeutic and pragmatic understanding of Gotama’s teachings.
In the second half, Stephen explores how the project of imagining a Secular Dharma is evolving as a practical philosophy to engage with the existential crises of our time.
Participants receive all the videos with Stephen’s talks and Q&As, a downloadable workbook to follow along, prompts for self-reflection, references & links to resources and a guide on how to get the most out of your study experience.
Event Details
Pricing:
If you are unable to afford the rate please let us know. We will make sure that no one is turned away because of lack of funds.
Additional Information:
Suitable both for beginners and those who are already familiar with Stephen’s work.
Participants are encouraged to borrow or purchase Stephen's book After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age.
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