Stephen Batchelor

Magazine Society & Environment

Embracing Extinction

Will Buddhism change to face humanity’s impending peril?

By Stephen Batchelor

Fall 2020

Trike Daily Meditation & Practice

Waiting for Something to Happen

How a listening practice can help us let go of our preconceived notions of what’s supposed to happen to us during meditation.

By Stephen Batchelor

Mar 17, 2020

The Art of Solitude

The challenges and rewards of being alone

By Stephen Batchelor

Spring 2020

When to Let Go of the Dharma, Too

A secular Buddhist teacher considers the parable of the raft and how once helpful things can become a burden instead.

By Stephen Batchelor

Sep 24, 2019

Trike Daily Meditation & Practice

What Mindfulness Is Not

As interest in mindfulness booms, four Buddhist teachers discuss the history and meaning of the term and how it can get distorted in the popular imagination.

A conversation with Stephen Batchelor, Christina Feldman, Akincano M. Weber, and John Peacock

Sep 17, 2018

Dropping the Bodhisattva Gods

In this excerpt from his latest book, secular Buddhist Stephen Batchelor explains why he traded magical thinking for a more historical—and human—understanding of the dharma.

By Stephen Batchelor

Jun 13, 2018

16th century Tibetan painting of mahasiddhas

Why I Quit Guru Yoga

Does elevating the guru to the same status as the teachings themselves set the stage for teacher-student abuse?

By Stephen Batchelor

Winter 2017

bodhi college teachers Stephen Batchelor, Christina Feldman, and Akincano M. Weber

Understand, Realize, Give Up, Develop

Three contemporary Buddhist teachers discuss their take on what’s traditionally known as “the four noble truths”: why they believe the term has been mistranslated and the concepts behind it misunderstood.

A conversation with Stephen Batchelor, Christina Feldman, and Akincano M. Weber

Fall 2017

a group of protesters with signs for a story about a buddhist response to brexit

Magazine Society & Environment

A Buddhist Brexit

A secular reimagining of the dharma may help us face political calamity.

By Stephen Batchelor

Spring 2017

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A Buddhist Book of Spells

Scholar Sam van Schaik discusses Buddhist Magic and the disappearing act around the dharma’s supernatural history. (Plus, six Buddhist enchantments for curious practitioners.)

Interview with Sam van Schaik by Julia Hirsch

Nov 24, 2020

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Society & Environment

Broadening the Field of Buddhist Studies

Colleges continue to offer courses in languages while expanding to reach new audiences in different disciplines.

By Emily DeMaioNewton

Winter 2020

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Awakening the Fierce Feminine

Pamela Weiss, author of A Bigger Sky: Awakening a Fierce Feminine Buddhism, shares stories of Buddhist women who illuminate how feminine energy can support people in their practice. These often overlooked figures exemplify qualities cultivated on the Buddhist path and provide an important counterbalance to the historically patriarchal tradition.

Pamela Weiss

Nov 2020

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Stephen Batchelor

Magazine Society & Environment

Embracing Extinction

Trike Daily Meditation & Practice

Waiting for Something to Happen

Magazine Personal Reflections

The Art of Solitude

Trike Daily Teachings

When to Let Go of the Dharma, Too

Trike Daily Meditation & Practice

What Mindfulness Is Not

Trike Daily

Dropping the Bodhisattva Gods

Magazine Personal Reflections

Why I Quit Guru Yoga

Magazine

Understand, Realize, Give Up, Develop

Magazine Society & Environment

A Buddhist Brexit