Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
The Art of Solitude
The challenges and rewards of being alone
Stephen Batchelor
Stephen Batchelor is a teacher and writer known for his secular or agnostic approach to Buddhism. His books include Secular Buddhism: Imagining the Dharma in an Uncertain World and After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age. He teaches several online courses with Tricycle, including Secular Dharma and The Four Noble Truths.
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Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Why I Quit Guru Yoga
Does elevating the guru to the same status as the teachings themselves set the stage for teacher-student abuse?
Buddhism Without Beliefs
Stephen Batchelor's new book proposes a profound and passionate agnosticism as an authentic approach to dharma.
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Stepping Out of Situational Patterning
In the online course “Dependent Arising,” four teachers from Bodhi College discuss choice and the wholesome patterns that allow us to respond, not react.
CultureMagazine | Special Section
Finding the Voice, Performing the Self
In a 30th-Anniversary discussion, Stephen Batchelor and Ruth Ozeki explore the rituals and mysteries of creativity.
Embracing Extinction
Will Buddhism change to face humanity's impending peril?
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.
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.
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.
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