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Stephen Batchelor's Dharma Talks at Gaia House
Stephen Batchelor
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2013-07-19 Morning Talk - On Emptiness 56:51
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Reflections on the Culasunnattasutta (The Short Discourse on Emptiness) from the Majjhima Nikaya (M. 121).
Gaia House :  Study Retreat - A Secular Buddhist Retreat
2013-07-18 Morning Talk - How to Live a Life Without Opinions 58:29
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Reflections on the Paramattakasutta (The Discourse of Eight on Ultimacy) from the Atthakavagga of the Sutta Nipata (Sn. 796-803). This talk begins with a guided meditation, introduced by Martine Batchelor.
Gaia House :  Study Retreat - A Secular Buddhist Retreat
2013-07-17 Morning Talk - The Ultimate 56:58
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Reflections on the Suddhattakasutta (The Discourse of Eight on Purity) from the Atthakavagga of the Sutta Nipata (Sn. 788-95).
Gaia House :  Study Retreat - A Secular Buddhist Retreat
2013-07-16 Morning Talk - Aridity 61:50
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Reflections on the Duṭṭhattaksutta (The Discourse of Eight on the Wrong) from the Atthakavagga of the Sutta Nipata (Sn. 780-7).
Gaia House :  Study Retreat - A Secular Buddhist Retreat
2013-07-15 Morning Talk - Solitude 56:41
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Reflections on the Guhatthakasutta (The Discourse of Eight on the Cell) from the Atthakavagga of the Sutta Nipata (Sn. 772-9).
Gaia House :  Study Retreat - A Secular Buddhist Retreat
2013-07-14 Morning Talk - A Secular Vision 60:35
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An introduction to a secular Buddhist interpretation of the dharma through the example of rethinking the four noble truths as four noble tasks, thus establishing a context for the reflections on a series of suttas.
Gaia House :  Study Retreat - A Secular Buddhist Retreat
2013-07-12 Opening Talk 47:03
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This talk also includes Martine Batchelor
Gaia House :  Study Retreat - A Secular Buddhist Retreat
2013-04-25 A Solar Buddhism 65:17
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How the metaphor of the sun informed the early Buddhist community in India and might also inspire a contemporary vision of the Dharma.
Gaia House :  The Zen Retreat
2013-04-23 Your Original Face 61:24
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How the grounds of nirvana and conditionality to which the Buddha awoke can be understood in terms of the Zen image of ones original face.
Gaia House :  The Zen Retreat
2013-04-21 Clearly Visible but Hard to See 51:21
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How the term Dharma as defined in the Pali Canon might be considered from a Zen Buddhist perspective.
Gaia House :  The Zen Retreat

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