meditation - Michael Stone

The Secular Buddha: Part Six

Stephen Batchelor reflects upon secular Buddhism and revisits the Four Noble Truths, primary Buddhist ideals,…

In this talk Stephen Batchelor muses about the Buddha’s “breakthrough” and his embrace of first…

Guest teacher Martine Batchelor explains how the point of contact between sense and sense object…

In this podcast guest teacher Stephen Batchelor asks “What did the Buddha awaken to?” Drawing…

Guest teacher Stephen Batchelor explains his interest in Secular Buddhism, which returns the word “secular''…

This Awake in the World Podcast features guest speaker Christopher House, who was the artistic…

In this podcast episode, Michael introduces the bodhisattva path and the paramitas. The bodhisattva ideal…

Michael explores Patanjali’s teachings on samadhi (Pada 1, 41-51) and points out that if practice…

In this deep dive into the first four lines of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra Michael talks…

Starting with a poem by Gary Snyder, Michael explores the Fourth Pada of the Yoga…