-- Select from Stephen Batchelor's 221 talks -- VIEW ALL 2005-10-21 The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama 2007-10-20 #1 The Groundless Ground 2007-10-21 #2 Going Against The Stream 2007-10-22 #3 Turning The Wheel Of Dhamma 2007-10-23 #4 Fully Knowing Dukkha 2007-10-24 #5 The Undeclared & The Declared 2007-10-25 #6 God & Buddhanature 2007-10-26 #7 Self & Society 2016-04-12 'Good Snowflakes: They Don't Fall Anywhere Else' 2012-03-19 01 What is Secular Buddhism? 2012-03-21 02 The Four Noble Tasks 2012-03-23 03 A Culture of Awakening 2012-03-11 04 Experience 2012-03-12 05 Namarupa and Consciousness 2012-03-13 06 Dukkha and Tanha 2012-03-14 07 Conditionality and The Four 2012-03-15 08 Mara 2012-03-16 09 Stream Entry 2006-07-21 A Democracy of the Imagination 2014-04-25 A Dry Shit Stick 2014-07-23 A Fourfold Task (Part 1) 2014-07-24 A Fourfold Task (Part 2) 2012-07-21 A Secular Culture of Awakening 2011-10-31 A Secular Religion? 2013-04-25 A Solar Buddhism 2010-04-07 A True Person of No Status 2014-07-22 A Twofold Ground 2015-11-21 After Buddhism - Afternoon Session 2015-11-21 After Buddhism - Morning Session 2015-07-19 An Ethical Life 2011-04-21 An Ordinary Person's Life 2009-11-04 Awakening to Life 2007-04-11 Be An Island Unto Yourself 2006-07-16 Birth and Death 2002-05-20 Buddha and the Devil 2006-07-20 Buddhanature 2013-04-21 Clearly Visible but Hard to See 2011-04-17 Coming to Terms with Birth and Death 2010-07-13 Conditionality 2010-11-10 Conditioned Arising 2010-03-04 Confession of Buddhist Atheist (Book launch, hosted by Tricycle Magazine and N… 2010-03-22 Confession of a Buddhist Atheist 2016-07-19 Confusion: Reflections on Moha 2006-07-18 Contingency and Emptiness 2018-04-27 Courage 2006-04-20 Creativity 2010-03-06 Deconstructing Buddhism 2019-04-07 Dharma Gates are Numberless 2010-10-17 Embracing Dukkha 2017-04-25 Emptiness and Solitude 2002-06-01 Emptiness, Empathy, & Acts 2009-11-07 Entering the Stream 2010-07-15 Entering The Stream 2006-07-19 Entering the Stream 2010-10-18 Entering the Stream 2011-11-04 Entering the Stream 2014-07-25 Entering the Stream 2015-07-23 Entering the Stream 2016-07-21 Enthusiasm: Reflections on 'Right Effort' 2019-07-21 Evening Dharma Talk - Nirvana for Everyone 2019-07-25 Evening Dharma Talk - Nirvana, Imagination and Creativity 2019-07-23 Evening Dharma Talk - Nirvana, McMindfulness and Ethics 2009-11-06 Experiencing the Unconditioned 2011-11-05 For Love of This World 2015-04-22 Four Truths, Four Tasks, Four Vows 2009-07-14 From Place to Ground 2010-10-16 From Place to Ground 2011-11-02 From Place to Ground 2007-07-14 Go Forth into the World 2006-07-17 Going Against the Stream 2018-04-25 Great Doubt 2018-04-23 Great Faith 2009-07-17 Healing the Five Clusters 2010-10-15 How to Hold a Snake 2019-04-09 In Praise of Ignorance 2016-04-13 Instruction - I Don't Know 2016-04-15 Instruction - Waiting and Listening 2016-04-11 Instruction - What is This? 2014-04-26 Instructions (day three) 2015-07-24 Instructions - Behold the Ceasing 2018-07-27 Instructions - Dwelling in Emptiness 2015-04-19 Instructions - Dwelling in the Breath 2015-07-20 Instructions - Fully Embrace Life 2015-07-22 Instructions - Letting Go of Reactivity 2018-07-23 Instructions - Letting Go of Reactivity 2015-04-23 Instructions - Listen and Wait 2014-04-24 Instructions - Mindfulness of Breath (day one) 2018-07-25 Instructions - Questioning 2018-07-25 Instructions - Questioning 2014-04-28 Instructions - Questioning (day five) 2015-04-21 Instructions - What is This? 2018-04-22 Instructions 1 2018-04-24 Instructions 3 2018-04-26 Instructions 5 2010-07-11 Introduction to Secular Buddhism 2011-07-23 Irrigating the Field 2009-07-15 Mara The Killer 2019-07-20 Morning Instructions - Meditation as Dwelling on This Earth 2019-07-24 Morning Instructions - What is This ? 2013-07-14 Morning Talk - A Secular Vision 2013-07-16 Morning Talk - Aridity 2013-07-20 Morning Talk - Buddhist Scepticism? 2013-07-18 Morning Talk - How to Live a Life Without Opinions 2013-07-19 Morning Talk - On Emptiness 2013-07-15 Morning Talk - Solitude 2013-07-17 Morning Talk - The Ultimate 2011-11-17 Nama-Rupa and Consciousness Talk 1/4 2011-11-18 Nama-Rupa and Consciousness Talk 2/4 2011-11-19 Nama-Rupa and Consciousness Talk 3/4 2011-11-20 Nama-Rupa Consciousness Talk 4/4 Nama-Rupa Conciencia Charla 4 de 4 2011-10-29 Namarupa and Consciousness 2010-10-19 Nameform / Consciousness 2014-04-29 Nirvana is Now 2013-04-19 Opening Talk 2013-07-12 Opening Talk 2010-07-10 Opening Talk for Meditation and Study Retreat 2016-04-10 Question and Response 2011-10-29 Questions and Answers about 'Self' and other topics 2011-10-29 Questions and Answers about namarupa and consciousness 2012-07-16 Radical Attention 2016-07-17 Reactive or Responsive ? 2014-07-20 Religion, Faith and Belief 2007-07-12 Rembrandt's Eyes 2017-07-23 Secular Ethics 2017-07-25 Secular Samadhi 2017-07-27 Secular Wisdom 2011-10-29 Self 2010-07-17 Self and Others 2010-10-20 Self and Others 2008-07-11 Self and Society 2015-11-16 Session 1 The Awakening of the West 2015-11-16 Session 2 The Solar Buddha 2015-11-17 Session 3 The Ethical Life 2015-11-17 Session 4 Complete Vision 2015-11-18 Session 5 Embracing Life 2015-11-18 Session 6 Clearly Visable Dharma 2015-11-19 Session 7 Dwelling, Pathing, Caring 2015-11-19 Session 8 Secular Dharma 2015-11-20 Session 9 After Buddhism 2008-07-06 Siddhattha Gotama 2009-07-18 Society and Self 2006-04-16 Spirit of Zen 2008-03-22 Starting All Over Again Part One 2008-03-26 Starting All Over Again Part Three 2008-03-24 Starting All Over Again Part Two 2010-11-12 Stream Entry 2011-07-22 Stream Entry 2002-06-02 Sublime Contingency 2006-04-18 Sudden Awakening 2007-04-12 Ten Pictures of Zen 2010-04-03 Ten Thousand Things 2017-04-23 The Art of Solitude 2008-07-07 The Awakening 2009-11-02 The City 2002-05-30 The Contingent Nature of Consciousness 2002-05-30 The Cultivation of Intelligence 2015-07-21 The Elephant's Footprint 2010-07-12 The Elephant, the Arrow and the Raft 2012-07-15 The Everyday Sublime 2014-04-27 The Everyday Sublime 2012-07-18 The Five Bundles 2011-11-03 The Four 2012-07-19 The Four 2010-04-05 The Four Great Vows 2016-04-14 The Four Great Vows 2010-11-11 The Four Noble Truths 2011-07-21 The Four Tasks 2008-07-09 The Four Truths 2009-07-13 The Great Matter of Birth and Death 2008-07-12 The Great Passing 2007-07-08 The Groundless Ground 2012-07-17 The Hindrances 2005-10-23 The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: Awakening 2005-10-28 The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: Death 2005-10-27 The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: Exile 2005-10-25 The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: From Deer Park To Jeta's Grove 2005-10-21 The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: Meditation 2005-10-22 The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: Renunciation 2005-10-26 The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: Self And Society 2005-10-24 The Life And Death Of Siddhattha Gotama: The First And Second Sermons 2009-11-05 The Middle Way 2010-07-16 The Middle Way 2008-07-08 The Middle Way 2011-07-20 The Middle Way 2019-04-11 The Middle Way 2002-06-01 The Nature of Cessation 2002-05-31 The Nature of Fixation 2011-07-19 The Noble Quest 2011-07-18 The Parable of the Ancient City 2018-07-24 The Parable of the Arrow 2010-11-13 The Parable of the City 2018-07-26 The Parable of the City 2018-07-22 The Parable of the Raft 2017-04-27 The Paradox of Solitude 2012-04-07 The Phenomenology of Meditation (Part One) 2012-04-09 The Phenomenology of Meditation (Part Two) 2009-11-03 The Poisoned Arrow 2014-07-26 The Practice of Philosophy 2009-10-31 The Secular Buddha 2005-10-08 The Secular Buddha - 1 2005-10-08 The Secular Buddha - 2 2015-04-20 The Strangeness of Things 2007-04-09 The True Person of No Status 2008-07-10 The Tyrant and the Monk 2011-11-07 Toward a Secular Buddhism 2014-07-21 Tread the Path with Care 2009-04-13 True Person of No Status 2010-07-14 Turning The Wheel 2007-07-10 Turning the Wheel 2009-07-16 Turning the Wheel of the Dhamma 2011-07-17 Two Metaphors: The Snake and the Raft 2009-04-15 Unholy Emptiness 2010-10-14 Unlearning Buddhism 2002-05-29 Verses from the Center, Opening Talk, Meditation Instructions 2015-04-24 We Had the Experience But Missed the Meaning 2010-11-09 What is Secular Buddhism 2011-11-01 Whatever Arises and Ceases 2011-04-19 Where the Mind has Nowhere to Rest 2009-04-11 Why did Bodhidamma Come From the West? 2013-04-23 Your Original Face 2007-04-07 Zen is not a Finished Product