What is this? Ancient questions for modern minds presents talks given by Martine and Stephen Batchelor during a Sŏn (Chan/Zen) retreat in England in 2016.
They live in southwest France, and conduct seminars and retreats worldwide..
Martine and Stephen have taught at Gaia House since 1986.
Her most recent book is The spirit of the Buddha .
She is author of Meditation for life , The path of compassion , Women in Korean Zen and Let go .
Martine Batchelor lived as a Sŏn nun in Korea for ten years.
He is a co-founder of Bodhi College.
He is the author of Buddhism without beliefs , After Buddhism and, most recently, Secular Buddhism .
He trained as a Sŏn monk in Korea for four years.
Stephen Batchelor is a writer, teacher and artist.
The reader can use this book as a companion in facing the challenge of living a fully human life in our complex contemporary world, or as a practice manual, or both.
These talks demonstrate clearly how a practice with origins in China a thousand years ago can meld with insights from the natural sciences, classical and modern western philosophy, Romantic poetry, and early Buddhism.
Leading us through the practice of radical questioning at the heart of this Korean Buddhist tradition, the authors show how anyone at all can benefit from this form of radical inquiry today.
What is this? Ancient questions for modern minds presents talks given by Martine and Stephen Batchelor during a Sŏn (Chan/Zen) retreat in England in 2016
