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Episode #280: Matthew Schojan started abusing drugs at the tender age of 11, in response to some very challenging family dysfunction. One could then scarcely expect that he would later develop into a serious meditation and yoga practitioner one day. In an interview recorded before the pandemic and the military coup, Matthew goes into detail about his spiritual journey, and how it ultimately led him to Myanmar.He eventually got his life on track when he was 20, and made the commitment to become sober while living in New York. It was a terrifying experience, as he was beset by anxiety and other emotions that the intoxicants had long suppressed. He eventually took up yoga, later finding refuge at the local Zen center in Brooklyn. Then September 11th happened, which recreated the anxiety and fear, and amid all the destruction, he was initially unable to reach out to friends or family for support. Matthew gave in and had a cigarette, his first in three years.That cigarette evolved into a relapse of hard partying and drug use, which he soon found troubling and empty. This time, however, he found more stable salvation in the form of Dharma Punx, led by Noah Levine, and its more mindful community; it was there that he eventually met the woman who would become his wife.From there, he decided to take a full spiritual plunge. Matthew studied under Ajahn Tong Sirimangalo, Sayadaw U Tejaniya, Jack Kornfield, Martine Batchelor, and S.N. Goenka among others, studying Zen, Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. “There was definitely a lot to learn,” he says. “Each time you go down one path, other things open up, and you start to learn more…” To Matthew, the key point is that different teachings have clear, practical applications.Matthew's journey to the Golden Land took shape over many years. He and his wife eventually arrived there after eight years living and working in Thailand. When they finally moved to Myanmar, Matthew was surprised at the many differences between the two countries and their Buddhist culture and practice, in spite of their geographic proximity.Matthew closes by discussing the connection between mental health and meditation.Ironically, Matthew's comments are even more relevant today than in 2020 when the talk was recorded. At that time, Matthew noted the challenges for mental health sector in wider Myanmar, referencing government data that 95% of people needing treatment couldn't find any support. Yet now, so many Burmese are facing traumatic circumstances with the fallout from the military coup that mental health issues are being discussed openly in Myanmar more than ever before.

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(Gaia House) Equanimity as treating equally, as well as cultivating stability and balance in mind, body, heart

(Gaia House) Exploring the various aspects of vedanā as found in the suttas: mental, physical, pleasant, unpleasant, neither, through the six senses, worldly and unworldly.

(Gaia House) Cultivating mindfulness of feeling tones and becoming aware of their changing nature

(Gaia House) Mindfulness of Feeling Tones Using Breath, Body, Sounds

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This week we're revisiting a favourite Awake in the World podcast episode. Michael provides a reflection on the retreat with Stephen and Martine Batchelor. He speaks to making a practice of our lives where all our roles, our actions are interconnected. Michael examines the end of the first chapter of the Yoga Sutra. Recorded March 30, 2010.

Martine Batchelor explains and explores ceremonial offerings in Korean Zen practice. Martine Batchelor, a former Buddhist nun, studied Zen Buddhism under the guidance of Kusan Sunim and is the author of several books. Recorded on March 28, 2010 at Centre of Gravity in Toronto, Ontario.

Martine Batchelor leads a meditation practice based on a Korean technique, using the question “What is this?” as an object to come back to. Recorded on March 28, 2010.

Guest teacher Martine Batchelor explains how the point of contact between sense and sense object is the moment when the choice between grasping and not grasping takes place. Not grasping allows for creative engagement—an attitude of stability and openness, so that we can meet problems in new and different ways. Recorded on March 26, 2010.

Our guest today is Martine Batchelor, who lived in Korea as a Seon nun under the guidance of Master Kusan for ten years. She is the author of Meditation for Life, The Path of Compassion, Women in Korean Zen and Let Go: A Buddhist Guide to Breaking Free of Habits. She is a member of the Gaia House Teacher Council. She teaches meditation retreats worldwide and lives in France. Her latest works are the The Spirit of the Buddha, What is this? and The Definition, Practice and Psychology of Vedana. Recently she has been involved with the Silver Sante Study, teaching meditation, mindfulness and compassion to seniors in France to see if this could prevent ageing decline. Website : martinebatchelor.org Twitter: MartineBatch Facebook: martine.batchelor Instagram: martinebatch Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/songil1

This great deep-Dharma episode is all about using an ancient, fascinating, and readily-accessible Buddhist concept as a way to improve your interactions with other human beings. The concept in question is called vedana, or “feeling tone.” Our guest, Martine Batchelor, will explain. She was a Buddhist nun in Korea for ten years and is now a lecturer, spiritual counselor, and author of such books as “The Path of Compassion” and “Women in Korean Zen." Two brief notes: First, this episode is a re-run, which we're doing a few times this summer in order to give the staff a breather, and also to resurface some of our older gems for our newer listeners. Second, this conversation includes some brief references to sensitive topics, including sexual activity and substance abuse. Download the Ten Percent Happier app today: https://10percenthappier.app.link/install Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/martine-batchelor-repost

This great deep-Dharma episode is all about using an ancient, fascinating, and readily-accessible Buddhist concept as a way to improve your interactions with other human beings. The concept in question is called vedana, or “feeling tone.” Our guest, Martine Batchelor, will explain. She was a Buddhist nun in Korea for ten years and is now a lecturer, spiritual counselor, and author of such books as “The Path of Compassion” and “Women in Korean Zen." Two brief notes: First, this episode is a re-run, which we're doing a few times this summer in order to give the staff a breather, and also to resurface some of our older gems for our newer listeners. Second, this conversation includes some brief references to sensitive topics, including sexual activity and substance abuse. Download the Ten Percent Happier app today: https://10percenthappier.app.link/install Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/martine-batchelor-repost

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Nous clôturons la seconde saison de Dieu.e avec cet épisode consacré au bouddhisme. Comment le Bouddha incluait-il les femmes, il y a plus de 2500 ans? Comment les nonnes bouddhistes ont-elles trouvé leur place? Comment conjuguer féminisme et pratique bouddhiste? L'Éveil bouddhiste est-il genré? Pour nous éclairer, vous entendrez deux invitées qui nous ont fait le grand plaisir de témoigner:

Guest Teacher, Martine Batchelor, joins us to talk about renunciation. She talks about breaking free from habits, not just our behavioral habits, but our mental habits of reactivity. Enjoy!

In this episode we met with Martine Batchelor. We asked Martine Batchelor, why meditate? She told us about her experience with many kinds of people encountering mindfulness and meditation, how she became a nun in Korea and what the difference is - between meditating in a monastry and every day life.

Quattro passi con Guglielmo Doryu Cappelli Guglielmo Cappelli nasce a Roma nel 1963. Nel 1988 si avvicina al buddhismo sperimentando le varie tradizioni buddhiste sotto la guida di insegnanti qualificati quali, Ghesce Yesce Tobden, Corrado Pensa, Stephen and Martine Batchelor, Thích Nhất Hạnh. A partire dal 1997 si dedica completamente alla pratica dello Zen Sōtō. Nel 1999 riceve l’ordinazione monastica presso il Tempio Zen de La Gendronniere, in Francia, dal Maestro Roland Yuno Rech, discepolo del Maestro Taisen Deshimaru Roshi. Dal 2001 al 2006 ha diretto a Roma, il Dojo Zen dell'Associazione Zen Internazionale mentre nel 2006 fonda, insieme ad Annamaria Gyoetsu Epifanìa, sua compagna di vita e di Via, il Centro Zen Anshin di cui è attualmente guida spirituale. All'inizio del 2010 diventa discepolo del Maestro Shohaku Okumura, abate del Tempio Sanshinji a Bloomington (Stati Uniti d’America), erede dell’abate di Antai-ji Kosho Uchiyama, ricevendo la trasmissione del Dharma nel 2015 e l’anno successivo ottenendo il riconoscimento di insegnante qualificato alla diffusione del buddismo zen fuori dal Giappone. Ha collaborato alla traduzione, insieme a Carlo Saviani, dei testi del suo maestro per i volumi Kodo il senza dimora ed Il Canto dello Zen, editi dalla Ubaldini.

Dave gets the opportunity to talk about Addiction, breaking from of habits and creatively working with feeling tone ( Vedana). EnjoyMartine Batchelor was born in France in 1953. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in Korea in 1975. She studied Zen Buddhism under the guidance of the late Master Kusan at Songgwang Sa monastery until 1984. Following Master Kusan's death she returned her nun's vows and left Korea. She returned to Europe with her husband, Stephen, in 1985. She was a member of the Sharpham North Community in Devon, England for six years. She worked as a lecturer and spiritual counsellor both at Gaia House and elsewhere in Britain. She is the author of Meditation for Life, Let Go, and Women in Korean Zen (2007) and The Spirit of the Buddha (2010). With her husband she co-leads meditation retreats worldwide. They now live in France.https://bodhi-college.org/

As coronavirus numbers rise steadily in the UK and across Europe, many of us are feeling a heavy weight in our stomachs as we face possible further lockdowns as we approach winter. Six months into a global pandemic, how do we cope with what we have already faced, and find the energy and resilience to keep going?It's all stories. Stories we tell ourselves about how life was, and how life should be. But there's also a story here about where we are right now. How tough and resilient we have been, in the face of global pandemic. And that is what I want to explore today. On this slightly different episode of Storyteller. More than the story of the pandemic, more than a story of psychology, more than a story of poetry or politics, I wanted to take a moment to look at the story that we tell ourselves, and how we can use these internal thoughts to make this road ahead bearable. So, I got in touch with Martine Batchelor. Martine was a Buddhist nun in Korea for ten years, has written multiple books on meditation and mindfulness. She lives in France with her husband Stephen Batchelor, who also writes books and teaches secular approaches to mindfulness. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode is a mix of the technical, the practical, and the delightful. We're talking about a meditation technique that can impact relationships, your biases, and how you handle things such as lying, sex, alcohol, and social media. The key word here is the ancient term "vedana." And it involves, literally, any feeling state we experience. Basically, everything that comes up in your mind has one of at least three feeling tones: pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral. When you're mindless, a pleasant feeling tone can lead to overindulgence or clinging; unpleasant can lead to aversion; and neutral can lead to numbing out. Unchecked, this unfolding process can have disastrous results, as it pertains to your reactions to food, other people, you name it. My guest today is going to tell us about how to bring mindfulness to this aspect of our experience. Martine Batchelor was a Buddhist nun in Korea for 10 years. She's written a number of books, including The Path to Compassion and Let Go: A Buddhist Guide to Breaking Free of Habits. She lives in France, with her husband Stephen Batchelor, who was a guest on the show not long ago. Where to find Martine Batchelor online: Website: https://martinebatchelor.org/ Martine Batchelor's Dharma Talks - https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/119/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/martinebatch Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/martine.batchelor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martinebatch/ We care deeply about supporting you in your meditation practice, and feel that providing you with high quality teachers is one of the best ways to do that. Customers of the Ten Percent Happier app say they stick around specifically for the range of teachers, and the deep wisdom they impart, to help them deepen their practice. For anyone new to the app, we've got a special discount just for you. If you're an existing subscriber, we thank you for your support. To claim your discount, visit tenpercent.com/august Other Resources Mentioned: More on Vedana Understanding the Five Aggregates Can Help You Get Out of Your Head: https://tricycle.org/magazine/five-aggregates/ Meditation Month 2019: Feeling Tone and Noting Sensations: https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/meditation-month-feeling-tone/ Deconstructing the "Self": https://www.lionsroar.com/deconstructing-the-self/ To learn more about and practice with feeling tone, check out Joseph's meditation on Feeling Tone in the Ten Percent Happier app: https://10percenthappier.app.link/FeelingTonePod Additional Resources: Ten Percent Happier Live: https://tenpercent.com/live Coronavirus Sanity Guide: https://www.tenpercent.com/coronavirussanityguide Free App access for Frontline Workers: https://tenpercent.com/care Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/martine-batchelor-275

This episode is a mix of the technical, the practical, and the delightful. We’re talking about a meditation technique that can impact relationships, your biases, and how you handle things such as lying, sex, alcohol, and social media. The key word here is the ancient term "vedana." And it involves, literally, any feeling state we experience. Basically, everything that comes up in your mind has one of at least three feeling tones: pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral. When you’re mindless, a pleasant feeling tone can lead to overindulgence or clinging; unpleasant can lead to aversion; and neutral can lead to numbing out. Unchecked, this unfolding process can have disastrous results, as it pertains to your reactions to food, other people, you name it. My guest today is going to tell us about how to bring mindfulness to this aspect of our experience. Martine Batchelor was a Buddhist nun in Korea for 10 years. She’s written a number of books, including The Path to Compassion and Let Go: A Buddhist Guide to Breaking Free of Habits. She lives in France, with her husband Stephen Batchelor, who was a guest on the show not long ago. Where to find Martine Batchelor online: Website: https://martinebatchelor.org/ Martine Batchelor's Dharma Talks - https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/119/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/martinebatch Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/martine.batchelor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martinebatch/ We care deeply about supporting you in your meditation practice, and feel that providing you with high quality teachers is one of the best ways to do that. Customers of the Ten Percent Happier app say they stick around specifically for the range of teachers, and the deep wisdom they impart, to help them deepen their practice. For anyone new to the app, we've got a special discount just for you. If you're an existing subscriber, we thank you for your support. To claim your discount, visit tenpercent.com/august Other Resources Mentioned: More on Vedana Understanding the Five Aggregates Can Help You Get Out of Your Head: https://tricycle.org/magazine/five-aggregates/ Meditation Month 2019: Feeling Tone and Noting Sensations: https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/meditation-month-feeling-tone/ Deconstructing the "Self": https://www.lionsroar.com/deconstructing-the-self/ To learn more about and practice with feeling tone, check out Joseph's meditation on Feeling Tone in the Ten Percent Happier app: https://10percenthappier.app.link/FeelingTonePod Additional Resources: Ten Percent Happier Live: https://tenpercent.com/live Coronavirus Sanity Guide: https://www.tenpercent.com/coronavirussanityguide Free App access for Frontline Workers: https://tenpercent.com/care Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/martine-batchelor-275

Continuing the series on the four foundations of mindfulness I look at the second foundation: mindfulness of feeling tone (vedana). I share quotes from Mindfulness by Joseph Goldstein, Perspectives on the Satipatthana by Analayo, and Let Go by Martine Batchelor. I also recommend reading this blog post on investigation to enhance understanding of this important topic.

This week I explore the importance of letting go. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are dealing with changes in multiple aspects of our lives which can lead to grasping and resistance. How can we let go and accept our reality? I offer some of my experiences and share some teachings from Martine Batchelor’s book Let Go and Rick Hanson’s book Just One Thing

Guided meditation on the mindfulness of the body during the retreat "Hidden Jewels" with Juha Penttila and Sumedha. Juha has been practicing meditation since 2002 and has spent time living and practicing in meditation centers and Buddhist monasteries in Asia and in Europe. He co-founded the Nirodha insight meditation community in Finland in 2006 and has been actively involved in supporting the development of the practice community. Juha is deeply interested in exploring both the depths of silence and meditation as well as field of engaged Buddhism, particularly through climate activism. Juha is currently in teacher training and is being mentored by Rob Burbea, Caroline Jones and Martine Batchelor.

Forgetting the self and being awakened by the 10,000 things Text quoted: The Hidden Lamp ed Susan Moon and Florence Caplow ; Women on the Buddhist Path by Martine Batchelor

Great faith, great courage, great questioning Text quoted: The Principles of Zen by Martine Batchelor; The Faith to Doubt by Stephen Batchelor

What is Zen? Reviewing some basics. Main Text(s) quoted: The Principles of Zen by Martine Batchelor

Ethics,meditation and wisdom Text quoted: The Principles of Zen by Martine Batchelor

Michael Stone provides a reflection on the retreat with Stephen & Martine Batchelor. He speaks to making a practice of our lives where all our roles, our actions are interconnected. Michael examines the end of the first chapter of the Yoga Sutra. Recorded March 30, 2010, at Centre of Gravity, Toronto, ON.

Martine Batchelor explains and explores ceremonial offerings in Korean Zen practice. Recorded March 28, 2010, at Centre of Gravity in Toronto, Ontario. Martine Batchelor, a former Buddhist nun, studied Zen Buddhism under the guidance of Kusan Sunim and is the author of several books.

An 8-minute guided meditation with Martine Batchelor. Centre of Gravity, Toronto. Recorded March 28, 2010.

Some basic instruction on working on one's first koan. Text cited: What is This Tricycle Article by Martine Batchelor and Shattering the Great Doubt by Master Sheng Yen.

Dharma Talk by Martine Batchelor - 3/18/2016

Guided Meditation with Martine Batchelor - 3/18/2016

Martine Batchelor was a nun in a Korean Buddhist monastery for 10 years, where she followed a traditional path of practice and exploration. We speak about her journey in becoming a nun, what the rhythms of that life were like, what practices she undertook, and how she came to integrate, and deepen, the understanding she uncovered during her decade of training there. The episode concludes with a compelling conversation about the multi-perspectival nature of human beings, and how we’re constantly practicing at a crossroads between various aspects of our lives. This is part 1 of a two-part series. Listen to part 2, The Myth of the Teacher. Episode Links: www.MartineBatchelor.org Chinul and the Hwadu Meditation ( http://www.openbuddha.com/2010/09/09/chinul-and-the-hwadu-meditation/ ) Master Dahui ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahui_Zonggao )

Martine Batchelor joins Buddhist Geeks again, this time to explore the way that the roles of teacher and student are changing in contemporary times. While acknowledging various teacher models in the Buddhist tradition, she lays out the reasons she prefers the good friend, or adviser model that you find in the Theravada and Korean traditions. She speaks about the dangers of priming students as well as the dangers in teachers not acknowledging their own limitations and shortcomings. She then lays out a way of teaching that focuses on the fundamentals of developing concentration and inquiry, instead of focusing on a particular technique of meditation. This is part 2 of a two-part series. Listen to part 1, Practicing at the Crossroads. Episode Links: www.MartineBatchelor.org The Buddhist Teachers Council ( http://bit.ly/1S1aJYr ) The Timeless Tradition of Spiritual Apprenticeship ( http://bit.ly/1S1aI6Z )

In this episode, taken from the Buddhist Geeks Conference in 2012, Martine Batchelor explores the process of grasping and its amplifying/exaggerating effects. She also goes into how meditation can help us to de-grasp/release our holding thus allowing for a more creative engagement and creative response. Episode Links: www.martinebatchelor.org

Secular Buddhist teacher Stephen Batchelor joins us to explore some of the ideas presented in his newest book, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. We start off by examining the two Buddhist doctrines of karma and rebirth, using the original teachings of the Buddha, especially the “imponderables” as a touchstone for the conversation. Stephen’s basic claim being that the belief in rebirth doesn’t have sufficient evidence behind it, and it actually takes away from the core practices and teachings of the Buddha. We conclude the interview by exploring the difference between agnosticism and atheism, which Stephen claims can be integrated together into what he calls an “ironic atheism.” Episode Links: Stephen and Martine Batchelor ( http://www.stephenbatchelor.org ) Buddhism Without Beliefs ( http://amzn.to/bHGkI7 ) Confession of a Buddhist Atheist ( http://amzn.to/9WL5X1 )

Dharma Talk by Martine Batchelor 11/10/11

In this episode, ID Project Board Chair Ellen Scordato interviews Martine Batchelor. This is the second of a two part interview. Martine Batchelor was ordained as a Buddhist nun in Korea in 1975. She studied Zen Buddhism under the guidance of the late Master Kusan at Songgwang Sa monastery until...

In this episode, ID Project Board Chair Ellen Scordato interviews Martine Batchelor. This is the first of a two part interview. Martine Batchelor was ordained as a Buddhist nun in Korea in 1975. She studied Zen Buddhism under the guidance of the late Master Kusan at Songgwang Sa monastery until...