Upaya Dharma Podcasts - Martine Batchelor: 10-26-11: Creative Equanimity

Stephen and Martine Batchelor have been leading a retreat at Upaya Zen Center called A Secular Buddhist Retreat, which is up to 12 parts at last check. A few days back, Martine led a special session on Creative Equanimity that I liked and wanted to share.

I'll post links to the whole Secular Buddhist Retreat when it is complete.

Martine Batchelor: 10-26-11: Creative Equanimity

Speaker: Martine Batchelor

Recorded: Wednesday Oct 26, 2011

What does it mean to be truly stable, grounded like a mountain? Martine Batchelor critiques the common buddhist notion of “accepting things as they are.” Equanimity is not helplessness, Martine explains, but is an attitude of openness and creativity.

Martine was ordained as a Buddhist nun in Korea in 1975. She studied Zen Buddhism under the guidance of the late Master Kusan Sunim at Songgwang Sa monastery until 1985. She returned to Europe with her husband, Stephen, in 1985. In 1992 she published, as co-editor, ‘Buddhism and Ecology’. In 1996 she published, as editor, ‘Walking on Lotus Flowers’ which in 2001 will be reissued under the title ‘A Women’s Guide to Buddhism’. She is the author of ‘Principles of Zen’ and her most recent publication is ‘Meditation for Life’, an illustrated book on meditation. She speaks French, English and Korean and can read Chinese characters. She has translated from the Korean, with reference to the original Chinese, the Brahmajala Sutra (The Bodhisattva Precepts). She has written various articles for magazines on the Korean way of tea, Buddhism and women, Buddhism and ecology, and Zen cooking.

With her husband she co-leads meditation retreats worldwide. They now live in France.

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