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Radical Scepticism: A Middle Way in a time of Ideological Labelling.

Culture has a significant impact on our beliefs. Rather than accepting or rejecting these beliefs, the middle way offers us an alternative.

The Prison of my Opinions

What is the way?
Knowing which way to go can be difficult in trying circumstances but this 'way' can present itself to us if we can learn to let go.

Seeing is Believing, Right?

The iceberg story
There's far more to ourselves than we realise.

An Interview with Randolph Whitfield: Translating the Core Texts from the

For many years, Randolph Whitfield has laboured to render a seminal Zen text into the English language. He joins Zen teacher Martin Goodson to discuss the text’s history, it’s implications for the practice and the deeper mysteries of Zen hidden within.

Verses from the Dhammapada 184

Patience means throwing out all expectations, whether positive or negative. When we wholeheartedly give ourselves away, the boundless energy of choiceless awareness tirelessly sees and responds to all. Compassion flows.

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Audio Talks

An Interview with Randolph Whitfield: Translating the Core Texts from the

Rinzai’s Attention to the Smallest Detail

Transcending Mindfulness: 7 | Trauma and Healing

Practice

The Alchemy of Adversity

By putting the Buddha's teachings into practice we are developing the ability to transform adversity into wisdom.

The Sword that Slays 10,000 Thoughts

Exercises in Mindfulness
If not one thought arises, you will at once climb up the Bodhi tree
Series

The Five Hindrances | Martin Goodson

These are the factors that hinder progress in meditation and daily life practice.

“Is there someone else I can ask?”

Exercises in Mindfulness
Why can life be so upsetting? Cut through the mental noise in this simple exercise. 

Chanting

Exercises in Mindfulness
The benefits of chanting are many! Find out how to get started in this introduction to a key component of Buddhist practice.

Magazine

Radical Scepticism: A Middle Way in a time of Ideological Labelling.

Culture has a significant impact on our beliefs. Rather than accepting or rejecting these beliefs, the middle way offers us an alternative.

Adaptation Practice – Living Zen - An online talk 17th June 2025

with Dr Clive Sherlock
By following practical instructions on what to do and guidance on how to do it, emotional strength and insight develop in us. This is the most effective way known for clearing the mind and dealing with the upsetting emotion and disturbing thoughts that lie at the heart of our suffering.

Enthusiastic Awareness

By Katharine Haggiag
"When I started Zen training many years ago, I had no interest in learning how to clean properly. I would never have guessed that the physical act of cleaning, done wholeheartedly and with reverence, could lead to increased awareness in life."

Towards Wholeness by Venerable Myokyo Daiyu Zenji

Book Review
The title Towards Wholeness is telling. What is wholeness? In this context it is the full expression and life of each one of us and therefore a connectedness with all that is.

Extract Audio: The Zen Way

Life in a Japanese Zen Monastery by Irmgard Schloegl
This is an extract from The Zen Way by Irmgard Schloegl who spent 12 years training in Zen Buddhism at Daitokuji. In this extract Martin Goodson reads an extract from the book detailing the daily routine of the monks plus the ordeal of entrance begging undergone by all monks to gain entry to the monastery. 

Buddhism

Verses from the Dhammapada 184

Patience means throwing out all expectations, whether positive or negative. When we wholeheartedly give ourselves away, the boundless energy of choiceless awareness tirelessly sees and responds to all. Compassion flows.

Verses from the Dhammapada 96

The Search for Peace
In freeing the lion from its thorn, Androcles frees himself—fear becomes friendship.

The Heart that Doesn’t Settle Anywhere

A Celebration of the Buddha’s Birthday
In the more northern climes of the Buddhist world, spring is a natural time of year to celebrate a birth/re-birth as the world comes alive after the dark, cold winter months.

Verses from the Dhammapada 160

Who is the Master of Self?
The Buddha taught that the 'self' is a delusion. Who then is the Master of Self?

Verses from the Dhammapada 177

In order for intuition to function freely in all situations we must be prepared to give away something very precious to us.

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