Secular Buddhism and the Timeless: Conversation with Stephen Batchelor and Bhikkhu Santi

This event is a public installment of an ongoing, unlikely conversation between the instigator of Secular Buddhism and a free-range but fully-ordained Theravada monk. Stephen and Ven. Santi discuss Buddha, Socrates and Us: Notes for an Ethics of Uncertainty (Stephen’s forthcoming book from Yale University Press); meanings of monasticism from and for science-informed, politics-alert viewpoints; writing and the creative life; and the import of ancient wisdom for our contemporary moment. The event was co-sponsored by The Franke Program in Science and the Humanities, The Poynter Fellowship in Journalism, the Secular Buddhist Network, Tricycle:  the Buddhist Review, The Good Life Center at Yale, the Yale University Chaplain’s Office, and the Yale Buddhist Student Community.