- Martine Batchelor
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Martine Batchelor Religion Buddhism Personal Born 1953
FranceReligious career Teacher Kusan Sunim Website www.martinebatchelor.org/ Martine Batchelor (born 1953), a former Jogye Buddhist nun, is the author of several books on Buddhism currently residing in France. She and her husband, Stephen Batchelor, work mostly in the United Kingdom and occasionally in the United States. In addition to writing books, she leads meditation groups with her husband that incorporate aspects of Zen, vipassanā, and Tibetan Buddhism. Batchelor also blogs frequently for the U.S. based Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. She studied Jogye Zen Buddhism for ten years at Songgwangsa with her former teacher Master Kusan Sunim, being ordained as a nun in 1975. Batchelor served as Kusan's interpreter on speaking tours of the United States and Europe from 1981 to 1985, the year she left monastic life, married Stephen, and returned to Europe. There she became a member of Sharpham North Community and served as a guiding teacher at Gaia House, both of which are based in Devon, England.[1] She has also led a Buddhist studies program at Sharpham College in Totnes, Devon.[2] As a multilingual individual, Martine speaks English, Korean, and French and can read Chinese characters.[1]
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Bibliography
- Batchelor, Martine (2007). Let Go: A Buddhist Guide to Breaking Free of Habits. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861715217. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80360699&referer=one_hit.
- Batchelor, Martine; Sŏnʼgyŏng Sunim (2006). Women in Korean Zen: Lives and Practices. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 081560842X. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61694707&referer=one_hit.
- Batchelor, Martine (2004). The Path of Compassion: The Bodhisattva Precepts. Rowman Altamira. ISBN 0759105170. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56608957&referer=one_hit.
- Batchelor, Martine (2002). Women on the Buddhist Path. Thorsons. ISBN 0007133197. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50579308&referer=brief_results.
- Batchelor, Martine; Stephen Batchelor (photography) (2001). Meditation for Life. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861713028. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48043046&referer=one_hit.
- Batchelor, Martine (2001). Zen. HarperCollins. ISBN 0007110162. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47232319&referer=brief_results.
- Batchelor, Martine (1999). Principles of Zen. Thorsons. ISBN 0722536720. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40755254&referer=one_hit.
- Batchelor, Martine; Gill Farrer-Halls (1996). Walking on Lotus Flowers: Buddhist Women Living, Loving and Meditating. Thorsons. ISBN 0722532318. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34886778&referer=one_hit.
- Batchelor, Martine; Kerry Brown (1992). Buddhism and Ecology. Cassell. ISBN 0304323756. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26642407&referer=one_hit.
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References
- Findly, Ellison Banks (2000). Women's Buddhism, Buddhism's Women: Tradition, Revision, Renewal. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861711653. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42935817&referer=one_hit.
- Prebish, Charles S.; Martin Baumann (2002). Westward Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Asia. University of California Press. ISBN 0520226259. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48871649&referer=one_hit.
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