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Martine Batchelor

Martine Batchelor is a buddhist teacher and former buddhist nun. Her latest book is The Spirit of the Buddha (2010). She lives in France.

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An intricately carved ancient stone temple nestled between rocky cliffs and greenery, with a distant landscape in the background.

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Travel

In whose footsteps?

We were a group of secular Buddhists visiting the cave temples of India. What would we learn on the journey?

Martine Batchelor

Black-and-white photo of a monk with glasses sitting cross-legged on the floor, a straw hat placed beside them.

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Religion

The wanderer stilled

Leaving Europe as a young woman, Martine Batchelor was transformed by an encounter with Buddhist meditation

Martine Batchelor