Lectures & Talks

J.G. Bennett, Hu, Swyre Farm 1974.

Dom Sylvester Houédard, on Meister Eckhart

Lama Panchen Ötrul Rinpoche, speaking at Chisholme in 1987

Kathleen Raine, Poetry as Prophecy

Peter Coates, Ibn 'Arabi and the Ecological Crisis: a Merciful Nemesis?

Tai Situ Rinpoche, A talk at Chisholme House

Alan Williams, Open Heart Surgery – The Operation of Love in Rumi’s Masnavi. Listen to a recording, or read the paper.

Peter Young, principal of the Beshara School: list of talks

Listed here is a selection of lectures and talks given within the context of the education of the Beshara School. Some of these were reminders given to students by Bulent Rauf, consultant to the School between 1975-1987. Others are papers by the principal of the School, Peter Young. Yet others are transcripts or recordings of talks given by visitors to Beshara, or by students of the School. Papers are added to this list regularly. Please note that the views expressed by visiting speakers are not necessarily those of the Beshara School.

New this month

• The Singleness of Being with the implications of what it means to be Truly Human within the context of the works of Saint Gregory of Nyssa, by Edward Hallinan.
  This talk was given at the Beshara School at Chisholme to students, staff and visitors as part of the six-month course visiting lecture programme in March 2011. A spoken version will be available shortly.

Full list of talks

• J.G. Bennett, Hu, Swyre Farm 1974.

• Giles Chitty, Ethical Economy – the generosity of giving

• Jane Clark, Sadr al-dīn Qunawī – His importance to us, and his relationship to Rūmī

• Jane Clark, Educating the heart: Establishing a spiritual perspective in the modern world

• Peter Coates, Ibn 'Arabi and the Ecological Crisis:
  a Merciful Nemesis?

• Peter Coates, 'Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage' Some Themes and Resonances in the writings of Soren Aabye Kierkegaard

• Peter Coates, Beyond Dogma and Doctrine: Some Non-Eristic remarks on Reading Plato and Ibn 'Arabi: Growing Wings.

• Adam Dupré, Meister Eckhart.

• Edward Hallinan, The Singleness of Being with the implications of what it means to be Truly Human within the context of the works of Saint Gregory of Nyssa.

• Dom Sylvester Houédard, Commentaries on Meister Eckhart, Sermon 87 - On 'the Poor in Spirit'

• Kenneth Holmes, Waters of compassion from three sources

• Lama Panchen Ötrul Rinpoche speaking at Chisholme in 1987

• Bulent Rauf

  • The Essential

  • The single most important point

  • From "Humility"

  • "Humility" (full text)

  • Notice to Cooks

  • Prayer and Meditation

  • Love and Knowledge

  • Union

  • An Esoteric Exposition (sic) of Finance

• Kathleen Raine, Poetry as Prophecy

• Evelyn Morrison, Listening on the 4th Plinth

• Christopher Ryan, In Search of Osman Fazli

• Michael Shallis, Climate Change: where we are now? Now updated with latest developments

• Tai Situ Rinpoche, A talk at Chisholme House

• Cecilia Twinch, The Wisdom of the Heart

• Alan Williams, Open Heart Surgery – The Operation of Love in Rumi’s Masnavi or listen to the talk as an audio file (mp3, 13.6mb)

• Peter Yiangou, The Globalisation of Consciousness

• Peter Yiangou, Self-Knowledge and Global Responsibility: "Emergence and Convergence"

• Peter Young

  • Education and the Self (February 2011)

  • A Universal Perspective

  • 11th September 2001: A Response from Love

  • Letter to a war zone

  • At the still point…

  • An education for the heart

  • Working together between God's two hands

  • Ibn 'Arabi: towards a universal point of view