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

Peter Young, principal of the Beshara School

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

Lectures and 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

• Sadr al-dīn Qunawī – His importance to us, and his relationship to Rūmī: A fascinating talk by Jane Clark, drawing on much resent research and new evidence to bring to life the relationship between Ibn' Arabi, Saddrudin Konevi and Rumi, and their place in the history of esoteric thought. Listen to a recording, or read the paper.

Full list of talks

• J.G. Bennett, Hu, Swyre Farm 1974.

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

• 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

• Kathleen Raine, Poetry as Prophecy

• 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

• 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 Young

  • 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