John Peacock
JOHN PEACOCK is both an academic and a Buddhist practitioner of nearly fifty years. Trained initially in the Tibetan Gelugpa tradition in India, he subsequently spent time in Sri Lanka studying Theravada.
After doing a doctorate in philosophy, he taught Buddhist and Western philosophy and then Buddhist Studies at the University of Bristol. He went on to be Associate Director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, co-direct the Master of Studies programme in MBCT (Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy) at Oxford University, and teach Buddhist psychology on the same course.
John is now retired from academia and continues to teach meditation, as he has done for more than thirty-five years.
Upcoming Programs by John Peacock
Selves and Not-Selves: A Retreat on the Khandhas/ Skandhas.
Also With Christina Feldman and Antonia Sumbundu
“The Buddha did not ask, ‘What is a person?’ but ‘How does a person operate?’” Instead of describing a person as an object, the Buddha spoke in terms of processes — analysing human existence through five aspects: the physical body, feelings, perceptions, volitions, and consciousness.He explained life as a causal process that, while often resulting […]