Middle Way Monk Mode

My name is Gwyddion Flint, I’m a British writer, artist, meditation teacher and educator.

Although I have been ordained in the past I mainly teach Buddhist meditation on a secular basis (that is, non-religious) although if anyone asks me I’m only to happy to talk in depth about the Buddhist roots of meditation, suttas and other areas of Buddhism. I believe secular Buddhism to be the most accessible form of Buddhism for the vast majority of people around the world at this time. For more on secular Buddhism take a look at the work of Stephen Batchelor and scientific Buddhism, of which the author Robert Wright advocates. However that doesn’t mean that I’m against religious forms of Buddhism, I also support them wholeheartedly, I just try to avoid some of the more superstitious elements in my own practice.

I would like to use this blog as a means of keeping in contact with fellow meditators and students as well as share meditation resources and write articles about meditation and Buddhism.

In the past I have traveled to various countries in order to study meditation methods including Vipassanā, Zazen, and Dzogchen amongst others. I’m currently in the process of writing a book about Buddhist meditation and will be using it as a platform to create an online course in the near future. I want it to be as practical and understandable as possible, as well as enable beginners to progress to more advanced stages of meditation which, from my experience, can be very difficult to find the right information for, I hope it will also enable readers to see the context and connections between various forms of meditation.

In Metta,

Gwyddion (Andy)