Summary: My guest is Revd. Dr. Nicholas Buxton. Nicholas is a priest in the Church of England and runs a meditation centre in Newcastle. Our conversation runs the gamut from christian contemplative practice, buddhist notion of emptiness and the personal and impersonal nature of the God.<br> <br> He is the author of several books including: Tantalus and the Pelican: Exploring Monastic Spirituality Today, The Wilderness Within: Meditation and Modern Life. He has a PhD in Buddhist philosophy from Cambridge. Check out Nicholas' meditation centre in Newcastle, Just Meditation.<br> <br> Check out Nicholas' Wise Studies course on the contemplative practices of the early desert fathers, the beginnings of the monastic christian tradition.
