Tony Parsons · Introduction · Lincoln 2024
A short opening statement by Tony Parsons at the start of his 2024 meeting in Lincoln.
Non-duality · Radical Non-Duality
British teacher of radical non-duality and author of The Open Secret (1995), known for an uncompromising message that there is no path, seeker or self to awaken.
Tony Parsons has taught non-duality for over 25 years across the UK, Europe and the US, presenting what he describes as "a clear, radical and uncompromising expression of non-dualism" that draws on Advaita Vedanta, Zen, Dzogchen and Christian mysticism while insisting there is, ultimately, nothing to attain. His book The Open Secret, first published in 1995 and revised in 2011, remains his best-known work.
He continues to teach through recurring weekend meetings in London and Salisbury, an annual residential retreat near Lincoln, UK, and periodic Zoom meetings.
“It is so obvious and simple that the grasping of it obscures it. Never found, never lost, never knowable, it is the consummate absence that is beyond measure.”Tony Parsons
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Short introductions and longer conversations, to hear this teacher in their own words.
A short opening statement by Tony Parsons at the start of his 2024 meeting in Lincoln.
The Sunday session of Tony Parsons' September 2024 London weekend meeting.
Full recording of the second day of Tony Parsons' August 2025 meeting, including questions from those attending.
Recording of the second day of Tony Parsons' October 2025 meeting in Salisbury, England.
Talks, guided meditations and podcast conversations, playing from the platform this teacher publishes them on.
Rick Archer interviews Tony Parsons for episode 107 of the Buddha at the Gas Pump podcast, in which Parsons sets out his view that there is no separate self and no path to liberation.
From the podcast Buddha at the Gas Pump
Listen on batgap.comDirect contemplation of awareness, identity and the experience of separation.
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