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Confession of a Buddhist Atheist by Stephen Batchelor

Confession of a Buddhist Atheist Stephen Batchelor ebook
Page: 421
Format: pdf
ISBN: 0385527063, 9780385527064
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau

The titular figure behind the recent popular memoir Confession of a Buddhist Atheist, Stephen Batchelor has had a diverse and fascinating history as a contributor to the development of Buddhism in the modern world. The new publication is Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. Perhaps everything is pure semantics. Stephen Batchelor talks about Confession of a Buddhist Atheist.According to Batchelor, the outlook of the Buddha was far removed from the religiosity that has c. Its author, Stephen Batchelor, is at the vanguard of attempts to forge an authentically western Buddhism. It was praised by Christopher Hitchens, who many might know as a famous Anti-Theist who is a staunch supporter of Western society. His latest is called 'Confession of a Buddhist Atheist'. I have read Batchelor's “Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist” and is none the wiser about faith or the absence of faith. Confession of a Buddhist Atheist Feature. This week I read most of “Confession of a Buddhist Atheist” which recounts SB's journey along the Buddhist path and the difficulties he had with it, particularly the cultural differences. In Buddhism the emphasis is placed on practice. In it, he tells his own story of embracing, then rejecting, both Tibetan Buddhism and Zen. Stephen Batchelor has recently written a particularly interesting book, Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist. Can an atheist or agnostic follow the Buddha's teachings without believing in reincarnation or organized religion? Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. There are plenty of western Buddhist who embrace various superstitions, but I am certainly not alone as a secular Buddhist.