Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. Stephen Batchelor

Confession of a Buddhist Atheist


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Confession of a Buddhist Atheist Stephen Batchelor
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I read "Confessions Of A Buddhist Atheist" and found it very interesting, though I could not agree with all of his conclusions. I think Batchelor's argument is worth discussing here because it succinctly frames what I take to be the fundamental theological issue: the nature of suffering (and, thus, the nature of grace). But I am very uncomfortable with some of the comments here. I was impressed by how much superstition there is in Tibetan Buddhism, lots of miracles, devils, etc it's all in there. In Confession of a Buddhist Atheist Stephen tells the story of how he began his spiritual journey first by reading classic Indian texts such as the Rig Veda and the Bhagavad Gita, while experimenting with drugs such as LSD. Stephen Batchelor's Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist came out in 2010. Tami Simon speaks with Stephen Batchelor a former monk in the Tibetan and Koran Zen traditions with a humanistic, non-dogmatic approach to Buddhism. It went right on top of my pile of bedside books. Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist. I recently read his "Confession of a Buddhist Atheist". I didn't order it in advance of publication, but did acquire it soon after. Batchelor\'s Buddhism Without Beliefs (1997) described a secular approach to the Eastern philosophy stripped of doctrines such as karma and rebirth; how a young British monk ordained in the. In his book Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist, Stephen Batchelor recounts an interesting story about Ling Rinpoche… Kyabje Yongdzin Ling Rinpoche. As I post this I should note that Stephen's own latest work, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist, is the subject of a review posted yesterday by James Ishmael Ford at his blog Monkey Mind.