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Confession of a Buddhist Atheist by Stephen Batchelor

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

I, too, do not believe in reincarnation. Excerpt from the book by Stephen Batchelor. To set it up, he was a hippie in the early 70′s, traveling through the Middle East, and found himself becoming a Buddhist monk for a time. This is a confession of someone trying to find himself and his way in the larger world. Of Indigo and Saffron: New and Collected Poems by Michael McClure. I'll grant that Buddhism as a "religion" is not very appealing and I am repulsed by the fluffy, new age aspects, but if you check out a few choice Gil Fronsdal podcasts or Stephen Batchelors book: "Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist" you may get a better understanding of why many As an amateur and fence sitter - I don't feel qualified to discuss this too deeply, but as a skeptic and atheist, I still find a lot to admire in the philosophy and practices arising from Buddhism. Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. This approach is presented in Batchelor's Buddhism Without Beliefs and Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. Confession of a Buddhist Atheist Stephen Batchelor ebook. I do not believe that humans are supernaturally elect beings, that some god with special plans for us endowed us with unparalleled consciousness. Stephen Batchelor wrote “Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist” in which he says, frankly, he's dumped a good bit of Buddhist doctrine, too, including rebirth/reincarnation. I read "Confessions Of A Buddhist Atheist" and found it very interesting, though I could not agree with all of his conclusions. ϻ�Confession of a Buddhist Atheist by Stephen Batchelor: Book Review. Download Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. Confession of a Buddhist Atheist by Stephen Batchelor. Stephen Batchelor, a self-proclaimed Buddhist atheist, has written a couple of books on reconciling these two Weltanshauungs: Buddhism Without Beliefs available at Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening and Confession of a Buddhist Atheist available at Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. Part confessional, part travel log, but largely a riveting and entertaining analysis of what the Buddha actually said. This is a slightly unusual book. But I am very uncomfortable with some of the comments here.