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Confession of a Buddhist Atheist by Stephen Batchelor

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

I picked up this book by Stephen Batchelor for the sole purpose of reading his account of how and why the Buddha was murdered. I'd recommend “Confessions of a Budddhist Atheist” or better, “Buddhism Without Beliefs” – both by Stephen Batchelor – for a reasonable form of Buddhism based on what the original Buddha actually taught. Tami Simon speaks with Stephen Batchelor a former monk in the Tibetan and Koran Zen traditions with a humanistic, non-dogmatic approach to Buddhism. Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. Stephen Batchelor, author of "Confession of a Buddhist Atheist" joins us for the first installment of a three part series on Buddhism. I have read Batchelor's “Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist” and is none the wiser about faith or the absence of faith. Renowned Buddhist scholar and author Stephen Batchelor and his wife, Martine Batchelor, author, spiritual counselor and meditation teacher, will make a rare appearance this weekend, Nov. In Buddhism the emphasis is placed on practice. Stephen Batchelor is a brilliant and elegant writer in Buddhism Without Beliefs, Living with the Devil: A Meditation on Good and Evil, and his most recent Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. Those most likely to read Stephen Batchelor's new memoir, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist, might find the title redundant. 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. Excerpt from the book by Stephen Batchelor. €�In Pali, Mara means “the killer”. The deity-free character of Buddhism is fairly common knowledge among its enthusiasts in the English-speaking world. Perhaps everything is pure semantics.