Confession of a Buddhist Atheist by Stephen Batchelor

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

In Confession of a Buddhist Atheist, Batchelor attempts to do various things. Can an atheist or agnostic follow the Buddha's teachings without believing in reincarnation or organized religion? This week, The Marketplace of Ideas presents a conversation with Stephen Batchelor, author on, scholar of and educator about Buddhist topics. Stephen Batchelor's Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist came out in 2010. He is also a long-time scientific skeptic. In Buddhism the emphasis is placed on practice. Confession of a Buddhist Atheist: Stephen Batchelor. I have read Batchelor's “Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist” and is none the wiser about faith or the absence of faith. Perhaps everything is pure semantics. Right now I'm just reading Batchelor's "Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist" but I should probably go back and read his earlier book "Buddhism without Beliefs" as well. Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. Every once in awhile I read a book https://www.amazon.com/Confession-Buddhist-Atheist-Stephen-Batchelor/dp/0385527063/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b. He chose to do a PhD in Philosophy rather than Buddhist Studies, pursuing a minor in South Asian Studies alongside. I didn't order it in advance of publication, but did acquire it soon after. It went right on top of my pile of bedside books.