Confession of a Buddhist Atheist by Stephen Batchelor

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

Buddhism without Beliefs or Confession of a Buddhist Atheist)? (Stephen Batchelor, author of Confession of a Buddhist Atheist). And yes, I am still an atheist. I do not believe that humans are supernaturally elect beings, that some god with special plans for us endowed us with unparalleled consciousness. I have read Batchelor's “Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist” and is none the wiser about faith or the absence of faith. This is a confession of someone trying to find himself and his way in the larger world. But I am very uncomfortable with some of the comments here. I am a novice exploring Zen Buddhism & sharing what I find along the way. That said, I've been reading a book recommended by a friend of mine, Brad Warner's Sex, Sin and Zen, which has given me the opportunity to run a little informal experiment about which I'll tell you in a minute. No, I have not converted to Buddhism. Perhaps everything is pure semantics. I have been reading an article in The Guardian, The new Buddhist atheism, by Mark Vernon, discussing the publication of a new book, Confession of a Buddhist atheist, by Buddhist practitioner and scholar 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. I read "Confessions Of A Buddhist Atheist" and found it very interesting, though I could not agree with all of his conclusions. Warner is a Zen Buddhist monk, Speaking of which, have you read Stephen Batchelor's books (e.g. €Challenging, witty, and erudite. In Buddhism the emphasis is placed on practice.