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Stephen Batchelor

Born

in Dundee, Scotland, The United Kingdom

April 07, 1953

Website

http://www.stephenbatchelor.org/

Genre

Religion, Philosophy

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Average rating: 3.98 · 19,812 ratings · 1,484 reviews · 44 distinct works • Similar authors

	Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening 4.01 avg rating — 10,060 ratings — published 1997 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Confession of a Buddhist Atheist 3.91 avg rating — 4,610 ratings — published 2010 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Solitude 3.60 avg rating — 1,070 ratings — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age 4.21 avg rating — 895 ratings — published 2015 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Living with the Devil: A Meditation on Good and Evil 4.04 avg rating — 684 ratings — published 2004 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alone with Others: An Existential Approach to Buddhism by Stephen Batchelor, John Blofeld (Foreword) 3.93 avg rating — 515 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secular Buddhism: Imagining the Dharma in an Uncertain World 3.87 avg rating — 281 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Faith to Doubt: Glimpses of Buddhist Uncertainty 3.76 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Awakening of the West: The Encounter of Buddhism and Western Culture 3.82 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buddha, Socrates, and Us: Ethical Living in Uncertain Times 4.32 avg rating — 44 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“To embrace suffering culminates in greater empathy, the capacity to feel what it is like for the other to suffer, which is the ground for unsentimental compassion and love. (157)”
― Stephen Batchelor, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist

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“The problem with certainty is that it is static; it can do little but endlessly reassert itself. Uncertainty, by contrast, is full of unknowns, possibilities, and risks. (65)”
― Stephen Batchelor, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist

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“The Four Noble Truths are pragmatic rather than dogmatic. They suggest a course of action to be followed rather than a set of dogmas to be believed. The four truths are prescriptions for behavior rather than descriptions of reality. The Buddha compares himself to a doctor who offers a course of therapeutic treatment to heal one’s ills. To embark on such a therapy is not designed to bring one any closer to ‘the Truth’ but to enable one’s life to flourish here and now, hopefully leaving a legacy that will continue to have beneficial repercussions after one’s death. (154)”
― Stephen Batchelor, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist

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After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path by Jack Kornfield

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Buddhism without Beliefs by Stephen Batchelor

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This is It & Other Essays on Zen & Spiritual Experience by Alan Wilson Watts

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Learning to Breathe: One Woman's Journey of Spirit and Survival by Alison Wright

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One City: A Declaration of Interdependence by Ethan Nichtern

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Jake Fades: A Novel of Impermanence by David Guy

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