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The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True

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The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

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“What is it that makes a person insist passionately on the existence of metaphysical realities that can be neither demonstrated nor refuted? (176)”
― Stephen Batchelor, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist

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“We took a bus to the nearby monastery of one of the last great Tang dynasty Chan masters, Yun-men. Yun-men was known for his pithy “one word” Zen. When asked “What is the highest teaching of the Buddha?” he replied: “An appropriate statement.” On another occasion, he answered: “Cake.” I admired his directness.”
― Stephen Batchelor, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist

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“[Mindfulness] is not concerned with anything transcendent or divine. It serves as an antidote to theism, a cure for sentimental piety, a scalpel for excising the tumor of metaphysical belief. (130)”
― Stephen Batchelor, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist

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