A former Buddhist monk, Stephen Batchelor has written several books attempting to make Buddhist accessible and understandable to the Western reader. These books include The Awakening of the West: The Encounter of Buddhist and Western Culture, and Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening.4/5(11). Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening, by Stephen Batchelor Reviewed By Judith Stronach ( pp., Riverhead Books, ) We are not to believe the four noble truths, says Stephen Batchelor; we are to act on them. Blind belief has turned the Buddha’s teachings into a religion that can lead to sleep rather than awakening. In Stephen Batchelor’s book, Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening he goes into depth about the idea that Buddhism is not a religion or something to believe in, but rather a mindset that is a way of living with a course of action. Throughout the book he gives examples and tells stories to defend the idea that Buddhism is.
Buddhism Without Beliefs. A Contemporary Guide to Awakening. By: Stephen Batchelor. Narrated by: Stephen Batchelor. Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins. Unabridged Audiobook. Categories: Politics Social Sciences, Philosophy. out of 5 stars. ( ratings). Available on www.doorway.ru and www.doorway.ru Stephen Batchelor was formerly a Tibetan monk, a monk in the Korean Zen tradition, a respected translator (of Shantideva's "Guide to the Buddhist Path"), and a student of existentialist philosophy. He's now a determinedly freelance Buddhist practitioner and thinker, and "Buddhism Without Beliefs" is an uncompromising guide to his. BUDDHISM WITHOUT BELIEFS: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening Stephen Batchelor, Author, read by the author. Sounds True $ (, four cassettes, 5 hrs., $ ISBN) ISBN
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