Confession of a Buddhist Atheist
by Stephen Batchelor
Batchelor's memoir of monastic life in Tibetan and Zen traditions and his turn to a secular, historical Buddha. Honest and searching.
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you want Buddhism without rebirth and want to see how one person got there.
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you want traditional teaching.
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Three things you will actually use
- Question inherited beliefs.
- Practice does not require metaphysics.
- Find the human teacher.
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Read the chapters reconstructing the historical Buddha.
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Batchelor's confession.
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