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Confession of a Buddhist Atheist Stephen Batchelor
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau

That is the question that Stephen Batchelor sets out to answer. At the end of his book Confession of a Buddhist Atheist, Stephen Batchelor speaks about a secular religion, a beliefless practice, although he understands the contradictory nature of the terms. I'll grant that Buddhism as a "religion" is not very appealing and I am repulsed by the fluffy, new age aspects, but if you check out a few choice Gil Fronsdal podcasts or Stephen Batchelors book: "Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist" you may get a better understanding of why many As an amateur and fence sitter - I don't feel qualified to discuss this too deeply, but as a skeptic and atheist, I still find a lot to admire in the philosophy and practices arising from Buddhism. At eighteen, this drop-out joined the Dalai Lama. Stephen Batchelor, author of "Confession of a Buddhist Atheist" joins us for the first installment of a three part series on Buddhism. 09 Jun 2010 | Posted by Lama Surya Das | 0 Comment. As I post this I should note that Stephen's own latest work, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist, is the subject of a review posted yesterday by James Ishmael Ford at his blog Monkey Mind. Stephen Batchelor's "Confession of a Buddhist Atheist": Book Review. They should read Stephen Batchelor's “Confession Of A Buddhist Atheist”. In it, he tells his own story of embracing, then rejecting, both Tibetan Buddhism and Zen. Right now I'm just reading Batchelor's "Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist" but I should probably go back and read his earlier book "Buddhism without Beliefs" as well. Brad May 23, 2013 at 8:33 am | Permalink | Log in to reply. Stephen Batchelor has recently written a particularly interesting book, Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist. The two topics here remind me, I really need to read Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist! Book batchelor Confession of a Buddhist Atheist by Stephen Batchelor. From Stephen Batchelor's excellent Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist (2010). Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. 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. This week I read most of “Confession of a Buddhist Atheist” which recounts SB's journey along the Buddhist path and the difficulties he had with it, particularly the cultural differences. Can one be a Buddhist without believing in karma, the gods, and the cycle of death and rebirth?