What Stephen Batchelor thinks about religion
British writer and teacher of secular Buddhism, a former Tibetan and Zen Buddhist monk; author of Buddhism Without Beliefs, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist and Buddha, Socrates, and Us.
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4 dated positions, 1996 to 2000, in their own words. Our reading of what Stephen Batchelor has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsIn so doing, we fail to recognize the spiritual aspirations that are seeking expression and fulfilment in this way. We likewise ignore the harsh fact that this society has lost the ability to address the religious feelings of a considerable section of its young.
- 14 months earlier
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Their wordsWhile he encourages mutual tolerance and on-going dialogue between these faiths, the Dalai Lama seems unwilling to challenge the status quo.
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Their wordsThose who adopt Buddhist ideas, values and practices today in the West are not necessarily interested in joining another religious institution. They find the Buddha’s “test it and see” approach to be perfectly compatible with a healthy scepticism.
- 3 years earlier
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Their wordsBut if we look at Buddhism historically, we'll see that it has continuously tended to lose this agnostic dimension through becoming institutionalised as a religion, with all of the usual dogmatic belief systems that religions tend to have.
↗The Agnostic Buddhist: A Secular Vision of Dharma Practiceweb.archive.org 2nd of 3 in this piece