Books by Stephen Batchelor and Complete Book Reviews
Stephen Batchelor, Author , read by the author. Sounds True $29.95 (, four cassettes, 5 hrs., $29.95 ISBN ) ISBN 978-1-56455-932-6
The truths Buddha articulated are not strictly religious beliefs, but experiences that can be tasted by everyone in everyday life, says Batchelor, a respected author, translator and teacher. Here, the Scottish-born author, a former monk in Tibetan...
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Stephen Batchelor, Author . Riverhead $22.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-57322-276-1
The author of Buddhism Without Beliefs
and a former monk in the Tibetan and Zen traditions, Batchelor works to reconcile the fears, desires, and compulsions of the ego (the devil or Mara
) with the certainty of death. Drawing on a rich variety of...
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Stephen Batchelor, Author . Random/Spiegel & Grau $26 (302p) ISBN 978-0-385-52706-4
Batchelor’s Buddhism Without Beliefs
(1997) described a “secular” approach to the Eastern philosophy stripped of doctrines such as karma and rebirth; how a young British monk ordained in the Tibetan tradition turned into a “B
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Stephen Batchelor, Author Riverhead Hardcover $21.95 (127p) ISBN 978-1-57322-058-3
Batchelor's latest concise volume explores the practical fundamentals of Buddhism and how they can be relevant to both religious and secular-minded Westerners. Batchelor makes several controversial, but thoughtfully argued, points central to his ""ex
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Stephen Batchelor. Yale Univ., $28.50 (408p) ISBN 978-0-300-20518-3
Zen teacher Batchelor (Confession of a Buddhist Atheist) argues that both sanitized and orthodox approaches to Buddhism undermine the ethical practices and intellectual rigor of what he considers to be the core of the religion. Batchelor sets out to
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Stephen Batchelor. Yale Univ., $27.50 (296p) ISBN 978-0-300-22323-1
What if the aim of Buddhism was not nirvana—release from the cycle of rebirth—but thriving in the day-to-day grind of human life within a broader Buddhist ethical framework? In this collection of Batchelor’s writings on Buddhist practice, readers...
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Stephen Batchelor, Author, Nagarjuna, Author Riverhead Books $22.95 (181p) ISBN 978-1-57322-162-7
Batchelor (Buddhism Without Beliefs) here translates and extensively comments upon Nagarjuna's 2nd-century masterpiece, Verses from the Center. Nagarjuna, the Indian philosopher-monk, is often revered for his deeds as a founder of the compassion-driv
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