Posts Tagged ‘Stephen Batchelor’
Can Christianity and Buddhism Remain Relevant?
A conversation between secular Buddhist teacher Stephen Batchelor and Christian theologian Lloyd Geering, held at St Andrews on The Terrace in Wellington, New Zealand in November 2010.
Read MoreLiving with the Devil — Stephen Batchelor
This is the introduction to a 13 part series of talks with Stephen Batchelor, hosted by the New Zealand Secular Buddhists. The topic is Stephen’s book, Living with the Devil.
Read MoreUncertain Minds: How the West Misunderstands Buddhism
Stephen Batchelor and John Peacock address the challenges of Buddhism in the west, how it differs from traditions, how Buddhism was misunderstood from the very start, partly because it was viewed through the filter of Christianity. Please join us in discussion below …
Read MoreThe Four Truths (Stephen Batchelor)
This is the fourth of a series of seven talks from the Study Retreat that interweaves reflections on Siddhattha Gotama’s life, with critical interpretations of his teachings as recorded in the Pali Canon. In this fourth (and also in the third) talk we examine the content of his first sermon.
Read MoreAn Introduction to Secular Buddhism (Stephen Batchelor)
In this talk Stephen explain what secular Buddhism is, a bit about Buddhist history in general, and Buddhism as it moved to the west.
Read MoreUnlearning Buddhism (Stephen Batchelor)
A reflection on the difficulties involved in and the methodology of a secular approach to Buddhism, followed by a reading of and comments on the Kalama Sutta, considered as a primary source text for secular Buddhism
Read MoreThe Secular Buddha (Stephen Batchelor)
An introduction to and overview of the concept of secular Buddhism. From Dharmaseed.org
Read MoreConfessions of an Atheist Buddhist
Secular Buddhism – have you given up on religion?
A Reply to B. Alan Wallace's article "Distorted Visions of Buddhism: Agnostic and Atheist"
The following is a reply to B. Alan Wallace’s article “Distorted Visions of Buddhism: Agnostic and Atheist“. Readers may wish to read the article in its uncommented form before reading this response. Stephen Batchelor has also written An Open Letter to B. Alan Wallace, which appears in Mandala itself, and is an excellent response. The…
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