
Secular Buddhism
Imagining the Dharma in an Uncertain World
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Ralph Lister
An essential collection of Stephen Batchelor's most probing and important work on secular Buddhism
As the practice of mindfulness permeates mainstream western culture, more and more people are engaging in a traditional form of Buddhist meditation. However, many of these people have little interest in the religious aspects of Buddhism, and the practice occurs within secular contexts such as hospitals, schools, and the workplace. Is it possible to recover from the Buddhist teachings a vision of human flourishing that is secular rather than religious without compromising the integrity of the tradition? Is there an ethical framework that can underpin and contextualize these practices in a rapidly changing world?
In this collected volume of Stephen Batchelor's writings on these themes, he explores the complex implications of Buddhism's secularization. Ranging widely - from reincarnation, religious belief, and agnosticism to the role of the arts in Buddhist practice - he offers a detailed description of contemporary Buddhism and its attempt to find a voice in the modern world.
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Some good points well stated. Three Stars. ***
Interesting enough collection of Philosophical Musings
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Frontier of Western Buddhism
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Good, but repetition of old material
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Poetry in prose form
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Even in a semi biography, on a topic that even remotely touches on spiritualism and belief (or lack thereof), there needs to be some pause. The listener is trying to absorb the text.
The narrator is fast and clipped and has the exact same cadence over and over and over.
I will try to find another audio version or go old school and read Stephen's work. I am coming to this after listening to Stephen narrate Buddhism Without Belief and loved that one. Listening to Stephen and his calm, introspective, deliberate, thoughtful voice was a wonderful overlay to his text.
This was jarring and hurried and anxiety inducing.
The narrator / narration was a TERRIBLE fit
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