Stephen Batchelor
Person on 4 sites
British writer and teacher of secular Buddhism, a former Tibetan and Zen Buddhist monk; author of Buddhism Without Beliefs, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist…
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7 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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A serious debate about drugs needs to accept that some currently illegal drugs can have life- and performance-enhancing effects. (opens korrents.com)
“Before we can even begin to have a serious discussion about the use and abuse of drugs in contemporary society, there needs to be an acceptance of at least the possibility that certain currently illegal drugs can…”
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Dismissing the spiritual claims made for drugs ignores that society has lost the ability to address the religious feelings of many of its young. (opens korrents.com)
“In 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…”
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Westerners who take up Buddhist practice mostly want its test-it-and-see approach, not another religious institution. (opens korrents.com)
“Those 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…”
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A serious debate about drugs needs to accept that some currently illegal drugs can have life- and performance-enhancing effects. (opens korrents.com)
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3 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Children of a Modest Star (opens rcmnd.app)
“One book I'd recommend is a book called Children of a Modest Star, subtitled Planetary Thinking for an Age of Crisis by Jonathan Blake and Neils Gilman, which is a wonderful reflection on how we need to imagine a form…”
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Work Like a Monk (opens rcmnd.app)
“Another book uh and this is a Buddhist one uh called work like a monk uh how to connect lead and grow in a noisy world by my friend Shok Matsumoto who is a purand priest in Japan who I've got to know recently and it's…”
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The Second Body (opens rcmnd.app)
“to earth and it's basically based around a hypothetical conversation between a business person living in the world and a priest living in a temple in Japan it's really good and finally a book called The Second Body by…”
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Children of a Modest Star (opens rcmnd.app)