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Buddhism Without Beliefs
- A Contemporary Guide to Awakening
- Narrated by: Stephen Batchelor
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Before it was a religion, a culture, or even a system of meditation, what was Buddhism? On Buddhism Without Beliefs, celebrated teacher, translator, and former Buddhist monk Stephen Batchelor takes us back to the first years after the Buddha's awakening to reveal the root insights of Buddhism hidden beneath centuries of history and interpretation.
In eight compelling sessions of self-inquiry - including many fascinating exercises and practices - we learn how to awaken and refine our senses, introduce the essential spirit of curiosity into the practice of awareness, and comprehend with both our hearts and our minds the Buddha's astonishing (and often misunderstood) revelations on emptiness, compassion, and the self. Before he died, the Buddha did not appoint a successor. He simply remarked that each of us must be responsible for our own freedom.
Buddhism without Beliefs is an invitation to hear what the Buddha taught - and to trust yourself on your own path to liberation.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2022-10-27
Title a little misleading
This isn't so much an introduction to secular Buddhism as it is a kind of "200-level" class on Buddhism. It's still great though, and the narration is fantastic. Love the author's voice and cadence.
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- Anonymous User
- 2023-07-08
Four Noble Tasks!
I’ve read/listened to several of Stephen’s books. I’ve just heard this one a 2nd time. Western agnostic takes on Buddhism are increasingly common in no small part because of his practice. I’m grateful. What he’s done and said help me get unstuck in the flow of new ideas and beliefs I can easily cling,.. it becomes possible to just get on with an intentional life.
He’s synthesizing (and translating) so many texts!! I listen without trying to confirm and cross-reference what I know. That’s hard and so similar to sitting meditation. I appreciate why some find it dense. I don’t. The ways he explains Buddhist and cultural concepts several ways gives me less concern and more clarity.
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- Robert Peck
- 2020-05-03
Disappointing
I was diappointed. I found the narrator slow, stilted and condescending. Probably partly due to the material. I struggled to stay with the book but finally gave up after two chapters
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