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The Agnostic Buddhist

Stephen Batchelor presenting

Edited version of a talk given at the symposium "American Buddhism Today" to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Rochester Zen Center, Rochester, New York, June 22, 1996.

Something I've noticed over the years is how, although we may start out at a young age rebelling against Christianity or our Jewishness and then finding in Buddhism a vindication for our rebelliousness, as we grow older, we…

Western Chan Fellowship CIO

Categories: 1996 , Stephen Batchelor

Shaping The Future?

Stephen Batchelor presenting

Western Buddhist Teachers Meet the Dalai Lama, Dharamsala, India. March 22-23, 1993

Before our formal sessions with the Dalai Lama began, we gathered for a preliminary meeting. "I'd like to suggest an exercise," announced Jack Kornfield, "Close your eyes and imagine the kind of Buddhism you foresee in 20 or 30 years time. The practices, the centres and the world itself ... What role does the…

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Categories: 1993 , Highlighted , Stephen Batchelor

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