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imagining the Dharma in an uncertain world

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An edition of Secular Buddhism (2017)

Secular Buddhism

imagining the Dharma in an uncertain world

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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 picture of contemporary Buddhism and its attempt to find a voice in the modern world.

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Feb 06, 2018, Yale University Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction: In search of a voice
Looking for Ñāṇavīra. Existence, enlightenment, and suicide ; "A much younger man, but no less charming"
Buddhism 2.0: A secular Buddhism
Thinking out loud. Rebirth: a case for Buddhist agnosticism ; Creating sangha ; The agnostic Buddhist ; The other enlightenment project ; What's wrong with conversion? ; Limits of agnosticism ; A secular Buddhist ; A mindful nation?
Conversations. The eclectic cleric ; Study and practice ; After Buddhism
Art and imagination. A convenient fiction ; A democracy of the imagination ; Seeing the light ; A cosmos of found objects ; An aesthetics of emptiness.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-271) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
294.34
Library of Congress
BL48-50, BQ4132 .B38 2017, BQ5612

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Pagination
x, 285 pages
Number of pages
285

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Open Library
OL27228811M
Internet Archive
secularbuddhismi0000batc
ISBN 10
0300223234
ISBN 13
9780300223231
LCCN
2016948566
OCLC/WorldCat
953985621
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B01N4UCPV2

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