Secular Buddhism - What's Your Take? - Modern Koans
Note: this is part of a best of series of old blog posts that still garner attention. I've pared down the list to 10 items per category (including Modern Koans, Dialectic Two- Step, etc). These were originally published between 2010 - 2020. I just finished Stephen Batchelor's latest book After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age . While I would say I didn't agree with everything he had to offer, the book struck me as an authentic scholarly examination of the Dharma. He makes some very compelling arguments, based on an examination of the Pali canon, for stripping away much of the metaphysical trappings of modern Buddhism. The book is similar to some of the modern works on the historical Jesus, moving beyond the Buddhist texts for corroboration as well as probing the text for hints of edits and biased later additions. Anyone interested in examining the historical Buddha and the Sangha as a means to discern what might be considered...
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