RE: Is Atheism compatible with Buddhism?
October 12, 2011 at 7:17 pm
(This post was last modified: October 12, 2011 at 7:18 pm by Rev. Rye.)
Well, I have a book by a man called Stephen Batchelor called Buddhism Without Beliefs.
He's effectively managed to create a variation of Buddhism that does away with doctrines of reincarnation and karma, and has effectively limited it to the four noble truths and meditation.
Come to think of it, I've read some other books about Buddhism (mostly by Thich Nhat Hanh and Pema Chodron) and much of it works even without accepting the doctrine of reincarnation.
Even before the Buddhist boom, Arthur Schopenhauer had combined Buddhist and Hindu Vedanta thought with Kantian philosophy.
He's effectively managed to create a variation of Buddhism that does away with doctrines of reincarnation and karma, and has effectively limited it to the four noble truths and meditation.
Come to think of it, I've read some other books about Buddhism (mostly by Thich Nhat Hanh and Pema Chodron) and much of it works even without accepting the doctrine of reincarnation.
Even before the Buddhist boom, Arthur Schopenhauer had combined Buddhist and Hindu Vedanta thought with Kantian philosophy.
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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
