Buddhism Without Beliefs critiqued
Bhikkhu Punnadhammo
Stephen Batchelor's book, "Buddhism Without Beliefs" has attracted a lot of attention in Buddhist circles. In many respects, this is an important book. It may be seen as a lucid manifesto of a tendency in modern, western Buddhism that has been gaining ground in recent years. This is the kernel of a new school of modernized, rationalized Buddhism; in essence a Protestant Buddhism. While this tendency is seen as a welcome one by many, it is worth examining more closely to understand just what is being put forward.
http://www.budsas.org/ebud/ebdha107.htm
This was a very interesting article, a lot of what Bhikku Punnadhammo talks about here, applies as well to neo-vedanta and neo-yoga versus traditional Hinduism.
Other critiques:
http://jbe.gold.ac.uk/5/batch1.htm
http://www.westernbuddhistreview.com...t_beliefs.html
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