--- title: "3 Metaphysical Quotes By Stephen Batchelor" description: "3 Metaphysical quotes by Stephen Batchelor. Plus more from Stephen Batchelor and more Metaphysical sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04b/stephen-batchelor-5328_antidote_mindfulness-is-not-concerned-with-anythi_151409.png" --- > [ \[Mindfulness\] is not concerned with anything transcendent or divine. It serves as an antidote to theism, a cure for sentimental piety, a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-batchelor/mindfulness-is-not-concerned-with-anything-transcendent-or-divine-it/) [Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-batchelor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04b/stephen-batchelor-5328_antidote_mindfulness-is-not-concerned-with-anythi_151409.png) > [What is it that makes a person insist passionately on the existence of metaphysical realities that can be neither demonstrated nor refuted? (176)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-batchelor/what-is-it-that-makes-a-person-insist-passionately-on-the-existence/) [Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-batchelor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/128/stephen-batchelor-5328_atheism_what-is-it-that-makes-a-person-insist-pa_700056.png) > [“What is it that makes a person insist passionately on the existence of metaphysical realities that can be neither demonstrated nor refuted?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-batchelor/what-is-it-that-makes-a-person-insist-passionately-on-the-existence-2/) [Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-batchelor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/stephen-batchelor-5328_atheism_what-is-it-that-makes-a-person-insist-pa_2251460.jpg) ## Other authors on Metaphysical - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-stephen-richards-446.jpg) Stephen Richards 31 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metaphysical/stephen-richards/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-ross-caligiuri-31263.jpg) Ross Caligiuri 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metaphysical/ross-caligiuri/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-r-buckminster-fuller-76573.jpg) R. Buckminster Fuller 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metaphysical/r-buckminster-fuller/) - [Mina Faraway 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metaphysical/mina-faraway/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karl-popper-55250.jpg) Karl Popper 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metaphysical/karl-popper/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metaphysical/haruki-murakami/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metaphysical/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [Doug Dillon 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metaphysical/doug-dillon/) - [Thomas Vazhakunnathu 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metaphysical/thomas-vazhakunnathu/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-ludwig-wittgenstein-61873.jpg) Ludwig Wittgenstein 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metaphysical/ludwig-wittgenstein/) - [Elliott Sober 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metaphysical/elliott-sober/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ayn-rand-15943.jpg) Ayn Rand 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metaphysical/ayn-rand/) ## More by Stephen Batchelor > [“Gotama did for the self what Copernicus did for the earth: he put it in its rightful place, despite its continuing to appear just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-batchelor/gotama-did-for-the-self-what-copernicus-did-for-the-earth-he-put-it/) [Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-batchelor/) > [“We perceive the world in a particular way and confidently expect it to conform to its appearance. But we fail to recognize that certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-batchelor/we-perceive-the-world-in-a-particular-way-and-confidently-expect-it/) [Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-batchelor/) > [“Anxiety, alienation, loneliness, emptiness, and meaninglessness are the fruits of living as an isolated subject admist a multitude of lifeless objects. Although our scope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-batchelor/anxiety-alienation-loneliness-emptiness-and-meaninglessness-are-the/) [Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-batchelor/) > [“... We have to constantly confront our deepest anxieties, our emptiness, our despair, our doubts; and there is nowhere for us to escape and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-batchelor/we-have-to-constantly-confront-our-deepest-anxieties-our-emptiness/) [Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-batchelor/) > [“There is nothing one can have that one cannot fear to lose. Instead of living life in order to have more abundantly, live life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-batchelor/there-is-nothing-one-can-have-that-one-cannot-fear-to-lose-instead-of/) [Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-batchelor/) > [Buddhism, I think, is probably facing the single most difficult transition from one historical epoch to another, which is really the transition to modernity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-batchelor/buddhism-i-think-is-probably-facing-the-single-most-difficult/) [Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-batchelor/) > [ \[Mindfulness\] is not concerned with anything transcendent or divine. It serves as an antidote to theism, a cure for sentimental piety, a scalpel for… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-batchelor/mindfulness-is-not-concerned-with-anything-transcendent-or-divine-it/) [Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-batchelor/) > [The art of dharma practice requires commitment, technical accomplishment, and imagination. As with all arts, we will fail to realize its full potential if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-batchelor/the-art-of-dharma-practice-requires-commitment-technical/) [Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-batchelor/) > [The denial of "self" challenges only the notion of a static self independent of body and mind-not the ordinary sense of ourself as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-batchelor/the-denial-of-self-challenges-only-the-notion-of-a-static-self/) [Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-batchelor/) > [While 'Buddhism' suggests another belief system, 'dharma practice' suggests a course of action. The four ennobling truths are not propositions to believe; they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-batchelor/while-buddhism-suggests-another-belief-system-dharma-practice/) [Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-batchelor/) > [“The inner aim of thought is never fully realized until it ripens into vocal utterances through which others can have access- albeit indirect- to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-batchelor/the-inner-aim-of-thought-is-never-fully-realized-until-it-ripens-into/) [Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-batchelor/) > [“Our religion, with its beliefs, rituals, and dogmas becomes another segment among all the other segments that constitute our linear and fragmented existence. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-batchelor/our-religion-with-its-beliefs-rituals-and-dogmas-becomes-another/) [Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-batchelor/) > [“For others, however, the significance of anxiety in disclosing a fundamental insight into human existence is grasped. At this point their consciences will never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-batchelor/for-others-however-the-significance-of-anxiety-in-disclosing-a/) [Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-batchelor/) > [“Wisdom that neglects method leads to excessive introversion and an inability to effectively communicate with others. Method without wisdom can produce well-intentioned but naive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-batchelor/wisdom-that-neglects-method-leads-to-excessive-introversion-and-an/) [Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-batchelor/) > [So the Buddha is presenting awakening not as a single mystical experience that may come upon us at some meditation, some private moment of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-batchelor/so-the-buddha-is-presenting-awakening-not-as-a-single-mystical/) [Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-batchelor/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metaphysical/stephen-batchelor/#itemlist", "name": "3 Metaphysical Quotes By Stephen Batchelor", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Mindfulness] is not concerned with anything transcendent or divine. 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