"Without a rigorous, self-critical discourse, one risks lapsing……" — Stephen Batchelor
"Without a rigorous, self-critical discourse, one risks lapsing into pious platitudes and unexamined generalizations."
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40 Quotes by Stephen Batchelor
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...inner spiritual transformation is just as dependent upon the effect of our economic life upon the world as transformations in…
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The Buddha described his teaching as "going against the stream." The unflinching light of mindful awareness reveals the extent to…
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Evasion of the unadorned immediacy of life is as deep-seated as it is relentless. Even with the ardent desire to…
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This body is fragile. It is just flesh. Listen to the heartbeat. Life depends on the pumping of a muscle.
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This deep agnosticism is more than the refusal of conventional agnosticism to take a stand on whether God exists or…
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Our conceptions of the world affect our perceptions of the world which, in turn, condition the way we subsequently conceive…
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The origin of the conflict, frustration, and anxiety we experience does not lie in the nature of the world itself…
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It has taken four billion years of evolution to generate this kind of organism with this kind of brain, and…
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The idea that there will be something spiritual or subtle, some sort of consciousness that can escape the collapse of…
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Living from our deepest understanding requires an enormous effort, especially when it goes against the stream of our instinctually programmed…
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Buddhism, I think, is probably facing the single most difficult transition from one historical epoch to another, which is really…
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So the Buddha is presenting awakening not as a single mystical experience that may come upon us at some meditation,…
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More Critical Quotes
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In the fantasy, sci-fi world, the fans are so discerning and they're so tough and they're so intelligent, and they're…
— Scott Bakula
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There's less critical thinking going on in this country on a Main Street level - forget about the media -…
— Alec Baldwin
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I would be far more critical than any reviewer could be of my own work. So I simply don't read…
— John Banville
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Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing.
— Diane Abbott
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I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all…
— Sarah Bernhardt
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The next few months are critical to Pakistan's future direction as a democratic state committed to promoting peace, fighting terrorism…
— Benazir Bhutto
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Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired…
— Allan Bloom
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House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his…
— John Boehner
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Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better…
— Erma Bombeck
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I'm pretty critical of myself as far as reaching some sort of perfect bull's-eye or target that I'm aiming for.
— Jeff Bridges
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I think it's critical in any character you play that it really is about reacting instead of acting. You can…
— Malin Akerman
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There is a misperception, if you will, in critical response or even in Hollywood, that I can only do exaggerated…
— Nicolas Cage
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