Alone With Others: An Existential Approach to Buddhism

Stephen Batchelor

GROVE/ATLANTIC Incorporated, 1983 - Religion - 143 pages

Alone with Others is a uniquely contemporary guide to understanding the timeless message of Buddhism, and in particular its relevance in actual human relations. It was inspired by Shantideva’s Guide to the Bodhisattava’s Way of Life, the oral instructions of living Buddhist masters, Martin Heidegger’s classic Being and Time, and the writings of the Christian theologians Paul Tillich and John MacQuarrie.

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Review: Alone with Others: An Existential Approach to Buddhism

User Review  - Craig - Goodreads

This was a good book for me as a young Zen student, filled with doubts about religion, ritual, and hierarchy. I felt quite comfortable with Batchelor's secular/existentialist (b)uddhism. It probably ...

Review: Alone with Others: An Existential Approach to Buddhism

User Review  - Steve Woods - Goodreads

I have been tired lately and not so well. I have opened myself to others and they have done what seems to pass for normal these days and I have been disappointed and hurt. As is my wont in any of ...

About the author

A former Buddhist monk, Stephen Batchelor has written several books attempting to make Buddhist accessible and understandable to the Western reader. These books include The Awakening of the West: The Encounter of Buddhist and Western Culture, and Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Alone With Others: An Existential Approach to Buddhism; Grove Press Eastern philosophy and literature series
• Author: Stephen Batchelor
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: GROVE/ATLANTIC Incorporated, 1983
• ISBN: 0802151272, 9780802151278
• Length: 143 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Buddhism / General