Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening

Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening

A national bestseller and acclaimed guide to Buddhism for beginners and practitioners alike

In this simple but important volume, Stephen Batchelor reminds us that the Buddha was not a mystic who claime…

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