From Western Buddhist Review on Wed, 22 Aug, 2012 - 20:28Confession of a Buddhist Atheist by Stephen Batchelor, Spiegel & Grau: New York, 2010, 302 pages, ISBN 978-0-385-52706-4, UK £19-99hb/£10pb.
review by Dhivan Thomas Jones
Stephen Batchelor is perhaps best known for his 1998 book Buddhism Without Beliefs. There he argued for a Buddhist agnosticism, that is, for saying ‘I do not know’ rather than believing in the dogmas and assertions of lamas and gurus. The book triggered heated discussion on whether Buddhists need to...
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From Triratna Translations on Wed, 22 Aug, 2012 - 15:57Latest news from the Triratna Translations project is that we’ve received texts in three new languages - Hungarian, Russian and Norwegian. Each now has translations of the Dedication Ceremony, the Threefold Puja, and the Refuges and Precepts - plus links to other Triratna translations, if any, available on the web. Many thanks to our three contributors - Derdak Tibor from Sajókaza, , Gunaketu from Oslo, and Suvannavira from Moscow...
Here’s three classic Triratna texts in Norwegian - the Dedication Ceremony, Threefold Puja, and Refuges and Precepts. Many thanks to Gunaketu for providing them.
Velkommen til de norske oversettelsene på thebuddhistcentre.com. Klikk her for å se de tre første oversettelsene: innvielsesseremonien, tredelte puja og tilfluktene og retningslinjene på norsk.
Takk til Gunaketu fra Oslo for oversettelsene. Det finnes mer introduksjonsmateriale på Oslo Buddhistcenters nettside www.oslobuddhistsenter.no Og det finnes en rekke oversatte tekster av Sraddhapa her: www.sraddhapa.com/norsk
Here’s three classic Triratna texts translated into Hungarian – the Dedication Ceremony, the Threefold Puja, and the Refuges and Precepts. Many thanks to Derdák Tibor from the Jai Bhim Network in Hungary for providing them.
From Triratna Translations on Wed, 22 Aug, 2012 - 13:05Welcome to the Hungarian (Magyar) Translation group on thebuddhistcentre.com. Click here for our first three translations: the Dedication Ceremony, Threefold Puja, and Refuges and Precepts in Hungarian. Many thanks to Derdák Tibor in Hungary for providing them,
Welcome to the Russian page of thebuddhistcentre.com’s Translation project. This page links to Russian translations of Buddhist texts and ceremonies as used in the Triratna Buddhist Community. You’ll find excellent introductions to Buddhism, meditation and Triratna already online at https://buddhayana.ru/ and a Project here for the sanghas in Moscow. Here are links to specific texts:
A talk by Vadanya given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre on 31st July 2007 as part of a series of talks on Stories and Symbols.
