Living with the Devil: A Meditation on Good and Evil

239 Pages·2004·5.22 MB·English

by  Stephen Batchelor

NA T I O N A L BE S TS E L L E R
T E P H E N A T C H E L O R
B e s t s e l l i n g a u t h o r o f B u d d h i s m W i t h o u t B e l i e f s
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L I V I N G W I T H
T H E D E V I L
A M e d i t a t i o n on
G o o d a n d - / ■
L i v i n g
w i t h
t h e D e v i l
A L S O B Y S T E P H E N B A T C H E L O R
Alone with Others
An Existential Approach to Buddhism
The Faith to Doubt
Glimpses of Buddhist Uncertainty
The Awakening o f the West
The Encounter of Buddhism and Western Culture
Buddhism Without Beliefs
A Contemporary Guide to Awakening
Verses from the Center
A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime
L i v i n g
w i t h
t h e D e v i l
A M E D I T A T I O N O N
G O O D A N D E V I L
Stephen Batchelor
R I V E R H E A D B O O K S
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N ew York
2004
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Library o f Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Batchelor, Stephen.
Living with the devil : a meditation on good and evil / Stephen Batchelor,
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 1-57322-276-3
1. Religious life— Buddhism. 2. Good and evil—
Religious aspects— Buddhism. 3. Buddhism— Doctrines. I. Title.
BQ 4301.B37 2004 2004042759
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