Confession of a Buddhist Atheist by Stephen Batchelor

Author:Stephen Batchelor
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Non-fiction, Philosophy, Religion, Biography, Spirituality
ISBN: 0385527063
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Published: 2010-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

In other words, Nanavira was convinced that he had become a “stream entrant” and thereby become “independent of the opinions of others regarding the Buddha’s teaching.” He believed that he had ceased to be a puthujjana (an ordinary, unawakened person) and become an ariya, a “noble one,” whose final liberation from the cycle of birth and death was assured. This led him to cease his correspondence with his friend Nanamoli, because “there was no longer anything for me to discuss with him, since the former relationship of parity between us regarding the Dhamma had suddenly come to an end.”

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