Alone with Others: An Existential Approach to Buddhism

Alone with Others: An Existential Approach to Buddhism
by Stephen Batchelor

Alone with Others: An Existential Approach to Buddhism
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Author: Stephen Batchelor
Foreword: John Eaton Calthorpe Blofeld
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1994-02-08
ISBN: 0802151272
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Grove Press

Book Reviews of Alone with Others: An Existential Approach to Buddhism

Book Review: Powerful, intriguing and extremely engaging.
Summary: 5 Stars

I found this book of approximately 130 pages absolutely fascinating. While it is very non-traditional, it provides a bridge that helps the modern person to relate some of the most important concepts of Buddhism through the bridge provided by Western existentialist thought.

This book is very well written and Stephen Batchelor is very credible as an author having spent considerable time in Asia and having been a monk for 10 years in both the Tibetan and Zen traditions. While the book is largely his own perspective, it is a valuable one given his life experience and ability to convey complex topics in easy to understand terms. It certainly got my attention!

If you are looking to read your first book on Buddhism or Existentialism, this is probably not for you. However, if you are familiar to one or both of these topics and/or are looking to understand the human condition more deeply, then you will not be disappointed at the ideas presented here.

For me, this was a two sitting book that completely engaged me. I have read many books on Buddhism and Existentialism and thought this had a lot to offer a modern person in terms of making Buddhism relevant to modern contexts. I also found it a useful and sensitive exploration of the nature of loneliness and the limitations of the human condition. Among other things, it poignantly expressed how loneliness and the reality of our ultimate death could help us deepen our experience of reality through relationship and fuller engagement with life.

Summary of Alone with Others: An Existential Approach to Buddhism

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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