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• Batchelor, S.  + (Stephen+Batchelor+is+a+contemporary+Buddhi … Stephen+Batchelor+is+a+contemporary+Buddhist+teacher+and+writer%2C+best+known+for+his+secular+or+agnostic+approach+to+Buddhism.+Stephen+considers+Buddhism+to+be+a+constantly+evolving+culture+of+awakening+rather+than+a+religious+system+based+on+immutable+dogmas+and+beliefs.+In+particular%2C+he+regards+the+doctrines+of+karma+and+rebirth+to+be+features+of+ancient+Indian+civilisation+and+not+intrinsic+to+what+the+Buddha+taught.+Buddhism+has+survived+for+the+past+2%2C500+years+because+of+its+capacity+to+reinvent+itself+in+accord+with+the+needs+of+the+different+Asian+societies+with+which+it+has+creatively+interacted+throughout+its+history.+As+Buddhism+encounters+modernity%2C+it+enters+a+vital+new+phase+of+its+development.+Through+his+writings%2C+translations+and+teaching%2C+Stephen+engages+in+a+critical+exploration+of+Buddhism%27s+role+in+the+modern+world%2C+which+has+earned+him+both+condemnation+as+a+heretic+and+praise+as+a+reformer.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.stephenbatchelor.org%2Findex.php%2Fen%2Fstephen+Source+Accessed+Jan+12%2C+2021%5D%29ephen+Source+Accessed+Jan+12%2C+2021%5D%29)

• Batchelor, S.  +