Confession of a Buddhist atheist

Preface

Part 1. Monk

1. A Buddhist Failure (I)

2. On the Road

3. The Seminarian

4. Eel Wriggling

5. Being-in-the-World

6. Great Doubt

Part 2. Layman

7. A Buddhist Failure (II)

8. Siddhattha Gotama

9. The North Road

10. Against the Stream

11. Clearing the Path

12. Embrace Suffering

13. In Jeta's Grove

14. An Ironic Atheist

15. Vidudabha's Revenge

16. Gods and Demons

17. Tread the Path with Care

18. A Secular Buddhist

Appendixes

I. The P&abar;li Canon

II. Was Siddhattha Gotama at Taxil&abar;?

III. Turning the Wheel of Dhamma

IV. Map: The Buddha's India

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index