Stephen Batchelor
- January 9, 2024
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Stephen Batchelor Biography
| Name | Stephen Batchelor |
| Birthday | Apr 7 |
| Birth Year | 1953 |
| Place Of Birth | Dundee |
| Birth Country | Scotland |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
| Siblings | David Batchelor |
| Spouse | Martine Batchelor |
Stephen Batchelor is one of the most popular and richest Author who was born on April 7, 1953 in Dundee, Scotland.
Stephen Batchelor (born 7 April 1953) is a British author and teacher, writing books and articles on Buddhist topics and leading meditation retreats throughout the world. He is a noted proponent of agnostic or secular Buddhism.
He left India in 1975 in order to study Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and doctrine under the guidance of Geshe Rabten, first at the Tibet Institute Rikon then in Le Mont-Pèlerin (both in Switzerland), where he helped Geshé Rabten to establish the Tharpa Choeling (now Rabten Choeling). The next year he received full ordination as a monk. In 1979 he moved to Germany as a translator for Geshé Thubten Ngawang at the Tibetisches Institut, Hamburg.
Stephen Batchelor Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Author |
| House | Living in own house. |
Stephen Batchelor is one of the richest Author from Scotland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Stephen Batchelor 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Batchelor was born in Dundee, Scotland in 1953. When he was three, his family relocated briefly to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where his parents separated. He returned with his mother Phyllis (b. 1913) to England, where he was raised in a humanist environment with his younger brother David in Watford, Hertfordshire. After completing his secondary education at Watford Grammar School, in February 1972, at the age of eighteen, he embarked on an overland journey which eventually led him to India. He settled in Dharamsala, the capital-in-exile of the Dalai Lama, and studied with Geshé Ngawang Dhargyey at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. He was ordained as a novice monk in the Gelug tradition in 1974. A few months after ordination, he sat a ten-day Vipassana meditation retreat with the Indian teacher S.N. Goenka, which proved a lasting influence on his practice, and aroused his curiosity about other traditions of Buddhism.
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Neil Ranked on the list of most popular Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Scotland. Stephen Batchelor celebrates birthday on April 7 of every year.