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Criticism
In September 2010, B. Alan Wallace left a lengthy scathing editorial in Mandala magazine, calling Batchelor's views "distorted", and remarking that his "atheistic assertions just happen to correspond to the materialistic assumptions of modernity," and that it is "simply ridiculous to attribute them to the historical Buddha". Batchelor later responded by disagreeing, drawing attention to positive responses he had received from some readers.

Similarly, a contributing editor for the website Buddhist Geeks wrote a lengthy essay heavily criticising the views of Batchelor and "Buddhism's New Rationalists", acknowledging Batchelor as an authority on what the Buddha taught, but that he "engages in hermeneutical gymnastics and a selective reading of textual sources" and that it's "hard to escape the feeling that the whole movement is founded upon the prevailing materialist assumptions of Western scientism".

Similarly, the reviews of his books above by other noted Buddhists are less than favourable. Even so, his books receive popular attention and praise by some readers.