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Good for Nothing?
Jan Bover explores different aspects of the Zen Buddhist notion of meditation as "good for nothing."
Tuwhiri – books for secular Buddhists
Ramsey Margolis discusses Tuwhiri’s future offerings of secular Buddhist books, and encourages people – wherever you are in the world – to get involved.
Insights: Exploring Secular Dharma #76 January 2026
Welcome to our January 2026 newsletter. This month we feature articles by Anne-Laure Brousseau, Ayda Duroux, Ramya Jirasinghe, Ramsey Margolis, and Carmel Shalev. We also ask for your input about this newsletter and encourage a donation to SBN.
Exploring a Secular Dharma: SBN’s Online Course
SBN's free online course on explores key concepts a secular dharma. Participants in the course will go through the five course modules, discuss the topics in each module with each other, and meet on Zoom every week with the instructor for the course.
Mindfulness-Based Ethical Living (MBEL): A Pilot Course and a Budding Community
Carmel Shalev and Ayda Duroux, the co-facilitators of a new course on Mindfulness-Based Ethical Living (MBEL), discuss the content of the course and what participants learned.
A Secular Practitioner’s Notes on MBEL
Anne-Laure Brousseau discusses her experiences as a participant in a new course on Mindfulness Based Ethical Living (MBEL).
Requisites
In the context of our global ecological crisis, Ramya Jirasinghe's book of poems, Requisites, explores the eight requisites that the Buddha stipulated as the only essential possessions for monastics.
Insights: Exploring Secular Dharma #75 December 2025
Welcome to our December 2025 newsletter.
This month we feature articles by Bernat Font, Winton Higgins, and Mike Slott. We also highlight Ted Meissner's 2020 interview with Lama Rod Owens and a discussion between Stephen Batchelor and Donald Lopez Jr. on their visions of the Buddha.
The Dharma of Civic Virtue
Winton Higgins examined the dharma of civic virtue in a dharma talk given to the Kookaburra Sangha in Sydney, Australia on November 8, 2025.
Secular Buddhism and Mindfulness Based Ethical Living
Mike Slott discusses the relationship between a secular approach to the dharma and Mindfulness Based Ethical Living (MBEL).
Goodbye to the historical Buddha?
Bernat Font discusses the controversy over whether the Buddha can be considered a historical figure.
Insights: Exploring Secular Dharma #74 November 2025
Welcome to our November 2025 newsletter.
This month we feature articles by Stephen Batchelor, Kathryn Koehl, and Karsten Struhl. We also highlight Ted Meissner's 2018 interview with Bhikkhu Bodhi on Buddhist Global Relief.
Buddhist Voices for Immigration Justice: A Virtual Town Hall on November 20
The Buddhist Coalition for Democracy, in partnership with the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, is hosting a Virtual Town Hall on Immigration Justice: Compassion in Action on November 20.
Stephen Batchelor’s Dharma Talk on Mindfulness of the Body, and a Few Reflections
Karsten Struhl discusses a recent dharma talk by Stephen Batchelor on mindfulness of the body at the Community Meditation Center in New York City.
Stephen Batchelor on Secular Dharma
In a chapter from his new book, Buddha, Socrates, and Us, Stephen Batchelor presents the core elements of a secular approach to the dharma.
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