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ELSA Recovery: Recovery from addiction within a secular dharma framework (Part 2)
Dr. Cathryn Jacob discusses a new approach to addiction recovery rooted in the key concepts of secular dharma, with explicit reference to the 32 virtues and attitudes found in Stephen Batchelor's cartography of care.
Mindful Solidarity book launch event
Mike Slott will be in conversation with Winton Higgins, the Australian secular Buddhist and author of Revamp: writings on secular Buddhism, to launch Mike's book Mindful Solidarity: A Secular Buddhist Democratic Socialist Dialogue
Southern Dharma’s Support for Hurricane Helene’s Victims
Amy Balentine discusses how the Southern Dharma Retreat Center, which offers meditation retreats and dharma instruction, is supporting the victims of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and Tennessee.
Ask BuddhaAI
The German secular Buddhist organization, Buddha Stiftung, has created BuddhaAI, an artifical intelligence companion to answer questions relating to (secular) Buddhism, mindfulness, meditation, and ethical living.
Eric Kolvig – teacher of engaged insight meditation
Ramsey Margolis expresses his appreciation for Eric Kolvig, a recently-deceased insight meditation teacher who stressed the need for social and political engagement, and for the four tasks he devised for coping with global tragedy
Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #61 October 2024
Welcome to our October 2024 newsletter. This month we feature new articles by Jourdan Arensen, Nelly Kaufer, Ramsey Margolis, and Linda Modaro. We also highlight a new book on mindful solidarity, the merger of two secular Buddhist groups, and a one day, online seminar on secular dharma offered by Bodhi College.
Reading groups
The Secular Buddhist Network sponsors two reading groups, and recommends those organized by Tuwhiri, a publishing imprint for secular Buddhist books. The reading groups explore books, articles, videos and podcast selections on topics related to secular Buddhism.
Mindful Solidarity – an idea whose time has come?
Ramsey Margolis discusses Mindful Solidarity, a new book by Mike Slott; in the book, the author argues that there is a need to integrate mindfulness with political activism as well as the ethical values of compassion and care
Tuwhiri: a secular Buddhist publishing imprint
Now with a presence in New York, Wellington and Sydney, Tuwhiri publishes books on early Buddhism, its retrieval, and a secular adaptation to 21st century conditions, as well as making available thought-provoking books that are not obviously dharma books but which serve the ethic of care that is central to the dharma
Ted Meissner’s Secular Buddhist Podcast
Over fifteen years and 337 episodes, Ted Meissner's Secular Buddhist podcast provided those interested in the secular dharma or a naturalistic approach to Buddhism with fascinating and insightful interviews with meditation teachers and writers.
Secular Buddhist Association to Merge with the Secular Buddhist Network
We are pleased to announce that the Secular Buddhist Association (SBA) has begun a process of merging with the Secular Buddhist Network (SBN).
SBN’s online meditation groups
The Secular Buddhist Network sponsors two online meditation groups on Sunday for secular Buddhists and those interested in a secular approach to the dharma.
A new eSangha: Secular Buddhism Ireland
A new secular Buddhist sangha, which meets online every Thursday, has been formed in Ireland.
An apology for my practice: Reflections of a lay Zen Buddhist
Roy Hammond's new book, On the Buddha Way with Zen Drawings, includes essays on key Buddhist notions and his own drawings which represent these notions.
Practical Dharma
Jeffrey Fracher discusses how the combined and overlapping tools of the dharma and modern psychology provide us with a Practical Dharma, a way to change our relationship with suffering while acknowledging its inevitability.
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