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Secular Buddhism, Thin and Thick

By Doug Smith | April 9, 2013 Originally appeared on the SBA website at https://secularbuddhism.org/secular-buddhism-thin-and-thick/. There is an important split in the way many of us approach Secular Buddhism. Some of us want a "big tent" form of Secular Buddhism that welcomes believers from any and all faith backgrounds who are looking for a way to incorporate meditative […]

Making the most of the human condition: four talks on secular Buddhism

In four talks on secular Buddhism given at a day-long workshop in New Zealand in 2013, Winton Higgins provides an overall summary of key secular Buddhist ideas on the fourfold task, a non-formulaic approach to meditation, the flexible appropriation of tradition, and the need for a pragmatic theory of truth.

Secularity, religion and being human

In this 2012 talk Winton Higgins discusses various meanings of secularity in relation to the development of a secular dharma.

So What? On Glenn Wallis and Speculative Non-Buddhism

By Stephen Schettini | May 14, 2012 Originally appeared on the SBA website at https://secularbuddhism.org/so-what/. (provoked by Wallis’s article, On the Faith of Secular Buddhists) The hardest thing I ever did was walk away from Buddhism. It had saved my sanity and my life. After decades of self-destructive behavior, I’d found myself at home in the arms of […]

Being a Mindful, Politically Engaged Buddhist

By Dana Nourie | April 18, 2012 Originally appeared on the SBA website at https://secularbuddhism.org/being-a-mindful-politically-engaged-buddhist/. Minds are turning towards politics, especially in the US where we have a big election coming up. Arguments and opinions are flying back and forth, along with facts and misinformation. As Buddhist practitioners, we are handed challenges in many forms. I've often heard […]

A Letter to Traditional Buddhists

By Dana Nourie | July 31, 2011 Originally appeared on the SBA website at https://secularbuddhism.org/a-letter-to-traditional-buddhists/. Over the past few months The Secular Buddhist podcast site and its blogs have received increased attention. We are grateful for that and welcome the many new secular Buddhists into the community. But surprisingly, at least to me, we've also gotten a lot of heat […]

A Reply to B. Alan Wallace’s article “Distorted Visions of Buddhism: Agnostic and Atheist”

By Ted Meissner | October 11, 2010 Originally appeared on the SBA website at https://secularbuddhism.org/a-reply-to-b-alan-wallaces-article-distorted-visions-of-buddhism-agnostic-and-atheist/. The following is a reply to B. Alan Wallace's article "Distorted Visions of Buddhism: Agnostic and Atheist". Readers may wish to read the article in its uncommented form before reading this response.Stephen Batchelor has also written An Open Letter to B. Alan Wallace, which […]