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An invitation to a weekly dose of secular dharma
Lenorë Lambert is offering weekly emails in which she explores the Buddha's insights for human flourishing in our time.
What is Secular Dharma?: A Dialogue between Stephen Batchelor & Dave Smith
Stephen Batchelor and Dave Smith recently engaged in a dialogue on the secular dharma and how that approach can alter, expand, or challenge our practice.
An Online Discussion of Mindful Solidarity
On January 30, at 7 pm US Eastern Time, Craig Murphy, Seth Zuihō Segall, and Karsten Struhl joined Mike Slott for a discussion around his book, Mindful Solidarity: A Secular Buddhist Democratic Socialist Dialogue. The online discussion was sponsored by the Secular Buddhist Network and Tuwhiri, a secular Buddhist publishing imprint.
Compassionate Responses in Our Time: A Blessed Plurality of Inner Practice and Outer Action
Yanai Postelnik explains that the Buddha’s teachings call us to find our own path of heartful practice and engagement, while honouring the range and variety of different ways others may find to express what is authentic and true for them.
On the Prospect of Buddhist Complicity in Genocide
Brian Daizen Victoria examines the tensions with Buddhist chaplains' involvement in the US military, including the war in Iraq and support for the Israeli attacks in Gaza.
SBN’s Half-Day Meditation Retreat – February 16, 2025
The Secular Buddhist Network will be offering a half-day, online retreat on February 16, 2025, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm US Eastern Time.
Should Buddhism take sides?
Bernat Font argues that, while Buddhists should address controversial social and political topics, they should not succumb to the social pressure to 'take sides' and the response needs to be skillful, based on dharmic insights.
Reflections on Stephen Batchelor’s ELSA
Janet Rechtman offers her reflections on Stephen Batchelor's four tasks, or ELSA. She argues that the ELSA formula does not adequately address the role of suffering in our lives.
Hozan Alan Senauke on Engaged Buddhism
The American Soto Zen priest, Hozan Alan Senauke, who recently passed way, was a vocal advocate for an engaged Buddhism and social change.
SBA-SBN Merger Process Moves Forward
On December 13, the Secular Buddhist Network (SBN) Planning Committee and representatives of the Secular Buddhist Association (SBA) met to discuss the ongoing process of merging the two organizations.
The UN World Meditation Day – Meditating together, connecting globally
Jochen Weber explains why the UN's World Meditation Day was established and how we can use that day to cultivate the path to reducing our own suffering and the suffering in the world.
What should secular dharma practitioners do? Report on a second meeting on the U.S. election
SBN community members participated in a second online meeting on December 5 to discuss the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States.
John Danvers’ Dharma Roads Podcast
Since 2022, John Danvers' podcast Dharma Roads has explored in 32 episodes the wisdom and meditation methods of Zen, Buddhism and other sceptical philosophers, writers and poets.
Compassion in Buddhism: A Psychological Perspective on Media, Reaction, and the Cycle of Samsara
Sarah Barker examines how key Buddhist concepts and several psychological theories can help us to be less reactive in the current political context.
Post-election Meeting of SBN Community Members
On November 14, SBN community members participated in a Zoom meeting to discuss the U.S. election and how we, as secular dharma practitioners, can respond.
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