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Tread with care: a secular Buddhist’s approach

Tom Cummings discusses how Gotama's injunction to tread the path with care, calls on us to think rigorously about how we’re living our one and only life, and especially about how we’re interacting with all those we meet along our path.

TIBET HOUSE US: a resource for secular Buddhists

Cedar Thokme discusses how and why Tibet House US, a non-profit center founded at the request of the Dalai Lama began, and the resources it currently offers to secular and traditional Buddhists alike.

Discovering the art of waiting – the importance of patience and impatience in Buddhism

From a Buddhist perspective, waiting is not an obstacle but an opportunity for growth and the development of wisdom. Jochen Weber explores how waiting mindfully is an opportunity to practice the art of patience and equanimity.

Secular Buddhism and Buddhist Modernism

Ira Rifkin discusses how the growth of secular Buddhism in recent years is part of a broader trend in society to question orthodox beliefs and to develop new forms of spirituality.

Mindfulness Based Ethical Living (MBEL): an update

Since November 2022, eighteen people from twelve countries have been developing a new online course, Mindfulness Based Ethical Living (MBEL). The course will offer an ethical and philosophical framework for a flourishing life, based on a secular interpretation of the Buddhist foundation of mindfulness.

In memory of Tom Bulley

In memory of his good friend Tom Bulley, a secular dharma practitioner who recently passed away, Keith Jackson offers a sample of Tom's witty and imaginative mind.

Bringing the secular dharma to my community

Colette Descent describes a course she teaches at a community center for older adults which incorporates key secular dharma concepts without the use of Buddhist terminology.

A new secular Buddhist sangha in Canada

Trina-Rae Cuff has founded a new secular Buddhist sangha in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The sangha meets the first Friday of each month in person.

The dharmic tasks of an improvising musician

When he played a wrong note during an improvisational jazz concert, Pedro Bellora used his secular dharma practice to move from a moment of contracted reactivity to a place of joyful non-reactivity.

SBN’s online meditation group

The Secular Buddhist Network sponsors online meditation groups for secular Buddhists and those interested in a secular approach to the dharma.

An exciting new global movement – the Global Compassion Coalition

Colette Descent discusses the Global Compassion Project, a new organization initiated by Rick Hanson and others, to inspire individuals, organizations, and governments to address the causes of suffering and to build communities of care and belonging.

A secular Dharma discussion group – perspectives from South Wales

The South Wales (Cymru) Secular Dharma discussion group was started in January 2022 and has been meeting once a fortnight online since then. The participants have found the group to be a supportive environment for developing their secular dharma practice.

A practitioner’s journey to secular Buddhism: Tom

Tom Cummings initially practiced Vipassana meditation, but he has found that secular Buddhism's emphasis on our present human life as the one and only existence we have aligns well with the agnostic humanist perspective he has embraced for many years.

The value of meditational awareness and Buddhist ethics for progressive groups

Katya de Kadt explains how meditational awareness and an ethics based in the values and wisdom of Buddhism can help activists avoid burnout and play a productive role in the struggle for social change.

Mindfulness and the Four Noble Truths

At an online program sponsored by New York Insight Meditation Center, Dave Smith presented the Four Noble Truths as four tasks for engaging in an ethical, flourishing life.