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Tuwhiri’s next book: ‘Living life on life’s terms’
Tuwhiri, the secular Buddhist publishing imprint, will shortly be publishing ‘Living life on life’s terms: turning the wheel of secular dharma’ by Stephen Batchelor, Martine Batchelor and Bernat Font.
Dave Smith’s Course on Essential Dharma
Dave Smith is offering a 3-month practice and study program which will focus on the 32 dimensions of awakening that appear in the early Buddhist Pali tradition, the Theravada Abhidarma, and later schools of Buddhism alike.
Ezra Klein Interviews Stephen Batchelor on “What is this?”
Ezra Klein, a New York Times columnist, interviewed Stephen Batchelor. They discussed the Seon Buddhist meditation practice of What is this? and Batchelor's reframing of the Four Noble Truths as four tasks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Stephen Batchelor on his New Book: Buddha, Socrates, and Us
Tom Cummings reports on a talk by Stephen Batchelor on his new book, Buddha, Socrates, and Us: Ethical Living in Uncertain Times.
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