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Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #48 September 2023
Welcome to our September 2023 newsletter. This month we highlight new articles by Pedro Bellora, Tom Cummings, and Linda Modaro/Nelly Kaufer. In addition, we introduce a new tool to facilitate the formation of local sanghas and highlight a workshop on secular Buddhism and socially engaged Buddhism..
Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #47 August 2023
Welcome to our August 2023 newsletter. This month we highlight new articles by Tom Cummings, Ira Rifkin, and Cedar Thokme. In addition, we have an interview with Dave Smith about his new MBEL program and announce the opening of the registration period for our Fall 2023 course on secular Buddhism.
Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #46 July 2023
Welcome to our July 2023 newsletter. This month we highlight new articles by Colette Descent and Keith Jackson, and provide an update on the development of a Mindfulness Based Ethical Living (MBEL) course based in the secular dharma.
Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #45 June 2023
Welcome to our June 2023 newsletter. This month we highlight new articles by Pedro Bellora, Katya de Kadt, Colette Descent, and Caspar Harris,  as well as a practitioner’s account of his journey to secular Buddhism.
Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #44 May 2023
Welcome to our May 2023 newsletter. This month we highlight new articles by Kirk Mason and Mike Slott,  a practitioner’s account of his journey to secular Buddhism, and a workshop by Dave Smith on mindfulness and the Four Noble Truths.
Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #43 April 2023
Welcome to our April 2023 newsletter. This month we highlight an interview with Stephen Batchelor on Mindfulness Based Ethical Living, a new article by Bhikkhu Santi, a practitioner’s account of her journey to secular Buddhism,  and an upcoming secular dharma retreat with Stephen Batchelor, Winton Higgins, and Lenorë Lambert.
Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #42 March 2023
Welcome to the March 2023 newsletter. This month we highlight new articles by Robert M. Ellis, Harry Somaraju, and Seth Zuihō Segall, a practitioner’s account of her journey to secular Buddhism,  and a new SBN discussion group for practitioners who are socially engaged.
Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #41 February 2023
Welcome to the February 2023 newsletter. This month we highlight an interview with Nelly Kaufer and Linda Modaro on their new book on reflective meditation, a practitioner’s account of his journey to secular Buddhism, and a new article by Dennis SengTing Oliver. We also feature an important 2015 dharma talk by Winton Higgins on a secular approach to Insight meditation.
Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #40 January 2023
Welcome to our January 2023 newsletter. This month we highlight new articles by Lenorë Lambert, John Danvers, and Seth Zuiho Segall, a practitioner’s account of his journey to secular Buddhism, and Dave Smith’s online weekly practice community.
Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #39 December 2022
Welcome to our December 2022 newsletter. This month we highlight a series of workshops by Stephen Batchelor on Mindfulness Based Ethical Living,  a practitioner’s account of his journey to secular Buddhism,  a new article by Bernat Font-Clos, and an online course on the dharma of social engagement offered by David Loy.
Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #38 November 2022
Welcome to our November 2022 newsletter. This month we highlight new articles by Robert M. Ellis, Carmel Shalev and Mike Slott, a practitioner’s account of her journey to secular Buddhism, and a Kickstarter funding project for a new book on reflective meditation.
Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #37 October 2022
Welcome to our October 2022 newsletter. This month we highlight new articles by Carmel Shalev and Arnie Kozak, a dialogue on secular dharma, a practitioner’s account of his journey to secular Buddhism, and an upcoming workshop led by Stephen Batchelor on Mindfulness Based Human Flourishing.
Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #36 September 2022
Welcome to our September 2022 newsletter. This month we highlight new articles by Carmel Shalev, Stefano Ventura, and Hugh Palmer, a practitioner’s account of her journey to secular Buddhism, and an upcoming online program featuring Stephen Batchelor and several others discussing different perspectives on secular dharma.
Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #35 August 2022
Welcome to our August 2022 newsletter. This month we highlight an interview with Stephen Batchelor on secular dharma, an article highlighting various perspectives on the core elements of secular Buddhism, a practitioner’s account of her journey to secular Buddhism, and an article by Seth Zuihō Segall on the relevance of John Dewey’s pragmatic philosophy for developing a theory and practice of human flourishing. 
Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #34 July 2022
Welcome to our July 2022 newsletter. This month we highlight a new article by Rick Heller, the opening of registrations for SBN’s online course on secular Buddhism, and a practitioner’s account of his journey to secular Buddhism. We also feature  an online workshop on dependent arising that was offered 13 June by two Bodhi College faculty and a Bodhi College event to memorialize Gary Born, a Trustee of the college and participant in SBN’s monthly discussion group, who recently passed away.