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Secular Buddhist honored with an ‘Outstanding Women in Buddhism’ award

Saskia Graf, a meditation teacher and project manager for Buddha Stiftung, a secular Buddhist organization in Germany, was honored with an Outstanding Women in Buddhism Award.

Secular Buddhism and the Timeless: A Conversation with Stephen Batchelor and Bhikkhu Santi

On 21 April, Stephen Batchelor and Bhikkhu Santi will engage in a conversation on Stephen's forthcoming book, Buddha, Socrates and Us; the meanings of monasticism from a science-informed and politics-alert viewpoint; writing and the creative life; and the value of ancient wisdom for our contemporary moment.

Two study opportunities for secular Buddhists

Tuwhiri, a publishing imprint which publishes books on early Buddhism and secular dharma, is sponsoring reading groups this year for two of its publications: Revamp and What is this?.

Secular Dharma and Ethical Living Retreat

Stephen Batchelor, Winton Higgins, and Lenorë Lambert led a residential study retreat on Secular Dharma and Ethical Living in December 2023. Their secular dharma approach focused on the ethical perspectives and practices needed to engage with the various interconnected crises our world faces in the twenty-first century.

A mindfulness based feminist ethics of care: weaving the feminist ethics of care and secular Buddhist concepts

Tina Sideris discusses the meaning and practice of care by considering how the feminist ethics of care and secular Buddhist concepts enhance each other.

Secular Humanist Buddhism

Kirk Mason argues that secular humanist Buddhism, a synthesis of secular humanism and secular Buddhism, weaves together secular humanism's emphasis on reason, ethics, and human values with secular Buddhism's focus on mindfulness, meditation, and compassion.

SBN’s new online group: the Secular Buddhist Zen Pub

SBN is starting a Saturday morning weekly zoom that is easy to drop in on, and rewarding through dharma insights and practical applications (including friendships).

From Anglican Catholic to secular Buddhist

Jack Chamberlin explains why he rejected the Anglican Catholicism of his youth and ultimately embraced a secular Buddhist perspective on life and death.

Reflections in a time of war

Based on a secular Buddhist ethic of care, compassion, and radical uncertainty, Carmel Shalev offers her reflections on the current situation in Israel/Palestine.

A practitioner’s journey to secular Buddhism: Sylwia

From a very early age, Sylwia Plich has always questioned religious orthodoxies. She has moved from her family's Catholicism to Protestantism to Tibetan Buddhism. In 2016, she came across Stephen Batchelor's writings and embraced a secular approach which focuses on ethical life on a daily basis.

Buddhist modernism and secular Buddhism

Winton Higgins discusses the differences between Buddhist modernism, which established itself in the west in the 1960s, and a fully secular approach to the dharma.

A Secular Buddhist Credo

Keith Jackson offers a secular Buddhist credo rooted in the perspectives of the Greek philosopher Epicurus, the young Marx, Thomas Nail, and the Buddha.

A practitioner’s journey to secular Buddhism: Carmel

Although deeply influenced and inspired by some aspects of Judaism, Carmel Shalev began to lose faith in God and his commandments because they treated women as somehow limited and second best to men. She eventually connected with Buddhist teachers and found that Stephen Batchelor's secular approach resonated deeply with her.

Secular Buddhism briefly explained

Jochen Weber offers his perspective on the key elements of a secular approach to the dharma.

A practitioner’s journey to secular Buddhism: Craig

Craig Murphy encountered Buddhist-inspired meditation practices through John Kabat-Zinn’s MBSR approach in the early 1990s. Craig has found that a secular approach which eschews metaphysics to be most consistent with his perspective toward life and society.