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Insights: Exploring Secular Dharma #76 January 2026
Welcome to our January 2026 newsletter. This month we feature articles by Anne-Laure Brousseau, Ayda Duroux,  Ramya Jirasinghe, Ramsey Margolis, and Carmel Shalev. We also ask for your input about this newsletter and encourage a donation to SBN.
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Insights: Exploring Secular Dharma #75 December 2025
Welcome to our December 2025 newsletter. This month we feature articles by Bernat Font, Winton Higgins, and Mike Slott. We also highlight Ted Meissner's 2020 interview with Lama Rod Owens and a discussion between Stephen Batchelor and Donald Lopez Jr. on their visions of the Buddha.
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Insights: Exploring Secular Dharma #74 November 2025
Welcome to our November 2025 newsletter. This month we feature articles by Stephen Batchelor, Kathryn Koehl, and Karsten Struhl. We also highlight Ted Meissner's 2018 interview with Bhikkhu Bodhi on Buddhist Global Relief.
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Insights: Exploring Secular Dharma #73 October 2025
Welcome to our October 2025 newsletter. This month we feature articles by Vince Cavuoto, Tom Cummings, Nan DiBello, Robert M. Ellis, Linda Modaro, Mike Slott, Karsten Struhl, and Sharon Tobias. We also highlight Ted Meissner's 2018 interview with Bernat Font on the topic of secular mindfulness and Buddhism.
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Insights: Exploring Secular Dharma #72 September 2025
Welcome to our September 2025 newsletter. This month we feature articles by Piero Falci, Caspar Harris, Lenorë Lambert, Kenneth Leong, and Marc Symons. We also highlight Ted Meissner's 2024 interview with Shaila Catherine about her book, Beyond Distraction: Five Practical Ways to  Focus the Mind.
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Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #71 August 2025
Welcome to our August 2025 newsletter. This month we feature: articles by Ayda Duroux, Jesus Perez, Marc Symons, and John Tate; Ted Meissner's 2020 interview with Matteo Pistono about his book, Roar: Sulak Sivaraksa and the Path of Socially Engaged Buddhism; and two courses that will be offered in September.
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Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #70 July 2025
Welcome to our July 2025 newsletter. This month we feature articles by Linda Blanchard, Winton Higgins, Ira Rifkin, and Petero Wamala, as well as Ted Meissner's 2019 interview with Oren Jay Sofer about his book, Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication.
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Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #69 June 2025
Welcome to our June 2025 newsletter. This month we feature: articles by Ramsey Margolis, Mike Slott, and Brian Victoria; Ted Meissner's interview with Evan Thompson about his book, Why I Am Not a Buddhist; the newly elected Board of Directors of SBN; a 15% sale on all Tuwhiri books in June; and the Buddhist Coalition for Democracy's legal support for Mahmoud Khalil, who was illegally detained and imprisoned by the U.S. government.
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Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #68 May 2025
Welcome to our May 2025 newsletter. This month we feature: articles by Tom Cummings, Roy Hammond, Kirk Mason, and Linda Modaro/Nelly Kaufer; Ted Meissner's interview with David Loy about his book, Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis; an upcoming SBN online meditation retreat; and the recent activities of the Buddhist Coalition for Democracy.
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Rethinking the Dharma / Reimagining Community #67 April 2025
Welcome to our April 2025 newsletter. This month we feature: articles by Johannes Cairns and Tiffany Caicco; Ted Meissner's interview with Pamela Weiss about her book, A Bigger Sky: Awakening a Fierce Feminine Buddhism; the formation of a new coalition of Buddhist groups to respond to the harms caused by the Trump administration; and an upcoming reading group sponsored by Tuwhiri, a secular Buddhist publishing imprint.