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Secular Buddhism

A Review of Jeffrey Fracher’s The Secular Path to Well-being
Tom Cummings reviews Jeffrey Fracher's book, The Secular Path to Well-being: Practical Dharma for Today. The book offers strategies that provide practical, accessible applications of dharma teachings to the dilemmas we all face. 
Taking the Wheel: A Secular Buddhist Approach
Alan Bodnar explains how mindfulness can mitigate the impact of the "self-driving system", our tendency to be reactive.
Dave Smith’s interview with Mike Slott on Secular Buddhism & SBN
Dave Smith discussed the current status of secular Buddhism, the notions of secularity and spirituality, and the development of the Secular Buddhist Network with SBN Editor Mike Slott.
Two New Books from Tuwhiri
Tuwhiri, the secular Buddhist publishing imprint, has two new books coming out: The Secular Path to Well-Being, by Jeffrey Fracher, and Living Life on Life's Terms, by Stephen Batchelor, Martine Batchelor, and Bernat Font.
We’re All Downstream
Noah Rasheta discusses how Buddhism has evolved, his view of the term "secular Buddhism", and a new offering on his website, eightfoldpath.com.
Exploring a Secular Dharma: SBN’s Online Course
SBN's free online course on explores key concepts a secular dharma. Participants in the course will go through the five course modules, discuss the topics in each module with each other, and meet on Zoom every week with the instructor for the course.
Climate Action & Eco-Grief 
John Danvers discusses global warming, climate action and "eco-grief". He contends that individual and collective actions rooted in dharmic values can transform potential despair into a more hopeful outlook.
A practitioner’s journey to secular Buddhism: John
John Clinton Bradley moved away from a conservative form of Christianity to embrace a combination of humanistic Christianity and secular Buddhism.
Living life on life's terms
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.
News from Tuwhiri, a secular Buddhist publishing imprint
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.
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).
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.
A Secular Buddhist Response to Gaza
Sharon Tobias, Nan DiBello, and Karsten Struhl urge all Buddhists to condemn the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, support humanitarian assistance efforts, and demand that the U.S. stop supplying weapons to Israel.
How Secular Buddhists Can Contribute to Movements for Social Change
Mike Slott discusses the ways in which a secular approach to the dharma offers important resources to political activists.
A core concept of secular Buddhism: the four tasks
The core teachings and insights of Gotama are not ‘truths’ to be believed but a ‘fourfold’ task to help us live our lives in a mindful and compassionate way.