1. lionsroar.com

    Sometimes referred to as "Buddhism without Beliefs," secular Buddhism focuses on the teachings and practices of Buddhism while setting aside some of the religious and metaphysical elements ... which includes questions such as whether Buddhism was inherently secular from the outset, whether secularizing Buddhism removed its ethical basis ...
  2. en.wikipedia.org

    Secular Buddhism—sometimes also referred to as agnostic Buddhism, Buddhist agnosticism, ignostic Buddhism, atheistic Buddhism, pragmatic Buddhism, Buddhist atheism, or Buddhist secularism—is a broad term for a form of Buddhism based on humanist, skeptical, and agnostic values, valuing pragmatism and (often) naturalism, eschewing beliefs in the supernatural or paranormal.
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  4. secularbuddhistnetwork.org

    A new collection of essays, 'Secularizing Buddhism: new perspectives on a dynamic tradition', unfortunately represents a missed opportunity to explore the emergence of secular Buddhism, to critically examine its assumptions, and to provide us with an accurate snapshot of the diverse views and practices of secular Buddhists.
  5. secularbuddhistnetwork.org

    Beginning with Stephen Batchelor's groundbreaking work, Buddhism without beliefs (1997), secular Buddhists have sought to retrieve the teachings of Gotama, the historical Buddha, while bypassing their later religious appropriation and scraping away the cultural accretions of traditional forms of Buddhism.
  6. secularbuddhistnetwork.org

    Secular Buddhists try hard to „stress fidelity to the Buddha's words", as „classical" Buddhists do; maybe they do less for „keep(ing) the ancient heritage of the Dharma intact" in a literal sense, but they certainly work on developing it for our presence as practitioners did in many stages of history since Buddha's time.
  7. nomosjournal.org

    Talk of influence and inspiration, however, brings to mind recognitions of the source for these ideas, and thus, notions of originality and authenticity. An attempt to get back to an "original" form of Buddhist thought and practice has been a recent trend in contemporary Buddhist scholarship, mostly spearheaded by Stephen Batchelor's work and through the broader "Secular Buddhism ...
  8. The fact that 'secular buddhists' pursue a 'secular buddhism' kind of already shows that this conclusion does not hold for everyone (I will admit that from your personal perspective it can be valid, i.e. that you yourself cannot imagine you being part of buddhist practice without you believing in the wheel of samsara).
  9. secularbuddhism.org

    Secular Buddhism should be seen as one version of the broader Secular Humanist movement: it is non theistic, and naturalist in its outlook. It views everyday life as unstable and hence unsatisfactory, yet open to improvement using a defined path and clear methodology. The Buddha's view of ordinary life as requiring improvement is not that ...
  10. oxfordbibliographies.com

    This anthology contains a collection of articles on a concrete example of how Buddhism has (also) been secularized and adjusted to suit a scientific worldview, primarily in an American context and through one specific ritual: meditation. Payne, Richard K., ed. Secularizing Buddhism: New Perspectives on a Dynamic Tradition. Boulder, CO: Shambala ...
  11. secularbuddhism.org

    Secular Buddhism and Radical Politics. Like secular mindfulness advocates, those secular Buddhists who embrace the third path are focused on bringing core Buddhist insights into the larger arena of society. ... To me, this seems like a shift in emphasis, maybe also in response to the potentially decontextualized practice of mindfulness that ...

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  1. Secular Buddhism

    Secular Buddhism—sometimes also referred to as agnostic Buddhism, Buddhist agnosticism, ignostic Buddhism, atheistic Buddhism, pragmatic Buddhism, Buddhist atheism, or Buddhist secularism—is a broad term for a form of Buddhism based on humanist, skeptical, and agnostic values, valuing pragmatism and naturalism, eschewing beliefs in the supernatural or paranormal. It can be described as the embrace of Buddhist rituals and philosophy for their secular benefits by people who are atheist or agnostic. Secular Buddhists interpret the teachings of the Buddha and the Buddhist texts in a rationalist and often evidentialist manner, considering the historical and cultural contexts of the times in which the Buddha lived and in which the various sutras and tantras were written. Wikipedia

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