Exploring a secular dharma
A FREE ONLINE COURSE
PUBLICATION DATE – 8 OCTOBER 2024
Mindful Solidarity
A Secular Buddhist Democratic Socialist Dialogue
❛ How do we respond in a mindful and compassionate way to the social and economic crises that we all face? ❜
Author Mike Slott holds this question in mind in Tuwhiri’s new book, Mindful Solidarity: A Secular Buddhist Social Democratic Dialogue.
He suggests that both democratic socialist politics and a secular form of Buddhism are essential if we wish to create a society in which everyone has the opportunity to flourish.
Encouraging political activists and Buddhist practitioners to connect with, and learn from, each other, when we pursue individual and social transformation together we will be enriching the Buddhist path, making it more ethically and socially focussed.
Buy one or more books now through our online store, and you’ll receive a package from us in October.
FREE ONLINE COURSE
Exploring a secular dharma
In this free online course from Secular Buddhist Network participants explore the key ideas and practices of secular Buddhism, a novel way of rethinking the dharma in an age of global modernity.
Running from 16 September through 25 November 2024, the five modules include:
1 ❖ Introduction to secular Buddhism (Sept 16–Sept 30)
2 ❖ The heart of secular Buddhism – the four tasks (Oct 1–Oct 14)
3 ❖ A secular eightfold path (Oct 15–Oct 28)
4 ❖ The role of meditation in a secular dharma path (Oct 29–Nov 11)
5 ❖ A flourishing life for all (Nov 12–Nov 25)
photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash
Participants will meet on Zoom with instructor Mike Slott on the final scheduled day of each module. The meeting time is:
Hawaii – 8am
US/Canada west coast – 11am
US/Canada east coast – 2pm
UK & Ireland – 7pm
Central European Time – 8pm
Interested? Sign up for the course here. ⁂
FOUR THOUSAND WEEKS
‘Yes, you’re going to die,’ says Oliver Burkeman
Author of best selling book Four Thousand Weeks – think: the average number of weeks you’re going to be alive – Oliver Burkeman recognises our mortality and the psychology of understanding that our time is finite. And when we do ponder our bitter end, he suggests, we enjoy new beginnings in every moment. ⁂
A DAY OF REFLECTION AND CONVERSATION
Bodhi College to celebrate their first ten years
The four Bodhi College founders will be joined by other faculty members in London and online on Sunday 1 December to celebrate their first decade. Full details will be released during September. For now, please add this date to your diary. ⁂
BOOK READING GROUPS
Appreciate the dharma more in the company of others
Image by the Kyiv artist Alexey Kondakov
A Revamp online reading group is just about to have its final meeting – a Q&A session with author Winton Higgins. If you’d like to be informed when the next reading group will be starting send us an email letting us know which country and time zone you live in.
After you register your interest in taking part, we’ll send you a code to get 10% off the price of Revamp: writings on secular Buddhism – paper or digital – through Tuwhiri’s online store.
The next What is this? online book reading group will start on 16 February 2025. It will meet at a time that’s suitable for participants in East Asia, Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, the Pacific, and the Americas. To register your interest, send us an email.
And when you do register your interest in this group, we will send you a code to get 10% off the price of What is this? – paper or digital – when you buy it in Tuwhiri’s online store.
TWO SECULAR DHARMA TEXTS
What is ELSA? + The eightfold path as a middle way
In these two short texts, ELSA Recovery founder Cathryn Jacob outlines the four tasks and the eightfold path of secular dharma in plain English.
Her interpretation of Stephen Batchelor’s ‘A worldly eightfold path’ in the context of recovery from addiction focuses on applying Buddhist principles in a simple, accessible and secular way.
➡︎ Download What is ELSA & The eightfold path as a middle way. ⁂
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When you read this newsletter, buy a book, let others know about Tuwhiri, or decide you’re going to pay for your newsletter, know that you’re part of the community which helps us to publish innovative secular dharma books. ⁂
Ngā manaakitanga,
Ramsey Margolis ❖ Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
for Tuwhiri