Help us create a Thai edition of Revamp
If you believe a secular approach the dharma can be relevant to people who live in the places from which the Buddha’s dharma came to the west, please read on.
June 2021
Winton Higgins responding to a question from Lenorë Lambert during the Sydney launch of Revamp
Published on 27 April 2021, we are now looking for help to get Winton Higgins’s Revamp: writings on secular Buddhism published by Samyan Press in Thai in 2022.
Your generosity will enable us to translate the book, check the translation, design a new cover, edit the typescript, typeset and proof the pages, print 1,000 copies, and promote the new book in Thailand and beyond.
While most of this work will be done in Thailand by Samyan Press , Tuwhiri’s role will be to ensure the accuracy of the translation. Among the books available from Samyan Press are:
On tyranny by Timothy Snyder
Personal responsibility under dictatorship by Hannah Arendt
Why vegan? by Peter Singer
Men explain things to me by Rebecca Solnit
Time is on our side, a birthday book for Joshua Wong
Why women have better sex under socialism by Kristen Ghodsee, and
Two concepts of liberty by Isaiah Berlin.
Other books being prepared for publication include After Buddhism by Stephen Batchelor, the translated text of which had been rejected by another publisher after ‘vetting’ by an ‘expert’, and Hope in the dark by Rebecca Solnit.
TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN WE NEED USD 5,000
To contribute towards this project using your debit card or credit card, go to:
NOW for our other news…
WELCOME SUZANNE!
We welcome Suzanne Franzway to the Tuwhiri editorial board. Suzanne has moved from the Mahayana tradition of Buddha House and the Tibetan Buddhist Institute in Adelaide towards engaging with secular dharma.
A founding member and President of Sakyadhita Australia (Daughters of the Buddha) from 2016–19, she co-convened the first Australian Sakyadhita International Conference in 2019.
Suzanne is an Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of South Australia, where her research focusses on sexual politics, greedy institutions, gendered violence and citizenship, as well as epistemologies of ignorance.
DHARMA BOOK READING GROUP
Timed to be suitable for people in Canada/the USA/ Caribbean, Central and South American, this group will work their way through What is this? Ancient questions for modern minds together. The first meeting will take place in the middle of September.
For more information and to register send us an email.
TUWHIRI – PRONOUNCING THE WORD
Not sure how to say Tuwhiri? You’re not alone! A word in te reo Maori, you should be saying it like ‘tooth fairy’ but without the ‘th’ sound, and the emphasis is on the first ‘i’.
Take a listen to the word being spoken here.
FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
Launched a year ago, Creative Dharma newsletter now has just under 400 subscribers, many of whom are clearly engaged with what goes out.
A request that readers pay for their subscription – with the promise that all subscription income would be given away – has resulted in enough to fund at least one and possibly two grants to artists or secular dharma communities.
Details on how to apply for a grant are in the June newsletter.
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REVAMP LAUNCHES WORLDWIDE
Four meetings took to launch Revamp: writings on secular Buddhism by Winton Higgins took place in May. Two were online only, while at the Sydney and Wellington launches people were in the room as well as watching from the comfort of their own homes.
Recordings will be available on the Tuwhiri YouTube channel in the next couple of weeks.
STILL WATCHFUL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
– from Mike Farley’s blog ‘An open ground’
I am … profoundly grateful to the emerging secular dharma. The knowledge that there is a growing community of practice that does not depend upon religious traditions, or on the acceptance of either dogma or the teacher/disciple relationship (however open it may be to learning from whatever source proves nourishing) is something I missed in my early dharma investigations in the 1970s.
Growing up as I did outside of formal religion has left me much more comfortable outside of its traditions, whether Christian or Buddhist. From here, where I am, I can simply ask the question ‘what is this?’ without needing to look for an answer that fits.
https://anopenground.wordpress.com/2021/05/31/still-watchful-after-all-these-years
INTERESTED IN CONNECTING WITH SECULAR BUDDHISTS ONLINE?
The Secular Buddhist Network is sponsoring an online group which meets the third Thursday of each month on Zoom. It’s a great opportunity for secular Buddhists and those who are interested in learning more about a secular approach to the dharma to connect with each other and to discuss key issues.
Find about these meetings here: