The Secular Buddhist

Molly Hahn returns to speak with us about the growth of Buddha Doodles, her upcoming book Buddha Doodles: Imagine the Possibilities, and thriving after trauma.

Jay Forrest speaks with us about his evolution from a Pentecostal preacher to Secular Buddhist.

Gerry Stribling joins us to speak about his book, Buddhism for Dudes: A Jarhead's Field Guide to Mindfulness.

Leigh Brasington returns to speak with us about Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhanas.

Jundo Cohen joins us to speak about concepts of secularity and religiosity in Buddhism.

Jay Michaelson returns to speak with us about his new book The Gate of Tears: Sadness and the Spiritual Path.

Jay Roche joins us to speak about Common Ground Bray, a group dedicated to promoting a co-operative and ecological lifestyle in Bray, Ireland.

Janet Surrey and Samuel Shem join us to speak about their new book, The Budda's Wife: The Path of Awakening Together.

Our friend Dave Smith returns to speak with us about his new book, Ethical Mindfulness.

Music composer BJ Leiderman joins us to speak about his meditation practice, and the music world.

Soryu Forall joins us to speak about the Center for Mindful Learning.

David Loy joins us to speak about his new book, A New Buddhist Path: Enlightenment, Evolution, and Ethics in the Modern World.

Paul Verhaeghen joins us to speak about secular Buddhist ethics.

Ian Lawton joins us to speak about his film project The Dharma Bum, a documentary film about Irish atheist freethinker Laurence Carroll, who went on to become one of the first Westerners to become a Buddhist monk.

Ali Ashtari joins us in this unplugged episode, Spiritual But Not Religious: an Iranian Immigrant Story.

Mushim Ikeda and Brenda Salgado join us to talk about encouraging and creating diversity in our sanghas.

Tanya McGinnity and John Negru join us to speak about Sumeru Press's current book project, Writings by Canadian Buddhist Women.

Science philosopher Massimo Pigliucci joins us to speak about his experiences with stoicism, and we discuss some similarities with secular Buddhism.

Alexander Wynne joins us to speak about how we may creatively engage with tradition.

David McRaney joins us to speak about delusion from his blog and book, You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself.