The Secular Buddhist

Author and Zen Buddhist Matthew Bortolin joins us to speak about his book, The Dharma of Star Wars.

Shinzen Young, Vince Horn, and Mark Knickelbine join us to speak about the opportunities and challenges of creating Buddhist virtual community with digital technology.

Gary Gach speaks with us today about sila, the pro-social behaviors of Buddhism :: Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood.

Bernat Font joins us to speak about the new Spanish language secular Buddhism website, Budismo Secular.

Brad Warner joins us to speak about his new book just released this week, There Is No God And He Is Always With You.

Author and teacher Dinty Moore speaks with us about his new book, The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life.

Zen teacher and artist Anita Feng joins us to speak about raku pottery in contemporary Buddhist art.

Danny Ford joins us to speak about how his own mindfulness practice has helped guide his therapy practice.

Bernd Kaponig and Cristina Pecchia, two of the four founders of the new German language Secular Buddhism website, join us to speak about their work with communicating Secular Buddhism to the German speaking world.

Jennifer Niedzielski joins us to talk about her work and joys with Mindful Moms Network.

Bhikkhu Sujato joins us to speak about the ordination of women in the Theravada tradition, and his work with canonical veracity in The Authenticity Project.

Author and teacher David Webster joins us to speak about his book, Dispirited: How Contemporary Spirituality Makes Us Stupid, Selfish and Unhappy.

Leigh Brasington joins us to speak about what the Pali canon suttas have to say about practicing the jhanas.

Sebene Selassie, Executive Director of New York Insight Meditation Center, joins us to speak about organizational models in contemporary Western sanghas.

Meditation teacher and community leader Tuere Sala speaks with us about moving from a monotheistic tradition to Buddhism, and supporting the growth of diversity in our sanghas.

Vince Horn joins us to talk about his work on Buddhist Geeks.

Film maker Sarah Barab joins us to speak about her film project, Naked Mind.

Meditator and mobile application developer Brad Fullmer joins us to speak about his application, Insight Timer.

Dr. Cathy Kerr joins us again to speak about her new paper, Mindfulness starts with the body: somatosensory attention and top-down modulation of cortical alpha rhythms in mindfulness meditation.

Today we have a round table discussion with film producer Sigrid Dyekjaer, director Phie Ambo, and researcher Dr. Richard Davidson about the new film Free The Mind.