Partner Sites

Here we list some of the sites of most interest to a Secular Buddhist audience, covering Buddhism, Science, Critical Thinking, Skepticism, and a variety of other resources complementary to this teaching and practice.

Secular Buddhist Partners

• Cambridge-Somerville Secular Buddhists (MA)
• Houston Secular Buddhists (TX)
• Secular Buddhism Australia
• Säkularer Buddhismus (Austria)
• Secular Buddhism (Canada)
• Toronto Secular Buddhist Group and Book Club (Canada)
• Centro Meditazione Roma (Italy)
• Secular Buddhism New Zealand (New Zealand)
• Secular Buddhism New Zealand YouTube (New Zealand)
• Secular Sangha (Scotland)
• Budismo Secular (Spain)
• Sekulär Buddhism (Sweden)
• Secular Buddhism U.K.
• Martine and Stephen Batchelor

Journals

• Inquiring Mind
• Journal of Buddhist Ethics
• Journal of Global Buddhism
• Tricycle

Additional Web Sites

• Access to Insight
• Advayavada Buddhism — Netherlands
• Atheist Meditation — Facebook
• Barre Center for Buddhist Studies — for the integration of scholarly understanding and meditative insight
• Buddhanet
• Buddhist Channel
• Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
• Center for Naturalism
• Center for Pragmatic Buddhism
• Contemplative Mind in Life
• Dharma Seed
• The Existential Buddhist
• Foundation for Critical Thinking
• Juniper
• Mindfulness Without Borders
• Pariyatti
• Present — The Voices and Activities of Theravada Buddhist Women
• Sceptical Buddhism
• The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
• The Interdependence Project
• The New Humanism
• The Noble Eightfold Path
• The Secular Zen Sangha — Facebook
• Unfettered Mind — Pragmatic Buddhism
• Who Needs the Higgs

Youth Programs and Education

• The Mind Body Awareness Project
• Mindful Schools
• The Inner Resilience Program

Scientific Studies on the Effects of Meditation

• Mindfulness Research Guide — listing
• The therapeutic effects of meditation — Peter H Canter
• Studies of Advanced Stages of Meditation in the Tibetan Buddhist and Vedic Traditions. I: A Comparison of General Changes — Alex Hankey
• A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness meditation versus relaxation training: effects on distress, positive states of mind, rumination, and distraction.
• Mindfulness Journal (lots of articles per issue!)

Audio

• Albuquerque Vipassana Sangha Dharma Recordings
• Dharma Seed — audio
• Skillful Meditation Project
• Secular Buddhism Discussion Between Ajahn Sujato and Winton Higgins, July 2011 (“Secular Buddhism: A Bastille Day Discussion”)

Podcasts