The Secular Buddhist Podcast

Molly Hahn 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. Hi, everyone. Before we get started with today’s episode, I want to remind the listeners that we’ve started a new podcast which may also interest you. It’s called…

Jay Forrest Jay Forrest speaks with us about his evolution from a Pentecostal preacher to Secular Buddhist. Many of you listening to this podcast may have had a deep faith practice before becoming Buddhists, let alone Secular Buddhists. But what’s that look like when you’ve become a teacher, a leader in that tradition, and find…

Gerry Stribling Gerry Stribling joins us to speak about his book, Buddhism for Dudes: A Jarhead’s Field Guide to Mindfulness. We’ve heard a lot lately from the McCritics of mindfulness, fear mongering with a willful ignorance about teaching mindfulness in the military. These transparently agenda laden accusations about mindful snipers are conspicuously absent of evidence,…

Leigh Brasington Leigh Brasington returns to speak with us about Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhanas. With all the publicity and interest around mindfulness these days, it seems one slice of the samatha pie is getting the lion’s share of attention. And that may be so in practice, too, as the four foundations…

Jundo Cohen Jundo Cohen joins us to speak about concepts of secularity and religiosity in Buddhism. There is a misperception I sometimes encounter that may be familiar to you. It’s the idea that there is just “Buddhism”, as if it’s just one monolithic thing. Even breaking things down into the main branches of Theravada, Mahayana,…

Jay Michaelson Jay Michaelson returns to speak with us about his new book The Gate of Tears: Sadness and the Spiritual Path. Hi, everyone. Before we get started with today’s episode, I want to remind the listeners that we’ve started a new podcast which may also interest you. It’s called Present Moment: Mindfulness Practice and…

Jay Roche Jay Roche joins us to speak about Common Ground Bray, a group dedicated to promoting a co-operative and ecological lifestyle in Bray, Ireland. Hi, everyone. Before we get started with today’s episode, I want to remind the listeners that we’ve started a new podcast which may also interest you. It’s called Present Moment:…

Janet Surrey and Samuel Shem Janet Surrey and Samuel Shem join us to speak about their new book, The Budda’s Wife: The Path of Awakening Together. If I say the name Yasodhara, do you know who that is? Maybe you do, but have you taken some time to perhaps sit with what her life story…

Dave Smith Our friend Dave Smith returns to speak with us about his new book, Ethical Mindfulness. Hi, everyone. Before we get started with today’s episode, I want to remind the listeners that we’ve started a new podcast which may also interest you. It’s called Present Moment: Mindfulness Practice and Science, and appears every other…

BJ Leiderman Music composer BJ Leiderman joins us to speak about his meditation practice, and the music world. Meditation knows no bounds. Its effects can touch us in the workplace, at home, in how we relate to one another and ourselves, and even — or perhaps least surprisingly — in the creative ways we express…