Vajrayana – Secular Buddhist Association

History of Vajrayana or Tantric Buddhism: Power and Transgression

By Doug Smith | August 13, 2018

We’ll go over the history of tantric Buddhism, its origins as well as its differences from other forms of Buddhist belief and practice. Then we’ll give an overall characterization of what constitutes this somewhat transgressive form of Buddhism. It’s a huge topic so this video should only be seen as an intro! Suggested readings: Ronald…

Three Schools of Buddhism Intro

By Doug Smith | July 16, 2018

We will look at the three major schools of Buddhism, in the sort of contemporary context YouTubers would be likely to encounter them. We’ll highlight some of the similarities and differences in their styles of belief and practice. This is intended only as a very rough introduction though since there is WAY too much to…