Secular Buddhism Podcaster Launches AI Buddhist Learning Platform
Justin Whitaker
13 January 2026
Eightfold Path launches as a unified platform marking a decade of the Secular Buddhism Podcast
Toward a Socially Responsible Mindfulness
Maia Duerr
3 December 2025
As mindfulness is increasingly stripped from its ethical and cultural roots, Maia Duerr takes a look at the possibility and potential in socially responsible mindfulness
Deepening Contemplative Education Research in Joyful Community: Mind & Life Summer Research Institute 2025
Sarah C. Beasley
13 June 2025
BDG correspondent Sarah C. Beasley recounts the joys of learning from and with global leaders in contemplative education
The Mindfulness Universe with Jon Kabat-Zinn
Nina Müller
4 October 2024
A session with a core founder of the MBSR movement and Lion’s Roar’s editor offers up refreshing and inspiring insights on mindfulness
Buddhism in Britain, Part One: Encountering British Buddhists through sociology and ethnography
Raymond Lam
16 May 2024
A series with sociologist and ethnographer Dr. Caroline Starkey about the past and present of British Buddhist converts
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Launches the “freshmind” Project Offering Everyday Dharma for Contemporary Minds
Craig Lewis
30 May 2022
The celebrated Tibetan tulku and meditation master Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche has announced a new collaborative project called “freshmind,” an interactive website that pools together a
Book Review: Douglass Smith’s A Handbook of Early Buddhist Wisdom
Justin Whitaker
15 November 2021
Making the path of the Mahāmaṅgala Sutta clear for a contemporary audience
Book Review: Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger
Nina Müller
10 July 2020
Deeply investigating white supremacy and systems of…
Practicing Gratitude When the Sh*t Hits the Fan: Plutarch and the Practice of Blending
Seth Shugar
3 April 2019
Counting our blessings when life goes off course
China’s Latest Viral Sub-culture Dubbed “Buddhist Youth”
Anne Wisman
7 February 2018
Buddhist Youth embrace being average and adopt
Secular Buddhism in North America
Justin Whitaker
21 July 2017
As Buddhism has grown in popularity in North America, one aspect that has come to increasing prominence is its potential affinity for secularism. Books such
Exploring Buddhism’s Tensions With Modernity: An Interview with Prof. David McMahan
Raymond Lam
28 October 2016
David McMahan is professor of Religious Studies at Franklin & Marshall College, Pennsylvania. In recent years he has offered the Buddhist Studies community a more