Online: Perspectives on Secular Dharma
with Stephen Batchelor, Seth Zuihō Segall, Karsten Struhl & Mike Slott
Saturday, September 17th, 2022 | 10:00am – 1:00pm ET
A secular or naturalistic approach to the dharma has become an increasingly significant trend among practitioners in the last 20 years. While all secular Buddhists are skeptical of or reject the supernatural elements of traditional Buddhism (e.g., rebirth), there are different perspectives on the meaning of this approach and its application to our life.
In this program, Stephen Batchelor, Seth Zuihō Segall, Mike Slott and Karsten Struhl will explore these different perspectives in a panel discussion.
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Teacher(s)
Stephen Batchelor
Stephen Batchelor is a translator, teacher, artist and writer who is the most prominent developer and advocate of a secular approach to the dharma. His books include Buddhism Without Beliefs, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist, After Buddhism, and Secular Buddhism; and his most recent publication was the Art of Solitude. Stephen is a co-founder of Bodhi College, which provides online and in person courses which focus on the exploration of early Buddhist teachings, which are the basis of many contemporary forms of practice today, including mindfulness and vipassana.
Seth Zuihō Segall
Seth Zuihō Segall, Ph.D. was ordained as a Zen Buddhist priest in the White Plum Asanga and Zen Peacemaker Order lineages by Daiken Nelson Roshi and is affiliated with Pamsula Zen of Westchester. Before studying Zen, he was an Insight Meditation practitioner. He is a retired clinical psychologist who was formally Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale University School of Medicine, Director of Psychology at Waterbury Hospital, and president of the New England Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation.
Seth’s publications include Encountering Buddhism: Western Psychology and Buddhist Teachings (SUNY Press, 2003), Buddhism and Human Flourishing: A Modern Western Perspective (Palgrave MacMillan, 2020), Living Zen: A Practical Guide to a Peaceful, Positive, and Balanced Life (Rockridge Press, 2020), and The House We Live in: Virtue, Wisdom, and Pluralism (Equinox, 2023), as well as chapters in The Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Meditation (2022) and the Springer Handbook of Positive Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality (2022). He is a contributing editor for Tricycle Magazine and the science writer for the Mindfulness Research Monthly. His work focuses on integrating Asian and Western approaches to human flourishing within a naturalistic, pragmatic framework.
Karsten Struhl
Karsten J. Struhl teaches political philosophy and cross-cultural philosophy at the New School for Public Engagement in New York City. He also taught for many years at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY) and at Adelphi University. In addition, he has taught in a number of adult education programs and at the Queens House of Detention. He has co-edited Philosophy Now, Ethics in Perspective, The Philosophical Quest: A Cross-Cultural Reader, and When Young People Break the Law: Debating Issues on Punishment for Juveniles. He writes about Buddhist philosophy, human nature, problems of revenge and punishment, eco-philosophy, just war theory, philosophy of nonviolence, global ethics, and Marxism. He has a special interest in the intersection of Buddhism and Marxism and the possibility of a radically engaged Buddhism. His articles have appeared in a variety of journals, books, and encyclopedias. He is currently writing a book entitled Interrogating Buddhist Philosophy: A Sympathetic Reconstruction. He has practiced vipassana meditation for the last 35 years.
Mike Slott
Mike Slott is a long-time political and labor movement activist who has focused on exploring the intersection of a secular approach to the dharma with a socially engaged Buddhism oriented toward
systemic change. He is a practice leader of two New York Insight sanghas: the New Jersey sangha and the recently formed Secular sangha. Mike is active in the secular Buddhist community. He is the editor of the Secular Buddhist Network (SBN) website and its monthly newsletter, Rethinking the Dharma/Reimagining Community.
A part-time lecturer at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, Mike has published a number of articles on the development of labor unions, philosophy, and Buddhism. His “Can You Be a Buddhist and a
Marxist?” (2011) and “Secular, Radically Engaged Buddhism” (2015) both appeared in the journal Contemporary Buddhism.