Online: Secular Buddhism
with Mike Slott, Ted Meissner, Lenorë Lambert, and Winton Higgins
Thursday, October 5th, 2023 | 7:00pm – 8:30pm ET
In this evening workshop, which is part of a new 4-week series on Secular and Socially Engaged Buddhism, we’ll explore the development of secular Buddhism as a distinct form, the relationship of secular Buddhism to the broader trend of “Buddhist modernism,” and the application of secular Buddhist ideas and practices to everyday life.
Registration:
Please register for this program by selecting “10/5 Secular Buddhism” below
If you are registering via a mobile device such as a phone or tablet, you can scroll right and left and up and down within the below form if it is partially obscured or cut off.
CLICK HERE to open the registration form in a new browser window.
Please contact registration@nyimc.org if you need assistance.
Registration Fees include Teacher Support
New York Insight Meditation Center has streamlined the registration fee levels. Members of our Circle of Friends are eligible to receive 20% off of the Sustaining Rate via a code provided in the email confirming membership, which you can enter after clicking the Sustaining Level registration.
*Benefactor Level: Supports NYI’s ability to offer the Subsidized Base.
**Sustaining Level: This level reflects the actual costs to support this program. Circle of Friends members eligible for 20% discount with code. Click here to join.
***Subsidized Base: Made possible by the generosity of Benefactor Level above and other donations to ensure participation by those requiring financial assistance.
If you have questions about your registration (cancellation policy, membership discount, email confirmation, etc.), please read our FAQs. If your question is not addressed in the FAQs, please email registration@nyimc.org.
If you are unable to pay the Subsidized Base Fee, you can learn about volunteering to offer work exchange and letting us know how much you are able to pay for this program by emailing registration@nyimc.org.
Please note that New York Insight records online programs. The recorded content may be discoverable should a legal matter arise.
By registering, I give New York Insight permission to use my text/video/audio for educational or other purposes for the duration of New York Insight activities going forward.
If you have any questions, please contact registration@nyimc.org.
Teacher(s)
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.
Ted Meissner
Ted Meissner has been a meditator since the early 90’s, is a UMass Center for Mindfulness Certified MBSR teacher, and is the host of the podcast Present Moment: Mindfulness Practice and Science. He has been interviewed for Books and Ideas, Mindful Lives, and The Whole Leader as well as several other podcasts, and has presented about mindfulness to various groups including the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Harvard Humanist Hub, and Be the Match, the national marrow donor program. Ted has been published in *Perspectives on Psychological Science, Mindful,* and the *International Journal of Whole Person Care*, and teaches mindfulness, resilience, and hosts the in-person Mindfulness Practice Center community.
Lenorë Lambert
Lenorë Lambert is a psychologist, World Champion Masters track & field athlete, entrepreneur, coach, and teacher associated with Sydney Insight Meditators and the Secular Buddhist Network. She leads the Beaches sangha and is the author of The Buddha for Modern Minds: A non-religious guide to the Buddha and his teachings.
Winton Higgins
A member of the Tuwhiri editorial board, Winton Higgins is a writer and academic, as well as a senior dharma and meditation teacher associated with Sydney Insight Meditators and the Secular Buddhist Network. He is the author of Revamp: Writing on Secular Buddhism.