I’m very excited to launch a site and community I’ve been working on with Ted Meissner (The Secular Buddhist). This site is one piece of community building for Secular Buddhists, and this site is providing a lot toward that end.

The need for such a site came up over and over again in conversations on Facebook, in Second Life, and in person. Secular Buddhism is gaining popularity, but people have been floundering for good expert information via articles, videos, and interviews, and people have asked for a community (sangha).

As Community Manager and computer geek by profession, I have been eager to work on this project for some time. The planning stages were difficult for me, and an excellent lesson in patience, the virtue of forward thinking, and right timing. Maybe Right Timing should be added to the Eightfold Path:-)

This morning Ted and I did a podcast about the site and community, which will be published next weekend. The site and community, however, are open and ready to serve the Secular Buddhist Community. It’s an exciting time, and I am more than pleased to be one of the facilitators of the new wave of Buddhism in the US.

Please visit the site, enjoy the content, and interact with others in the discussion forums and comments on content pages!

Visit The Secular Buddhist Association.

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