Pamela Hirsch Extended Profiles » Secular Buddhism UK

Women’s Voice on Secular Buddhism UK?
I have created a survey to generate comments about the website. One comment has struck me quite hard is that there is a lack of women’s voice on the website. I have been wondering why this is? Is it that we have not made women feel they have a contribution to make? How can we encourage more [...]
Animal Realm – Chester 1993-2013
I’ve just been sitting by the newly-dug grave prepared for the remains of our family cat, Chester, who died in my son’s arms a couple of days ago. Chester’s thin stiff corpse has lain in the shed, sandwiched between two plastic litter trays and two bags of ice-cubes to keep his remains fresh until he [...]
Woolwich and its aftermath
I sometimes wish I had more facility in expressing direct, succinct and acceptable feelings about events such as the recent attempted public decapitation of a young man on a suburban street, and his death from the injuries inflicted on him. Or perhaps I don’t wish. I get no comfort from the glib statements of politicians, [...]
Secular Buddhist UK Weekend Retreat
The retreat will be from Friday 13th of September to Sunday 15th of September. The venue is Anybody’s Barn, near Malvern, Worchester. The Cost will be £17 unwaged, and £22 waged per night, plus there will be a charge for food. We will try to keep the costs down as much as possible. To [...]
The harsh tones of secularism
I have been wondering recently about speech ethics in Secular Buddhism, particularly after some exchanges with American Secular Buddhists on Facebook about their use of the terms “bullshit” and “woo”. To quote Ted Meissner: “I’m going to call bullshit, bullshit. Pseudo science is woo, and it’s appropriate to call it exactly that.” Am I just [...]
SECULAR BUDDHIST MEDITATION COURSE
With Anantacitta Tunnell 3 week course. Next Course starts Sunday 2nd June to 16th June 2013, 2 – 4pm Venue: Harborne Complementary Health Clinic, Harborne Lane, Birmingham, B17 0NT, 0121 4723721 to book. Booking essential due to limited places. Cost: Anantacitta does not charge his students, but if you wish to make a small donation to [...]

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