Ted Meisner (click to listen)I recently had the opportunity to be a guest on The Secular Buddhist podcast, which is hosted by Ted Meisner. We talked about neuroscience and my new eBook Are You Sure? The Unconscious Origins of Certainty. I enjoyed learning about the Secular Buddhist Association, which is an outgrowth of the podcast, but I was surprised that listener feedback indicated that many listeners have a poor understanding of Buddhism and how it relates to Secularism. That is why I invited Meisner to come on my Books and Ideas podcast.

I have just posted this interview as Episode 50:

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• I encourage you to check out the list of interesting people that Ted has interviewed on The Secular Buddhist podcast.
• My interviews were episode 124 and 133.
• I talked about insight mediation with Delany Dean back in Books and Ideas 20 and I also talked to Dr. Dan Siegel about the neuroscience of meditation in Brain Science Podcast 44.
• The Naked Monk:  

References:

• Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening by Stephen Batchelor
• Confession of a Buddhist Atheist by Stephen Batchelor
• The Universe in a Single Atom (2005) by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (Narrated by Richard Gere.
• Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World (2011) by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (Narrated by Martin Sheen).
• Please see the FREE EPISODE TRANSCRIPT for additional links and references.

 

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