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SBT, the Secular Buddhist Tradition, is an international sangha dedicated to the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. A community committed to goodness and improvement, embracing skillful living and a holistic spiritual lifestyle.Visit us at: SBTonline.org

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  1. Introduction to Buddhism Part 1

    Venerable Tenzin Tarpa is the founder and director of SBT – The Secular Buddhist Tradition. A fully ordained Buddhist monk and student of The Dalai Lama, Venerable Tarpa is a teacher, author, and philosopher with nearly three decades in Buddhist studies, including a decade in Buddhist monasteries...

  2. Death & Dying Part 2

    Venerable Tenzin Tarpa is the founder and director of SBT – The Secular Buddhist Tradition. A fully ordained Buddhist monk and student of The Dalai Lama, Venerable Tarpa is a teacher, author, and philosopher with nearly three decades in Buddhist studies, including a decade in Buddhist monasteries...

  3. Death & Dying Part 1

    Venerable Tenzin Tarpa is the founder and director of SBT – The Secular Buddhist Tradition. A fully ordained Buddhist monk and student of The Dalai Lama, Venerable Tarpa is a teacher, author, and philosopher with nearly three decades in Buddhist studies, including a decade in Buddhist monasteries...

  4. Level 2 - Week 3 - Teaching

    Introduction to Meditation: Level 2 is part one of our three-part SBT Introduction to Meditation Series. This 3-week program shares the basics of meditation and mindfulness practice. Our Program Text Downloaded at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZIyBuDMBuH6cfh8S1GhI9loOrF-8Tt3R/view?usp=sharing...

  5. Let Your Practice do the Work - Practice Tips

    Practice Tips is an ongoing video series offering practical guidance for productive practice. Here, “practice” refers to engaging the Buddha’s Threefold Path and Training: the cultivation of higher understanding, higher virtue, and higher awareness. --- Breath Cycle Meditation Text ---...

  6. Meditation Prerequesits - Practice Tips

    Practice Tips is an ongoing video series offering practical guidance for productive practice. Here, “practice” refers to engaging the Buddha’s Threefold Path and Training: the cultivation of higher understanding, higher virtue, and higher awareness. --- Breath Cycle Meditation Text ---...

  7. Level 2 - Week 2 - Practice

    Introduction to Meditation: Level 2 is part one of our three-part SBT Introduction to Meditation Series. This 3-week program shares the basics of meditation and mindfulness practice. Our Program Text Downloaded at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZIyBuDMBuH6cfh8S1GhI9loOrF-8Tt3R/view?usp=sharing...

  8. Level 2 - Week 2 - Teaching

    Introduction to Meditation: Level 2 is part one of our three-part SBT Introduction to Meditation Series. This 3-week program shares the basics of meditation and mindfulness practice. Our Program Text Downloaded at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZIyBuDMBuH6cfh8S1GhI9loOrF-8Tt3R/view?usp=sharing...

  9. Level 2 - Week 1 - Practice

    Introduction to Meditation: Level 2 is part one of our three-part SBT Introduction to Meditation Series. This 3-week program shares the basics of meditation and mindfulness practice. Our Program Text Downloaded at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZIyBuDMBuH6cfh8S1GhI9loOrF-8Tt3R/view?usp=sharing...

  10. Level 2 - Week 1 - Teaching

    Introduction to Meditation: Level 2 is part one of our three-part SBT Introduction to Meditation Series. This 3-week program shares a deeper presentation of meditation and mindfulness practice, Our Program Text Downloaded at:...

  11. What Makes SBT Unique

    Venerable Tenzin Tarpa is the founder and director of SBT – The Secular Buddhist Tradition. A fully ordained Buddhist monk and student of The Dalai Lama, Venerable Tarpa is a teacher, author, and philosopher with nearly three decades in Buddhist studies, including a decade in Buddhist monasteries...

  12. Introduction to Secular Buddhism

    Venerable Tenzin Tarpa is the founder and director of SBT – The Secular Buddhist Tradition. A fully ordained Buddhist monk and student of The Dalai Lama, Venerable Tarpa is a teacher, author, and philosopher with nearly three decades in Buddhist studies, including a decade in Buddhist monasteries...

  13. The Role of Virtue in Practice - Practice Tips

    Practice Tips is an ongoing video series offering practical guidance for productive practice. Here, “practice” refers to engaging the Buddha’s Threefold Path and Training: the cultivation of higher understanding, higher virtue, and higher awareness. --- Breath Cycle Meditation Text ---...

  14. Level 1 - Week 3 - Teaching

    Introduction to Meditation: Level 1 is part one of our three-part SBT Introduction to Meditation Series. This 3-week program shares the basics of meditation and mindfulness practice. Our Program Text Downloaded at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BAX-OnDUfC2KkEUBN74Ogt7mLVHng_r2/view?usp=sharing...

  15. Level 1 - Week 2 - Practice

    Introduction to Meditation: Level 1 is part one of our three-part SBT Introduction to Meditation Series. This 3-week program shares the basics of meditation and mindfulness practice. Our Program Text Downloaded at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BAX-OnDUfC2KkEUBN74Ogt7mLVHng_r2/view?usp=sharing...

  16. Level 1 - Week 2 - Teaching

    Introduction to Meditation: Level 1 is part one of our three-part SBT Introduction to Meditation Series. This 3-week program shares the basics of meditation and mindfulness practice. Our Program Text Downloaded at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BAX-OnDUfC2KkEUBN74Ogt7mLVHng_r2/view?usp=sharing...

  17. Level 1 - Week 1 - Practice

    Introduction to Meditation: Level 1 is part one of our three-part SBT Introduction to Meditation Series. This 3-week program shares the basics of meditation and mindfulness practice. Our Program Text Downloaded at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BAX-OnDUfC2KkEUBN74Ogt7mLVHng_r2/view?usp=sharing...

  18. Level 1 - Week 1 - Teaching

    Introduction to Meditation: Level 1 is part one of our three-part SBT Introduction to Meditation Series. This 3-week program shares the basics of meditation and mindfulness practice. Our Program Text Downloaded at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BAX-OnDUfC2KkEUBN74Ogt7mLVHng_r2/view?usp=sharing...

  19. Skillful Living Week-6 / Lesson-12

    Skillful Living is a free six-week Secular Buddhist study and practice program founded on the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. A program created for audiences of diverse backgrounds and beliefs. All are welcome to attend - beginners and the advanced. Please download and study our free Skillful…

    more
  20. Skillful Living Week-6 / Lesson-11

    Skillful Living is a free six-week Secular Buddhist study and practice program founded on the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. A program created for audiences of diverse backgrounds and beliefs. All are welcome to attend - beginners and the advanced. Please download and study our free Skillful…

    more
  21. Skillful Living Week-5 / Lesson-10

    Skillful Living is a free six-week Secular Buddhist study and practice program founded on the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. A program created for audiences of diverse backgrounds and beliefs. All are welcome to attend - beginners and the advanced. Please download and study our free Skillful…

    more
  22. Skillful Living Week-5 / Lesson-9

    Skillful Living is a free six-week Secular Buddhist study and practice program founded on the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. A program created for audiences of diverse backgrounds and beliefs. All are welcome to attend - beginners and the advanced. Please download and study our free Skillful…

    more
  23. Skillful Living Week-4 / Lesson-8

    Skillful Living is a free six-week Secular Buddhist study and practice program founded on the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. A program created for audiences of diverse backgrounds and beliefs. All are welcome to attend - beginners and the advanced. Please download and study our free Skillful…

    more
  24. Skillful Living Week-4 / Lesson-7

    Skillful Living is a free six-week Secular Buddhist study and practice program founded on the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. A program created for audiences of diverse backgrounds and beliefs. All are welcome to attend - beginners and the advanced. Please download and study our free Skillful…

    more
  25. Skillful Living Week-3 / Lesson-6

    Skillful Living is a free six-week Secular Buddhist study and practice program founded on the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. A program created for audiences of diverse backgrounds and beliefs. All are welcome to attend - beginners and the advanced. Please download and study our free Skillful…

    more
  26. Skillful Living Week-3 / Lesson-5

    Skillful Living is a free six-week Secular Buddhist study and practice program founded on the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. A program created for audiences of diverse backgrounds and beliefs. All are welcome to attend - beginners and the advanced. Please download and study our free Skillful…

    more
  27. Skillful Living Week-2 / Lesson-4

    Skillful Living is a free six-week Secular Buddhist study and practice program founded on the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. A program created for audiences of diverse backgrounds and beliefs. All are welcome to attend - beginners and the advanced. Please download and study our free Skillful…

    more
  28. Skillful Living Week-2 / Lesson-3

    Skillful Living is a free six-week Secular Buddhist study and practice program founded on the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. A program created for audiences of diverse backgrounds and beliefs. All are welcome to attend - beginners and the advanced. Please download and study our free Skillful…

    more
  29. Saka Dawa Address - 2026

    Saka Dawa is the Tibetan Buddhist month of observance, commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha. SBT celebrates Saka Dawa throughout the month of June, with a strong emphasis placed on the last week. It culminates in the actual day of Saka Dawa celebrated on the final...

  30. Skillful Living Week-1 / Lesson-2

    Skillful Living is a free six-week Secular Buddhist study and practice program founded on the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. A program created for audiences of diverse backgrounds and beliefs. All are welcome to attend - beginners and the advanced. Please download and study our free Skillful…

    more
  31. Skillful Living Week-1 / Lesson-1

    Skillful Living is a free six-week Secular Buddhist study and practice program founded on the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. A program created for audiences of diverse backgrounds and beliefs. All are welcome to attend - beginners and the advanced. Please download and study our free Skillful…

    more
  32. What We Are (Revisited) - SBE: Episode 29

    Secular Buddhist Essentials is a weekly online program that shares the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. As a Secular Buddhist Organization, SBT offers a practical presentation focused on the positive life-affirming message of the Buddha, while deemphasizing the more religious, mystical, and…

    more
  33. Rebirth - SBE: Episode 28

    Secular Buddhist Essentials is a weekly online program that shares the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. As a Secular Buddhist Organization, SBT offers a practical presentation focused on the positive life-affirming message of the Buddha, while deemphasizing the more religious, mystical, and…

    more
  34. Proper Placement of the Meditation Object - Practice Tips

    Practice Tips is an ongoing video series offering practical guidance for productive practice. Here, “practice” refers to engaging the Buddha’s Threefold Path and Training: the cultivation of higher understanding, higher virtue, and higher awareness. --- Breath Cycle Meditation Text ---...

  35. Mind - SBE: Episode 27

    Secular Buddhist Essentials is a weekly online program that shares the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. As a Secular Buddhist Organization, SBT offers a practical presentation focused on the positive life-affirming message of the Buddha, while deemphasizing the more religious, mystical, and…

    more
  36. Karma - SBE: Episode 26

    Secular Buddhist Essentials is a weekly online program that shares the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. As a Secular Buddhist Organization, SBT offers a practical presentation focused on the positive life-affirming message of the Buddha, while deemphasizing the more religious, mystical, and…

    more
  37. Karma - SBE: Episode 26

    Secular Buddhist Essentials is a weekly online program that shares the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. As a Secular Buddhist Organization, SBT offers a practical presentation focused on the positive life-affirming message of the Buddha, while deemphasizing the more religious, mystical, and…

    more
  38. Free Will - SBE: Episode 25

    Secular Buddhist Essentials is a weekly online program that shares the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. As a Secular Buddhist Organization, SBT offers a practical presentation focused on the positive life-affirming message of the Buddha, while deemphasizing the more religious, mystical, and…

    more
  39. Understanding Self - SBE: Episode 24

    Secular Buddhist Essentials is a weekly online program that shares the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. As a Secular Buddhist Organization, SBT offers a practical presentation focused on the positive life-affirming message of the Buddha, while deemphasizing the more religious, mystical, and…

    more
  40. Practice Tips - Enjoying Meditation

    Practice Tips is an ongoing video series offering practical guidance for productive practice. Here, “practice” refers to engaging the Buddha’s Threefold Path and Training: the cultivation of higher understanding, higher virtue, and higher awareness. Venerable Tenzin Tarpa is the founder and...

  41. The Two Truths - SBE: Episode 23

    Secular Buddhist Essentials is a weekly online program that shares the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. As a Secular Buddhist Organization, SBT offers a practical presentation focused on the positive life-affirming message of the Buddha, while deemphasizing the more religious, mystical, and…

    more
  42. What Constitutes a Person - SBE: Episode 22

    Secular Buddhist Essentials is a weekly online program that shares the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. As a Secular Buddhist Organization, SBT offers a practical presentation focused on the positive life-affirming message of the Buddha, while deemphasizing the more religious, mystical, and…

    more
  43. Our True Nature - SBE: Episode 21

    Secular Buddhist Essentials is a weekly online program that shares the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. As a Secular Buddhist Organization, SBT offers a practical presentation focused on the positive life-affirming message of the Buddha, while deemphasizing the more religious, mystical, and…

    more
  44. 21st Century Buddhism - SBE: Episode 20

    Secular Buddhist Essentials is a weekly online program that shares the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. As a Secular Buddhist Organization, SBT offers a practical presentation focused on the positive life-affirming message of the Buddha, while deemphasizing the more religious, mystical, and…

    more
  45. Venerable Tarpa's Story - SBE: Episode 19

    Secular Buddhist Essentials is a weekly online program that shares the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. As a Secular Buddhist Organization, SBT offers a practical presentation focused on the positive life-affirming message of the Buddha, while deemphasizing the more religious, mystical, and…

    more
  46. Guiding Principles - SBE: Episode 18

    Secular Buddhist Essentials is a weekly online program that shares the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. As a Secular Buddhist Organization, SBT offers a practical presentation focused on the positive life-affirming message of the Buddha, while deemphasizing the more religious, mystical, and…

    more
  47. Spirituality - SBE: Episode 17

    Secular Buddhist Essentials is a weekly online program that shares the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. As a Secular Buddhist Organization, SBT offers a practical presentation focused on the positive life-affirming message of the Buddha, while deemphasizing the more religious, mystical, and…

    more
  48. Secular Buddhism- SBE: Episode 16

    Secular Buddhist Essentials is a weekly online program that shares the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. As a Secular Buddhist Organization, SBT offers a practical presentation focused on the positive life-affirming message of the Buddha, while deemphasizing the more religious, mystical, and…

    more
  49. Walk for Peace - Washington D.C. Event

    The Walk for Peace arrived in Washington, D.C. after a 120-day journey dedicated to unity, compassion, and nonviolence. Led by Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara, the walk carried a simple but powerful message: true peace begins within each of us. Rather than calling for political change through force,...

  50. Skillful Living Week-6 / Lesson-12

    Week 6 - The Meaning of Life and Practice of Shining. Skillful Living is a free six-week Secular Buddhist studyand practice program founded on the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. A program created for audiences of diverse backgrounds and beliefs. All are welcome to attend - beginners and the...

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SBT, the Secular Buddhist Tradition, is an international sangha dedicated to the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. A community committed to goodness and improvement, embracing skillful living and a holistic spiritual lifestyle.Visit us at: SBTonline.org

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