"A secular approach to Buddhism is thus concerned with how the dharma can enable humans and other living beings to flourish in this biosphere, not in a hypothetical afterlife. Rather than emphasizing personal enlightenment and liberation, it is grounded in a deeply felt concern and compassion for the suffering of all those with whom we share this earth.
The purpose of the Buddha's teaching is not to resolve doubts about the nature of reality by providing answers to such conundrums but to offer a practice that will remove the arrow of reactivity, thereby restoring practitioners' health and enabling them to flourish here on earth.
Such a practice is concerned with finding an authentic and autonomous response to the questions that life poses rather than confirming any doctrinal article of faith."
The purpose of the Buddha's teaching is not to resolve doubts about the nature of reality by providing answers to such conundrums but to offer a practice that will remove the arrow of reactivity, thereby restoring practitioners' health and enabling them to flourish here on earth.
Such a practice is concerned with finding an authentic and autonomous response to the questions that life poses rather than confirming any doctrinal article of faith."
After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a secular age
