Secular Buddhist Principles
- Secular Buddhists understand Buddhism to have been created by a human being called Siddhartha Gautama who set out pragmatic and ethical guidelines for human flourishing.
- We investigate Gautama Buddha's teachings for the purpose of shaping our behavior and awareness to create conditions for human flourishing.
- We do not use the word secular as a negation of religion. In this context, it is simply that we do not emphasize or involve ourselves in religious considerations.
- We do not pretend that ours is the definitive version of Buddhism, but we do regard it as having its foundation in Siddhartha Gautama's original teachings.
- We do adhere to the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path, as outline in Buddhist Basics
