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Our mission is to provide information about, to promote methods, teachers and organizations that support Buddhist and meditation practices that are secular, are without reference to god(s), gurus, or the supernatural.
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Board of Directors
President and Executive Director: Mark W. Gura, is also the president of the Atheist Alliance of America (atheistallianceamerica.org), president of the Richard Dawkins Award TM, and of the nonprofit Association of Mindfulness Meditation and Secular Buddhism (AMMSB.org).
Mark has over 20 years’ experience in practicing mindfulness meditation/Vipassana which he learned from the late S.N. Goenka in India, has written the books, "Atheist Meditation: Atheist Spirituality" and "Exploring Your Life," as well as being the co-founder of the "iSecularBuddhist" brand. For more information see markWgura.com.
Mark seeks to eliminate dogma and indoctrination by empowering individuals to learn evidence-based meditation techniques and to encourage science, reason, critical thinking, and humanism. He is inspired by travel and exploration, and throughout his life, he has lived in or explored more than 80 countries: www.MarkWgura.com or www.Facebook.com/MarkWgura
Mark immigrated to France and then to the US from Poland. He is inspired by travel and discovery, having explored more than 87 countries. He seeks to eliminate dogma and indoctrination and to promote humanism. He uses his decades-long experience to teach self-transformative, evidence-based, secular meditation techniques to laypersons and to Humanist celebrants.
Vice President and Treasurer: Dr. Michelle W Gura,. Dr. Gura is an atheist and Secular Buddhist. She serves as board member for the Atheist Alliance of America. She took her first meditation course with S.N. Goenka in India in the ’90s. Michelle was born in Poland and is inspired by travel and exploration. She has visited more than 70 countries and seeks to normalize atheism and promote humanism.
Board of Directors: Joanna Wills., is a mother, a healthcare worker, and she owns a photography business. Joanna has a B.S. degree in Biochemistry, she loves animals and works to help others.
Board of Directors: Dr. A. Maran, MD., is a hematologist-oncologist, and is currently pursuing health care management at the Harvard School of Public Health. Having been exposed to Eastern philosophy and world religions from an early age, and having practiced meditation for the last several years, he is an advocate of exploring and understanding the human condition and improving health by applying knowledge from multiple disciplines.
President and Executive Director: Mark W. Gura, is also the president of the Atheist Alliance of America (atheistallianceamerica.org), president of the Richard Dawkins Award TM, and of the nonprofit Association of Mindfulness Meditation and Secular Buddhism (AMMSB.org).
Mark has over 20 years’ experience in practicing mindfulness meditation/Vipassana which he learned from the late S.N. Goenka in India, has written the books, "Atheist Meditation: Atheist Spirituality" and "Exploring Your Life," as well as being the co-founder of the "iSecularBuddhist" brand. For more information see markWgura.com.
Mark seeks to eliminate dogma and indoctrination by empowering individuals to learn evidence-based meditation techniques and to encourage science, reason, critical thinking, and humanism. He is inspired by travel and exploration, and throughout his life, he has lived in or explored more than 80 countries: www.MarkWgura.com or www.Facebook.com/MarkWgura
Mark immigrated to France and then to the US from Poland. He is inspired by travel and discovery, having explored more than 87 countries. He seeks to eliminate dogma and indoctrination and to promote humanism. He uses his decades-long experience to teach self-transformative, evidence-based, secular meditation techniques to laypersons and to Humanist celebrants.
Vice President and Treasurer: Dr. Michelle W Gura,. Dr. Gura is an atheist and Secular Buddhist. She serves as board member for the Atheist Alliance of America. She took her first meditation course with S.N. Goenka in India in the ’90s. Michelle was born in Poland and is inspired by travel and exploration. She has visited more than 70 countries and seeks to normalize atheism and promote humanism.
Board of Directors: Joanna Wills., is a mother, a healthcare worker, and she owns a photography business. Joanna has a B.S. degree in Biochemistry, she loves animals and works to help others.
Board of Directors: Dr. A. Maran, MD., is a hematologist-oncologist, and is currently pursuing health care management at the Harvard School of Public Health. Having been exposed to Eastern philosophy and world religions from an early age, and having practiced meditation for the last several years, he is an advocate of exploring and understanding the human condition and improving health by applying knowledge from multiple disciplines.
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