SBT, The Secular Buddhist Tradition, is an international spiritual community established by Venerable Tenzin Tarpa. A community dedicated to Secular Buddhism and the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. A community committed to kindness, wisdom, and personal development. A community of free-thinkers bound together through shared path and aim – awakening.
     Our community presents the Buddha’s teachings as neither religion nor exotic belief system, sharing a practical presentation focused on the positive life-affirming message of the Buddha while emphasizing those aspects that we deem most illuminating, plausible, and fruitful. The aim of SBT is to inform and guide without sharing presumptions of what to believe.
     SBT is founded upon the time-honored Buddhist principle of open and continuous investigation, while remaining in line with the basic framework of traditional Buddhism. However, we distinguish ourselves by moving away from religious authority, dogma, absolutism, and the more religious, mystical, and cultural content found in traditional Buddhism. SBT is open to all forms of Buddhist thought and non-Buddhist disciplines as well, while maintaining an enduring appreciation for the countless masters who have contributed to the sphere of Buddhist thought.