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Stoicism and Secular Buddhism

This is a group where posts go about the worldviews without needing a deity or religion. Stoicism, taught and practiced by ancient Greeks and recently revived, shows many similarities to secular Buddhism. I'm not a philosopher, just an enthusiast.
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Marcus holding his tongue. (I use this image often. I made it and it is dear to me)

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On the awareness of our inevitable death. The guest is a buddhist who helps terminally ill people to face their fate and has a lot to share. As Sam puts it so so eloquently in the intro than I can do justice to it, it's not the afterlife and empty promises of endless rewards are what makes this life precious, but that we have only one attempt at it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es-yJoXEiXA

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Waking Up with Sam Harris #104 - The Lessons of Death (with Frank Ostaseski)

In this episode of the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Frank Ostaseski about death and dying—and about how the awareness of death can improve our lives in each moment. Frank Ostaseski is a Buddhist teacher, international lecturer and a leading voice in end-of-life care. In 1987, he co-fou...

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While not strictly related to Stoicism, Virtue Ethics plays a very big role in it. Here is a lecture series which I found very useful. Episode #5 is dedicated on ancient Stoicism and compares Aristotelian virtue ethics to Stoic virtue ethics. The channel belongs to The University of Oklahoma and has many resources on philosophy, psychology, data sciences, chemistry, politics, biology, etc. #Stoicism #VirtueEthics https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTve54sz-eh82HN4rzGy-3BgzKMmgXLzB

Virtue Ethics

This course will begin with an overview of the history of virtue ethics from the ancient Greeks to the present day, covering the historical zenith of virtue ...

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There are not many videos in English on Youtube about Nagarjuna and multi-valued logic, one of Nagarjuna's monumental contributions to logic, philosophy and Buddhism in general, but this video gives a quite good introduction to this topic. The guest, Jay Garfield, starts with the...See more

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Episode 8, Jay Garfield On Nāgārjuna and Emptiness

In this episode, Alex talks to Prof. Jay Garfield about the Buddhist philosopher Nāgārjuna and the notion of metaphysical emptiness. Prof. Garfield provides some excellent background information about the Buddhist tradition and the paradoxical nature of Nāgārjuna's claims. Find out more about Prof. ...

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I've read only 1 of these and seen at max 3 O.O Not enough yet too -much time- many books. https://dailystoic.com/books-on-stoicism/

28 Books On Stoicism: The (Hopefully) Ultimate Reading List

This is a guest post by Hristo Vassilev. If you’d like to contribute to The Daily Stoic, please get in touch. The best part about Stoicism is that you can go to the primary texts, read them and feel like they were written yesterday, not 2000 years ago. You can pick up Seneca, Marcus Aurelius or Epic...

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A comparative article about Stoicism and Buddhism by Massimo Pigluicci. https://howtobeastoic.wordpress.com/2017/08/14/another-one-on-stoicism-buddhism-non-attachment-and-even-free-will/

Another one on Stoicism & Buddhism, the self, and even free will

Adam Gopnik has recently published in The New Yorker an in-depth review of the recent book by Robert Wright, Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment. It act…

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https://www.nateliason.com/books-after-stoics/

10 Books to Read After Discovering Stoicism

Once you’ve read Letters, Meditations, Discourses, and Enchiridion, try these ones to broaden your introduction to practical philosophy.

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Massimo Pigluicci, a biologist turned to philosopher with a strong interest in modern Stoicism shared this on G+: The virtual Stoic book club is open for discussion! https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/203774-stoicism

Stoicism Group (40 Members)

A book club on ancient and modern texts discussing the Greco-Roman philosophy of Stoicism and its contemporary applications in daily life. This group has...

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Massimo Pigluicci, a biologist turned to philosopher with a strong interest in modern Stoicism shared this on G+: The virtual School of Stoicism is open for business, and it's free! https://canvas.instructure.com/enroll/G4K4G9

Enroll in Stoicism: the Very Basics

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Massimo Pigluicci, a biologist turned to philosopher with a strong interest in modern Stoicism shared this on G+: The virtual School of Stoicism is open for business, and it's free! https://canvas.instructure.com/enroll/G4K4G9

Enroll in Stoicism: the Very Basics

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http://secularbuddhism.org/2016/07/31/episode-253-gregory-lopez-early-buddhist-mindfulness-and-stoic-mindfulness/

Episode 253 :: Gregory Lopez :: Early Buddhist Mindfulness and Stoic Mindfulness

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This is a group where posts go about the worldviews without needing a deity or religion. Stoicism, taught and practiced by ancient Greeks and recently revived, shows many similarities to secular Buddhism. I'm not a philosopher, just an enthusiast.