About Gura

What Do You Want to Do With Your Life?

Travel the world, study different religions, philosophy, find purpose and meaning in life.

2019 Presentation at DragonCon

Mark W. Gura is secretary of the board for the Atheist Republic (facebook.com/AtheistRepublic), the president of the Atheist Alliance of America (atheistallianceamerica.org), co-host of the original Richard Dawkins Award, and president 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 was born in Poland and now lives in the US with his wife Michelle. He is inspired by philanthropy, travel and discovery, having explored almost 100 countries. He seeks to eliminate dogma and indoctrination and to promote humanism. He uses his decades-long experience to teach and promote self-transformative, evidence-based, secular meditation techniques.

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"Meditation, spirituality and wonder can be practiced without religion, or faith in God(s), gurus, and the supernatural."

~Mark W. Gura, Atheist Meditation Atheist Spirituality.