About Gura

Mark W. Gura is the president of the Atheist Alliance of America and the co-presenter of the Richard Dawkins Award (AtheistAllianceAmerica.com). He is also the president of the nonprofit Association of Mindfulness Meditation and Secular Buddhism (iSecularBuddhist.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 co-founding and hosting the iSecularBuddhist podcast.

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.

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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.