Buddhist Gathas: Short Verses for Everyday Practice
Explore Plum Village's use of gathas: short verses for ordinary activities. Learn how to choose a verse, use it with care, and write a practice reminder.
Practice & Guides
Practical guides for meditation, daily practice and applying Buddhist teachings in life
Cooking for a Buddhist Guest: What to Ask Before You Shop
Plan a meal around your Buddhist guest’s actual food commitments, meal timing, and ingredient needs, with a simple invitation and practical menu examples.
Seven-Point Mind Training: How to Read the Lojong Instructions
Find your way through Chekawa’s seven-point mind training: its structure, difficult slogans, and the difference between learning a phrase and practicing it.
Pavarana and the Invitation to Speak About Faults
Pavarana closes the monastic rains residence with an invitation to correction. Understand its meaning, its limits, and what lay people can learn.
Buddhist Practice in Prison: Finding Support and Materials
Find Buddhist prison chaplaincy, correspondence study, and book programs, with practical questions about requests, reading needs, and local access.
The Ten Wholesome Actions of Body, Speech, and Mind
Learn the ten wholesome courses of action, how they differ from the five precepts, and why an unwanted thought is not the same as choosing to harm someone.
What Is Ngondro? Understanding Preliminary Practices
Understand ngondro through its contemplations, ritual practices, and the different commitments described by two Tibetan Buddhist training programs.
Neutral Feeling in Buddhist Meditation
What neither-pleasant-nor-painful feeling means, why it matters in meditation, and how to distinguish it from boredom or an uncaring attitude.