What Is The Middle Way in Buddhism?
The middle way is any path between two extremes. In Buddhism, the middle way has particular significance. It is a...
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Tonglen Mind Training For An Open Heart
Tonglen is a Tibetan term that means ‘giving and taking.’ This beautiful meditation is a mind training exercise not only...
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What Is Emptiness in Buddhism?
The Meaning Of Emptiness In Buddhism Emptiness in Buddhism is the teaching that things are empty of self-existence. Things do...
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What Are The 6 Perfections of Buddhism?
The Six Paramitas of Mahayana Buddhism Typically translated as six perfections, Buddhism’s six paramitas describe the transcendent qualities of a...
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Prajnaparamita and the Four Extremes
What is Prajnaparamita Practice? The first or second-century BCE Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Stanzas) is...
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The 6 Realms of Being in Buddhism
How perceptions and projections define our experience of the world A fundamental tenet of the Buddha’s teachings is that our...
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What Are The Negative Beliefs Of Buddhism? (Impermanence Explained) Buddhism is sometimes accused of having a pessimistic worldview. After all,...
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What Is Dependent Origination?
What Is Dependent Origination? (Dependent Arising & Interdependence) The Buddha, once a dissatisfied human just like us, is praised as...
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View, Meditation, Action: Synergy on the Buddhist Path
Practicing View, Meditation and Action (or Conduct ) Any authentic spiritual path is a full package comprised of many complementary...
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The Discovery of Vipashyana Practice
The Buddhist meditation practice that takes you deeper We begin meditating by developing the ability to keep our mind in...
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The 8 Worldly Concerns And How To Let Them Go
What Are The 8 Worldly Concerns In Buddhism? (Eight Vicissitudes) In pursuit of happiness, we are preoccupied with what Buddhists...
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The 5 Precepts Of Buddhism And Why They Matter
The 5 Moral Precepts (Understanding The Basis of Buddhist Morality) The 5 Buddhist precepts are ethical vows taken to promote...
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The Three Poisons And Their Antidotes
What Are The Three Poisons? (And How to Work with Them in Buddhism) Our experience of the world is colored...
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The Relationship Between Shamatha and Vipashyana Meditation
Two Types of Buddhist Meditation Practice Buddhist meditation is made up of two main types called shamatha and vipashyana. We...
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How to Cultivate Equanimity and Why
The Meaning of Equanimity in Buddhism Equanimity is a central theme of Buddhist philosophy. We can cultivate equanimity with meditation,...
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