Buddhism

"When developed and cultivated, the mind leads to great benefit and happiness; when undeveloped and uncultivated, it brings about stress, suffering, great harm." - Buddha, in Anguttara Nikaya 1.27-30.

BUDDHIST HERITAGE A Sweeping Scope Life of Buddha Buddha's Basics Buddhism in another Nutshell The Eightfold Path Solid Buddhist Living Buddhism Overview Mantrayana Vajrayana Theravada Buddhist Canon - Tripitaka F. Max Müller, tr. Dhammapada Selections John Richards, tr. Dhammapada (Teaching Poem) Buddhist Quotations Buddhist Maxims Buddha and Milarepa on Old Age. Quotations Buddhist Tales BUDDHIST LIVING Meditation in Buddhism Tales by Buddhaghosa Meditation Survey Simple Buddhist Meditation A Dharma-Exposition of Buddhism (Carus) Vatican-Appreciated Buddhist Living Buddha on Slavery Good Company Savoury Buddhism Buddhism at a Glance Adequate Living Haiku Poets: Basho, Buson, Issa, Shiki and Others, Old Haiku, Modern Haiku SAYINGS OF BUDDHA Apannaka Sutta Highlights Buddha's Kalama Sutta: Four Translations Food for Thought by Buddha Buddhism for Householders The Gorgeous Woman Development of Women Filial Piety Sutra Factors Leading to Welfare Fit for Great Wealth and Happiness Buddha's Karma Teachings Great Sayings of Buddha Skilful Buddha Sayings Buddha Sayings Causes of Downfalls Buddha's Great Teachings Buddha's Final Teachings Discourses of Buddha Parables of Buddha Parables and Stories of Buddha Buddhist Parables and Teachings Buddhist Teachings with Four Jhanas Bhumija Sutta From Buddha's Bequeathed Teaching Sutra From the Catuma Sutta From the Gulissani Sutta From the Dharmacakra Sutra The Root of All Things All the Taints Heirs in Dharma Fear and Dread Free from Blemishes If a Monk Should Wish

MAHAYANA STUDY Mahayana Discourse to the Kalamas Nirvana Sutra Chapters The Ox-Herding Pictures From Amitabha by Paul Carus From Ashvaghosa's The Awakening of Faith From Ashvaghosa's Fifty Verses of Guru-Devotion The Heart Sutra and Sunyata Understanding From the Sayings of the Buddha in 42 Sections Diamond-Cutter Wisdom Chinese Zen Buddha's Last Bequest The Lankavatara Sutra The Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra: An Adaptation TIBETAN BUDDHISM Tibetan Buddhism Overview Naropa Stories and Teachings Marpa Lotsawa Stories and Teachings Stories and Teachings of Milarepa Milarepa Sayings and Extracts Rechungpa Sakya Pandita Sayings Gampopa Precepts Tibetan Sayings from 3 Collections Nagarjuna's Tree of Wisdom: Moral Precepts Mahamudra Yoga Teachings of Padma-Sambhava Padma Sambhava's Yoga Nyingma Phadampa Sangay's Teachings Best of Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines From the Tibetan Book of the Dead Tibetan Tantra in a Nutshell Tantra Dalai Lama Buddhist Tantra Teachings ZEN A Taste of Zen Wu-Ming Bodhidharma and Zen Hakuin Zen EEG Study by Kasamatsu and Hirai Zen for Leaders Dogen Quotations Dogen's Shobogenzo. Extracts Reading Sutras Much of Mumon's Gateless Gate Hui-neng, the Sixth Patriarch Zen Accomplishments Zen Art Men of Zen Fukanzazengi Advice by Dogen on Sitting Dogen on Reading: "Read much, some, little, not" Zen Talks Zen Humour Deep Zen and Concentration Zen Sayings zensay Garem Tales Doing Zen and Zen Tales Words on Zen

The founding practice is meditation. Meditation (dhyana, Zen) forms part of a regimen for gaining awareness to control your circumstances for steady advantage too.