Dharma in Daily Life

Bringing our practice off the cushion into daily life activities and our interactions with others.

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Friends together and smiling. (Photo by Debbie Tingzon)
Cultivating Healthy Relationships

Cultivating better relationships

Practical ways to improve relationships through good ethical conduct and communication.

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Blue medicine Buddha with right hand outstretched on his knee and left hand holding an alms bowl with nectar.
Helping the Dying and Deceased

Medicine Buddha practice for the deceased

Medicine Buddha practice for the recently deceased differs slightly from the standard practice. Beautiful visualizations…

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Upekkha the cat sits on the teacher's table with his nose on the gooseneck microphone.
Dharma in Daily Life

How to benefit from Dharma talks

Pithy advice on how to bring forward what we learn from listening to Dharma teachings.

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Couple exchanging rings at wedding ceremony.
Family and Friends

A celebration of love

A Buddhist couple share on the format of their wedding celebration, which included guided meditations…

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A couple's hands together.
Family and Friends

A Buddhist marriage blessing

Practices that couples getting married can do to make merit and share their deepest aspirations…

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