8/15/2026
Buddhism Is Not One Thing
From Theravada to Mahayana, from China to Japan, from Rinzai to Soto — a short map of how the different Buddhist traditions relate to one another, and where Zen sits within it.
A new lesson every week
Lessons
8/15/2026
The Three Marks of Existence
Impermanence, dukkha, and not-self — three invitations to look at experience as it is, before rushing to explain it.
8/15/2026
What Is a Bodhisattva?
Bodhicitta, the six paramitas, and the four vows — why the bodhisattva path in Mahayana isn't a story about a distant figure, but a practice that starts with the next encounter.
8/7/2026
The Eightfold Path
The fourth of the Four Noble Truths — not a list of rules, but eight directions that nourish one another on the way to the end of suffering.
8/6/2026
The Four Noble Truths
The Buddha's first teaching at the Deer Park — four observations at the heart of Buddhist practice, offered not as philosophy but as an accurate description of experience.
8/5/2026
Before the First Sitting
A short lesson that might help you start practicing.
8/4/2026
What's Worth Knowing Before You Start Meditating
A few of the most common myths about meditation — and what it actually is.
8/4/2026
Who Was the Buddha?
The story of Siddhartha Gautama's life — from a prince shielded from all suffering to his awakening under the Bodhi tree.