Zachary Bremmer explains why we should approach the five precepts as training wheels to guide our practice.
A Buddhist pot-smoker on quitting weed
Photo by Richard Baxter.Pot use is having its moment, finding new acceptance across America. So why, after a long love affair with weed, has this Buddhist kicked it to the curb?
Bearing Witness to All of Life
Roshi Bernie Glassman on the three pure precepts — cease from evil, do good, and do good for others — and why they all come down to one point.
Five Mindfulness Trainings
Thich Nhat Hanh’s Five Mindfulness Trainings are are based on the Buddha’s five precepts and translated for modern times. Their nature is universal.
To Practice Mindfulness Is to Return to Life
Thich Nhat Hanh says that mindfulness shows us the suffering of life and connects us with compassion.
Sometimes Full, Sometimes Half Full
Photo by David Delabarre.All of our actions however small, can have wondrous effects, says Norman Fischer, but only if we are wholehearted enough in our practice of ethical conduct.
Dharma for Moms and Dads
Photo by Skip.Ty Phillips looks at the Five Precepts—the ethical code of dedicated Buddhist practitioners—and finds five powerful guidelines every parent could use.
Bear Witness to All of Life
Bernie Glassman on the three pure precepts—cease from evil, do good, and do good for others—and why they all come down to a single point.
“I Kinda Vow” author Genine Lentine explains the background to her Half-Moon Ceremony
Genine Lentine explains the humorous piece she wrote for Buddhadharma, where she created a ceremony of vows called the Half-Moon Ceremony.
I Kinda Vow
Genine Lentine has been thinking about her murky relationship to the bodhisattva precepts, and proposes a humorous “half moon ceremony.”
