Vinaya, the Practice of Buddhism

In this section we present essays and study guides on the practice of Buddhist Dhamma, commonly known as Vinaya in Buddhist parlance, by both the lay  Buddhists, new initiates and experienced bhikkhus. Buddhism is essentially a religion of the mind. Mindfulness and meditation are the most talked about subject in the practice of Buddhism on the eightfold path for the final deliverance from the bondage of birth and death. Most of the articles in this section are written by venerable Buddhist monks for free distribution out of love and compassion for the humanity. Even if we do not practice this religion, some of the essays in this section can be immensely beneficial for achieving inner peace and equanimity of the mind by practicing mindfulness.

Meditation Techniques

• A Modern Treatise on Buddhist Satipatthana Meditation
• Meditations - Forty Dhamma Talks
• Breath Meditation techniques
• Anapana Sati, Meditation on Breathing
• Satipatthana Vipassana by Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw
• A Guided Meditation
• Things as They Are, A Collection of Talks on the Training of the Mind
• Healing power of the percepts
• Buddhist meditation
• Anicca vata sankhara
• Vipansana meditation or insight meditation
• Practical advice for meditators
• Meditating on No-Self A Dhamma Talk Edited for Bodhi Leaves
• Body Contemplation A Study Guide
• Breath Meditation techniques
• Buddhist Meditation and Depth Psychology
• Metta The Philosophy and Practice of Universal Love
• How is meditation like cooking?
• Looking Inward
• The objects of meditation
• Using Meditation to Deal with Pain, Illness & Death
• Going against the flow, using mindfulness to achieve neutrality
• The Eye of Discernment An Anthology from the Teachings of Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo
• Starting Out Small, A Collection of Talks for Beginning Meditators
• The Place of Vipassana in Buddhist Practice

Mindfulness

• The Path of Concentration and Mindfulness
• Anapanasati Sutta Mindfulness of Breathing
• Buddhism- A Method of Mind Training
• Right mindedness on the Eightfold path of Buddhism
• The Agendas of Mindfulness
• Basic Themes - principles are guidelines for meditators
• The Power of mindfulness
• A fistful of sand, talks and discussions about dhamma practice

Ethics

• Monastic discipline regarding Food, eating meat etc.
• Essays on Buddhist Ethics
• Prisoners of Karma A Story by Suvimalee Karunaratna
• Living Dhamma by Venerable Ajahn Chah
• Admirable friendship, kalyanamittata
• Bodhinyana A Collection of Dhamma Talks
• Friends and foes in Buddhism
• Wealth and the right livelihood
• Service to others according to Buddhism
• The Buddha's method of teaching the Dhamma
• Dana or the treausre of generosity in Buddhism
• Dana, the practice of giving
• The Buddhist code of conduct on meat eating
• The search for security

Monastic Discipline (Vinaya)

• The Buddhist Monastic Code Dhamma-Vinaya
• The bhikkhus' code of discipline.
• The four stages in the progress of a Buddhist monk
• Buddhist monastic code, Nissaya - apprenticeship
• Welfare of the Buddhist Sangha
• The right conduct for the monks
• Dhamma vinaya - Lists of summaries of training rules for the monks
• Morals for the lay followers of Buddhism
• The Buddha's method of teaching the Dhamma
• The Buddhist Monastic Code Dhamma-Vinaya
• Lay Buddhist Practice
• The Bhikkhus' Rules A Guide for Lay people
• The bhikkhus' code of discipline.
• Everyman's Ethics Four Discourses of the Buddha
• Buddhism and the concept of renunciation
• Buddhist monastic code on the rules of disrobing a monk
• Four traditions of the Buddhist monks
• The economy of gifts - code for the Buddhist monks
• Buddhist monastic code, Nissaya
• Glimpses of the Thudong Bhikkhu Life
• Duties of the Sangha
• Going Forth A Call to Buddhist Monkhood
• Food for the Heart, Talks on the Dhamma practice

General

• Buddhist Women at the Time of The Buddha

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• Concepts of Buddhism