The Buddha's teachings, in plain English.
The whole body of the Buddha's teaching — the discourses he gave, the treatises the great masters wrote, and the methods of practice handed down for over two thousand years. We are gathering it here, one collection at a time, from both the Theravāda and Mahāyāna traditions, always in language you can actually use.
Where to begin.
Two doors open onto the texts themselves; two start from where you are. Every entry has a reading guide for English speakers, the full text, and a self-check quiz.
Mahāyāna Sūtras
The great vehicle's scriptures — the Chinese and a plain-English translation side by side, with a reading guide that opens their meaning for the modern reader.
The Discourses
Dialogues, parables, and verse spoken by the Buddha himself, preserved in the Pāli Canon — eight collections and counting, one discourse at a time.
Abhidharma
The scholastic tradition that maps experience into its component parts. Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakośa, translated by Xuánzàng, is the classical gateway — a Nikāya treatise studied by Mahāyāna schools ever since.
Life Questions
Facing something hard? Begin from the problem itself and find what the tradition offers. Forbearance & patience — Nāgārjuna's 25 methods — is open now.
Begin to Meditate
A plain-English guide for complete beginners — the seven-point posture, mindfulness of breathing, and a ten-minute first session, drawn straight from the suttas.
On the way.
Our aim is to bring the whole of the Dharma — both vehicles, every gate of practice — into clear English. These are in preparation.
More Mahāyāna Sūtras
The Lotus, the Vimalakīrti, and the Platform Sūtra are now live — more sūtras and treatises are on the way, each with a reading guide for the modern reader.
Pure Land & Recitation
The teachings and practices of the Pure Land tradition — Amitābha, the recollection of the Buddha (nianfo), and its masters.
Treatises & Commentaries
Śāstras and commentaries from the great teachers of both traditions — the works that made the teaching practicable.