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Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels: The Complete Companion Guide to Awakening, Vows, and Daily Renewal with video
RENEW YOUR REFUGE Video Thumbnail Taking Refuge: Buddhism's Most Important Practice — With Pali, Sanskrit & English Chants. VIDEO is ...
Descending Light: Celebrating Lhabab Duchen 2026 — The Day of Ten Million Multiplied Merits: Buddha’s Descent From Heaven
Buddha Weekly graphic illustrating the Buddha's Descent from Heaven. A Special Buddha Weekly Feature for Sunday, November 1, 2026 "Lhabab ...
Buddhist Dharma Dates: clearing the confusion on the 3 plus 1 calendars: Lunisolar, Lunar and Solar and — Which do You Celebrate
Sacred lunar days - and the Confusion Over Lunar Calendars The Core Distinction: Three Systems (plus), Not One Dharma ...
Alavaka Sutta Protection Paritta: Chant away fear, hostility & negative forces — in 20 minutes.
Thumbnail of Music Album cover Alavaka Sutta Protection Parittaby 3 Gems Band. IN THIS Image: Alavaka, after offering violence to ...
You Are Never Alone; You were Never Impure: The Meaning of the Śuddha Mantra. Power of Chants: Overview
Video Thumbnail: You Were Never Impure: The Meaning of the Śuddha Mantra Why Every Buddhist Practice Begins With the Śuddha ...
Guardians of the Word: How the First Buddhist Council Committed the Buddha’s Teachings to Sacred Text
First Buddhist Council in the Saptaparni Caves (near Rajgir) around 483 BCE, approximately 3 months after Buddha's Parinirvana. Editorial illustration, ...
Śuddha – Purity Mantra: Also known as the Śunyata mantra, and the “Universal Love” mantra, all Buddhist practices begin with it
Śuddha Purification Mantra Video Thumbnail The Śuddha Mantra, also called the Purity Mantra or the Śunyata mantra, is among the ...
SUPPORTING MEMBERS: DHAMMA MUSIC VIDEO: Āḷavaka Sutta Paritta — Our 20-Minute Dhamma Sutta Opera Chant away fear & danger
Alavaka Sutta Protection Parita Video Thumbnail 🎵 NEW RELEASE: Āḷavaka Sutta Paritta — Our 20-Minute Sutta Opera 🎵 (FULL LYRICS ...
Buddha Weekly's Latest Videos
6 Avalokitesvara Heroes Overcoming 6 Poisons with 6 Syllables: Om Ma Ni Pad Me Hum: Enlightened Odyssey
The Great Voyage to Enlightenment with our navigator Buddha, our captain Avalokiteshvara (in 6 Forms!) and our coordinates Om Ma ...
Why giving and taking practice is an important kindness meditation and Bodhichitta practice; how to do it guided video: Zasep Rinpoche
Among the best known — and yet most mysterious — practices in Tibetan Buddhism is the kindness Metta meditation known ...
Video: Purification of the Obstacles of Dharma practice: Doubt, Fear and Restlessness. Buddhist Ngondro Foundation Teachings, Part 3 –– a Teaching from Venerable Acharya Zasep Tulku Rinpoche
"Today, I will speak of the general obstacles of spiritual practice. One of the very first obstacles is doubt. Too ...
Video teaching: Metta and Karuna, the “most important” Buddhist practices of Love and Compassion, from H.E. Zasep Tulku Rinpoche
Metta and Karuna — Love and Compassion, respectively — are two of the three foundations of Buddhist practice. The third ...
White Tara long life practice video with special 5-colors protection light guided visualization from Venerable Zasep Rinpoche
Why is White Tara practice and visualization one of the most popular and life-affirming practices in Buddhism? Tara, the Saviour, ...
Music Mantra Video: Om Mani Padme Hum wonderfully chanted by Yoko Dharma, the sacred sound of compassionate Buddha Chenrezig
Around the world, millions chant "Om Mani Padme Hum" each day. Many Buddhist children learn to chant Chenrezig's compassion mantra ...
Teaching video: Chod teaching and full drumming and chanting ritual with scenes of 108 Springs retreat in Mongolia
H.E. Zasep Rinpoche introduces Five Dakini Chod practice with a full teaching, followed by a demonstration, in full, of a ...
Video Buddhist Advice 9: How Can Advanced Vajrayana Students Simplify and Manage Commitments and Practice? Answered by Venerable Zasep Tulku Rinpoche
Zasep Tulku Rinpoche. In the ninth in a Buddhist practice video series, “Advice from the Teachers”, the Venerable Acharya Zasep Tulku ...
Buddha Weekly Online Magazine, published since 2007, takes a topical approach to modern Buddhist feature writing — topics of interest to modern Buddhists, from the multiple points-of-view of many teachers of different traditions.
WHAT THE BUDDHIST TEACHERS SAY
Our writers and editors are senior students who seek out, or research, the opinions of teachers on important Dharma issues, such as: the implications of non-human animal sentience; or palliative care and assisted dying as we all grow older; alternative healing; practice overload in busy, modern lives; internet Dharma.
THE SCIENTIFIC BUDDHIST
Most of our contributors are interested in how science compliments and reinforces Buddhist concepts. We take Dharma topics, often the Buddha's own words, and look how modern science might support ancient truths. We cite research and quote scientists and Buddhist teachers. Past topics have included: meditation for healing, the evidence for rebirth, how to understand emptiness, and why "compassion" should be put on the scientific map.
INTERVIEWS WITH THE TEACHERS
Our newest special series is "Interviews with the Buddhist Teachers". We interview, in person, a well-known teacher. These extensive interviews cover wide-ranging topics — such as Karma, Rebirth, Dharma, Buddhist Deities, Meditation, Healing and more — and are a great way to gain diverse teacher-led insight into important Dharma topics and practices.
ADVICE FROM THE TEACHERS
Buddha Weekly's new "Advice from the Teachers" videos take student questions to teachers for a short 5 minute video-recorded answer. In our first series of ten, teachers respond to questions about Karma, healing for chronic illness, losing a loved one, loss of a beloved pet, keeping motivated in your practice, dealing with memory loss, how to purify negative karma, and other important topics.
2018 Buddhist Practice Calendar with Tsog Dates
Beautifully illustrated by Jampay Dorje with full lunar and western calendar. MORE>>
