Updated: 5 January 2019
- Cold Shower
- Refuges, Precepts & Practice Aspirations
- 30 minutes anapanasati
- 30 minutes brahmavihara practice
- 15 minutes contemplating 5 Subjects for Frequent Recollection
- 15 minutes tonglen
- 30 minutes walking mediation
- 108 Om Mani Padme Hum recitations
- 108 Om Maitri Mahamaitri Maitriye Svaha recitations
- 108 Om Pra Mani Dhani Svaha
recitations - 108 Namo Amitofo recitations
- 108 Prostrations to Lord Buddha
- 36 Tonglen Apiration recitations
- Radiate metta while waking and falling asleep
- 20 minutes of Dhamma Study (Samyutta Nikaya)
Updated: 26 April 2018
- Morning: chanting of refuges, precepts, reflections & aspirations.
- Morning:1 hour of formal seated meditation
- Evening: 30 minutes of walking meditation
- Evening: 15 minutes of formal seated meditation
- Evening: chanting of refuges, precepts, reflections & aspirations.
- Evening: chant of Nilakantha Dharani
- 1000 recitations of ” Namo Buddhaya”
- 300 recitations of “Om mani padme hum”
- 36 prostrations to Lord Buddha
- 36 prostrations to Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva
- 36 prostrations to Kśitigrabha Bodhisattva
- Listen to a Dhamma talk.
- Read a verse of Buddha Vacana.
- Post here with an issue related to my practice of the Dhamma.
Updated: 16 October 2016
- Morning chanting of refuges, precepts, reflections & aspirations.
- 2 hours of formal seated and walking meditation.
- 1000 repetitions of ” Namo Buddhaya” mantra
- 36 prostrations to the Lord Buddha
- Listen to a Dhamma talk.
- Read a verse of Buddha Vacana.
- Post here with an issue related to my practice of the Dhamma.
Updated: 1 August 2015
- Buddha Vandana | Tisarana | Eight Lifetime Precepts
- Undertake to observe the Abhaya-cariya Training Rules
- 60 Minutes “Bud-dho”
- 15 Minutes Walking Meditation
- 15 Minutes Metta Meditation
- Listen to a Dhamma talk.
- Read a verse of the Buddha Vacana.
- Post here with an issue related to my practice of the Dhamma.
- Chant the Karaniya Metta Sutta or the Maranasati verses in Daily Dhamma Practice
Updated: 10 November 2013
- Buddha Vandana | Tisarana | Eight Lifetime Precepts
- (Morning) 10 minutes of Walking Meditation
- (Morning)10 minutes of shikantaza/silent illumination
- (Morning)35 minutes of anapanasati.
- Listen to a Dhamma talk.
- Read a verse of the Buddha Vacana.
- Post here with an issue related to my practice of the Dhamma.
- Give to whoever asks during the course of the day.
- (Evening) 15-minute brahma-vihara or heart practice meditation.
- (Evening) 5 minutes of maranasati
- Chant the Karaniya Metta Sutta or the Maranasati verses in Daily Dhamma Practice
In addition, I have made two aditthana that I will include here:
Aditthana 1: I will not intentionally view any images or otherwise expose myself to any media that inflame lust.
Aditthana 2: I will not intentionally view any images or otherwise expose myself to any media that inflame hatred.
This is the compilation of suttas, parittas and recollections I created some time ago and use everyday and is available as a free downloadable PDF: Daily Dhamma Practice
You can also find it here: Daily Dhamma Practice
Updated: 30 July 2013
- Buddha Vandana | Tisarana | Eight Lifetime Precepts
- Morning Sit: 50-minute formal, seated recollection of the brahma viharas and anapanasati.
- Listen to a Dhamma talk.
- Read a verse of the Buddha Vacana.
- Post here with an issue related to my practice of the Dhamma.
- Give to whoever asks during the course of the day.
- Drink a cup of tea and do nothing else but drink and watch the arising and passing away of thinking.
- 10-minute walking meditation.
- 15-minute gratitude meditation.
- Evening Sit: 35-minute formal, seated radiation of metta and anapanasati.
- Chant the Karaniya Metta Sutta.
- Chant the complete Dhammacakkappavattana sutta each night until I memorize it. I will use the Wat Metta version for this purpose. An alternate translation and rendering of the full text can be found here: http://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Texts-and-Translations/Short-Pieces/Dhammacakkappavattanasuttam.htm
In addition, I have made three aditthana that I will include here:
Aditthana 1: I will not intentionally view any images or otherwise expose myself to any media that inflame lust.
Aditthana 2: I will not intentionally view any images or otherwise expose myself to any media that inflame hatred.
Aditthana 3: I will not eat after 8pm.
This is the compilation of suttas, parittas and recollections I created some time ago and use everyday and is available as a free downloadable PDF: Daily Dhamma Practice
You can also find it here: Daily Dhamma Practice
Updated: 17 April 2013
- Buddha Vandana | Tisarana | Eight Lifetime Precepts | 5 Subjects for Frequent Recollection
- 10 minute grounding meditation before using any media in the morning.
- 45 minute formal, seated anapanasati in the morning
- Listen to a Dhamma talk
- Read a verse of the Buddha Vacana.
- Post here with an issue related to my practice of the Dhamma
- Use my mala while commuting or walking outside to internally repeat the one of the traditional metta phrases.
Aham sukhito homi (May I be happy.)
Niddukkho homi (May I be free from stress and pain.)
Avero homi (May I be free from animosity.)
Abyapajjho homi (May I free from oppression.)
Anigho homi (May I be free from trouble.)
Sukhi attanam pariharami (May I look after myself with ease.) - Give to whoever asks during the course of the day.
- 5-minute walking meditation.
- 25-minute metta bhavana using the traditional phrases above.
- Chant the complete Dhammacakkappavattana sutta each night until I memorize it. I will use the Dhammaruwan version for this purpose. The full text can be found here: http://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Texts-and-Translations/Short-Pieces/Dhammacakkappavattanasuttam.htm
In addition, I have made three aditthana that I will include here:
Aditthana 1: I will not intentionally view any images or otherwise expose myself to any media that inflame lust.
Aditthana 2: I will not intentionally view any images or otherwise expose myself to any media that inflame hatred.
Aditthana 3: I will not eat after 8pm.
This is the compilation of suttas, parittas and recollections I created some time ago and use everyday and is available as a free downloadable PDF: Daily Dhamma Practice
You can also find it here: Daily Dhamma Practice
Updated: 5 January 2013
- Buddha Vandana | Tisarana | Eight Lifetime Precepts | 5 Subjects for Frequent Recollection
- Cultivate the brahma viharas during a morning seated meditation
- Anapanasati during formal seated meditation
- Listen to a Dhamma talk
- Read a verse of the Dhammapada
- Post here with an issue related to my practice of the Dhamma
- Use my mala while commuting or walking outside to internally repeat the mantra “metta-karuna-mudita–upekkha“
- Radiate loving-kindness to all beings that I come across during the day and returning to the above mantra when I find myself with idle time (which is rare)
- Give to whoever asks during the course of the day
- Chant verses of loving-kindness and parittas in the evening and do at least 15 minute formal seated meditation
- Chant the complete Dhammacakkappavattana sutta each night until I memorize it. I will use the Dhammaruwan version for this purpose. The full text can be found here: http://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Texts-and-Translations/Short-Pieces/Dhammacakkappavattanasuttam.htm
This is the compilation of suttas, parittas and recollections I created some time ago and use everyday and is available as a free downloadable PDF: Daily Dhamma Practice
You can also find it here: Daily Dhamma Practice
15 November 2012
- Buddha Vandana | Tisarana | Bodhicari Precepts | 5 Subjects for Frequent Recollection
- 36 full prostrations
- Cultivate the brahma viharas during a morning seated meditation
- Listen to a Dhamma talk
- Read a chapter of the Dhammapada
- Post here in this blog on the topic of the brahma viharas
- Use my mala while commuting or walking outside to internally repeat the mantra “metta-karuna-mudita-upekkha“
- Radiate loving-kindness to all beings that I come across during the day and returning to the above mantra when I find myself with idle time (which is rare)
- Give to whoever asks during the course of the day
- Chant verses of loving-kindness and parittas in the evening and do at least 15 minute formal seated meditation
This is the compilation of suttas, parittas and recollections I created some time ago and use everyday and is available as a free downloadable PDF: Daily Dhamma Practice
You can also find it here: Daily Dhamma Practice
Buddha Vandana
Tisarana
Bodhicari Precepts
5 Subjects for Frequent Recollection
45 minutes of metta bhavana (Dhammasukha method)
27 full prostrations
15 minutes of shikantaza
35 anapanasati
15 minutes of kayanupassana
Cattāri Brahmavihārā 
Hi, can you please tell me what is “Brahma” in whole and what it means in a simple language
By: Swapnil on 01/20/2013
at 8:18 pm
I wish it were a simple question. In the case of brahma vihara it means” Divine”.
By: Upāsaka on 01/20/2013
at 8:31 pm