ABOUT CATEGORIES

HOW TO USE THESE CATEGORIES

The excerpts on this site are not organized as techniques or step-by-step instructions. They are reflections, clarifications, and reminders that point to how the mind works and how to relate to experience wisely. To make them easier to explore, the excerpts are grouped into a small number of categories.

Each excerpt belongs to one main category only. This category reflects the primary emphasis of the teaching — not everything it mentions.

How to choose where to begin

If you are:

unsure how to relate to practice → Attitude in Practice
trying hard or feeling stuck → Effort, Trying & Control
confused about awareness → Mindfulness & Awareness
dealing with many thoughts → Thinking & Thoughts
looking for clarity and understanding → Insight & Understanding
encountering difficulties → Obstacles & Difficulties
practicing in daily life → Daily Life Practice

You don’t need to read in order.
Let your current experience guide you.

About overlap

Many excerpts touch on several themes at once. To keep things simple, each excerpt is placed in the category that best reflects its central point. Additional themes are indicated using tags.

LIST OF CATEGORIES

HOW TO PRACTICE
ATTITUDE IN PRACTICE
Excerpts and discussions that clarify how the mind relates to experience — the quality, tone, and orientation of practice — rather than what is being observed or achieved.
If you remember only one phrase, remember this: relationship over technique
MINDFULNESS & AWARENESS
EFFORT, TRYING & CONTROL
INSIGHT & UNDERSTANDING
THINKING & THOUGHTS
SAMĀDHI
FIVE SPIRITUAL FACULTIES
FIVE HINDRANCES
DAILY LIFE PRACTICE
OBSTACLES & DIFFICULTIES