About e-Buddhism

e-Buddhism exists for one reason: to be the clearest, most honest, best-sourced place on the web to understand the Buddha’s teaching — whether you’re simply curious or have been practising for years.

There is a lot written about Buddhism online. Much of it is vague, second-hand, or quietly flattens very different traditions into one generic “Buddhism says…”. We do the opposite. Every teaching here is traced to a named text and verse, the differences between Theravada, Mahayana, Zen, Tibetan and Pure Land are stated plainly rather than blurred, and nothing is published until it has been checked against the primary sources.

We’re also here to help, not only to inform. Alongside the articles you’ll find free tools — a meditation timer, a daily verse, a reflection guide — offered with no account and no sign-up, and a whole section on living the teaching in everyday life: anxiety, anger, grief, work, letting go.

Who writes this

Tim Yu — Founder & Editor. Tim is a layperson — not a monk or an academic — and he lives in Singapore. He came to Buddhism in his early thirties, at a busy and often stressful point in life, and found in its practice something he hadn’t expected: a steadiness, and a quieter kind of happiness, that stayed with him off the cushion as much as on it.

That experience is really why this site exists. It left Tim with a simple conviction — that Buddhism is less a religion you must sign up to than a way of life anyone can draw on — and a wish to make it genuinely understandable for ordinary people with full, demanding lives. So he started e-Buddhism: to set the teaching down plainly, without jargon or mysticism, and to help others find some of the same calm and clarity that helped him.

Tim edits every article here. He holds each claim to a named source, presents each tradition on its own terms, and would rather leave a question open than answer it with something he cannot verify. He doesn’t claim the authority of a teacher — the trust this site asks for rests on careful sourcing, not on his credentials — and he is committed to bringing named, credentialed reviewers to the doctrinal pages over time.

Away from the screen, Tim’s life looks much like the readers he writes for. He lives in Singapore with his wife, Jo Ann, and their three-year-old daughter, Jamie, with a second child due at the end of the year. He writes as a working layperson and a parent — for anyone trying to live a little more wisely and peacefully in the middle of an ordinary, busy life. You can also find him on Facebook.

If we ever get something wrong, we want to know. You can reach us any time on the contact page, and you can read exactly how we work in our editorial policy, how we research, and use of AI. New to all this? Start with the basics.