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Daily Dharma
One real, sourced Buddhist teaching each day — the same for everyone, refreshed at midnight. Draw another any time, keep favourites, and turn any teaching into a shareable card. Open the Daily Dharma →
Buddhist Quote Finder
Find a real Buddhist quotation by how you feel — angry, grieving, restless, looking for happiness — or by a word. Every quotation names its source, says whose words they are, and links to the page that explains it. Open the quote finder →
Compare Dhammapada Translations
Read 22 of the best-known Dhammapada verses in four English translations side by side, with the Pali — Bhikkhu Sujato, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Acharya Buddharakkhita and F. Max Müller — and see the one Pali word each verse turns on. Hide the names to choose with fresh eyes. Compare the translations →
Buddhist Term Lookup
Search the glossary’s Buddhist terms in Pali, Sanskrit or English, with or without diacritics, and see how to say each one, letter by letter, from our pronunciation guide. Look up a term →
Buddhist Terms Flashcards
Learn the vocabulary of Buddhism a few minutes a day: cards drawn from our sourced glossary, with spaced repetition that remembers your progress on your device. Start the flashcards →
Eightfold Path Explorer
Choose a spoke of the wheel to read the Buddha’s own definition of each of the eight factors (SN 45.8), see its place in the three trainings, and take one question into your day. Explore the path →
The Mirror: A Decision Helper
Weighing a choice? Hold it up to the mirror the Buddha gave his son Rāhula (MN 61): does it lead to hurting yourself, others or both, before, while and after you act? With the Kālāmas’ tests (AN 3.65) and the sutta’s own answer. Nothing you type is saved. Open the decision helper →
Twelve Links Explorer
Step through the twelve links of dependent origination arising, ceasing or traced back, each with the Buddha’s own definition (SN 12.2), its other English names, and how the traditions read the chain, from three lifetimes to a single moment. Explore the twelve links →
Spread of Buddhism Map
Watch Buddhism travel from the Ganges plain to Sri Lanka, China, Korea, Japan, Tibet, Southeast Asia and the West: an interactive map and timeline in which every event is dated, sourced and labelled by how sure historians are of the date. Open the map →
The Buddha's Life on a Map
Follow the Buddha's life across the Ganges plain, from Lumbini to Kusinara: each step quotes the early texts where they speak, says which parts later biographies added, and how sure archaeologists are of each site. Open the life map →
Koan of the Day
One case a day from the Gateless Gate, a classic Zen koan collection, in a translation that is public domain in the US: Wumen’s comment and verse, the Chinese title, and who’s who behind the Japanese names. All 49 cases come round every seven weeks. Read today’s koan →
Which Buddhist Path Fits You?
New to Buddhism and unsure where to start? Answer six short questions for an honest, non-sectarian suggestion among Theravāda, Zen, Tibetan, Pure Land, and secular Buddhism — a gentle starting point, never a label. Open the path finder →
Which Sutta Should I Read?
Too many texts, no idea where to begin? Tell us what you’re facing — anxiety, grief, anger, letting go, learning to meditate — and we’ll point you to one fitting discourse, with a plain-English guide and the original text. Open the sutta finder →
Meditation Timer
A simple, free timer with a soft bell: choose a length, sit, and let the bell close the session — no account, no cookies. Open the meditation timer →
Mindfulness Bell
A bell of mindfulness for your working day, in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh: it sounds every quarter of an hour, at an interval you choose or at random, and gives you a verse for three mindful breaths. Start the bell →
Meditation Sounds
Mix rain, waves, wind, a stream, crickets, a singing bowl and a distant temple bell as a background for sitting, set how long it plays, and let it fade out on a bell. Every sound is made in your browser; nothing is recorded or sent. Open the sound mixer →
Chant Along
Chant along with the monks of Metta Forest Monastery in Pali (the Namo tassa homage and the Karaṇīya Mettā Sutta), or with an English reading of the Heart Sutra, each line lit as it is chanted. Open the chanting player →
Breathing Pacer
A gentle visual guide for mindfulness of breathing (anapanasati): follow the circle as it expands and eases, with an optional soft bell. Calming, box, and 4·7·8 patterns — nothing plays until you choose it. Open the breathing pacer →
Light a Lamp
Light a Tibetan butter lamp or a Sri Lankan oil lamp on screen, with a short traditional lamp prayer and, if you wish, a private dedication for someone living or dead. Nothing you write is saved, and nothing is counted. Light a lamp →
Prayer Wheel
Turn a Tibetan prayer wheel on screen, clockwise, as you recite Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ, and keep count of the turns. The page is honest about what a wheel on a screen is, and sets out what teachers have said about prayer wheels. Turn the wheel →
Digital Mala (108-Bead Counter)
Count your mantra or recitation rounds on a simple 108-bead counter — with traditional presets (Om Mani Padme Hum, the nianfo, the refuges and more), a gentle completion bell, and an on-device daily streak. Open the digital mala →
Metta Meditation Generator
Build a loving-kindness sequence with sourced phrases — the canonical goodwill wish, a simple modern set, or Sharon Salzberg’s — in the Visuddhimagga’s order from yourself to all beings, and step through it one person at a time. Names are never stored. Open the metta generator →
Buddhist Calendar Converter
Convert any year or date to the Buddhist Era and back: Thailand adds 543 (2026 is BE 2569), Sri Lanka adds 544 from Vesak, and the converter shows Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia too, with each country’s rule and how sure the sources are. Open the calendar converter →
Uposatha Calendar
The Buddhist observance days by whose calendar you keep: Sri Lanka’s official poya days, Thailand’s wan phra, Myanmar’s full-moon holidays and the Chinese six and ten fasting days, each labelled by its source, with the astronomical moon shown separately. Open the uposatha calendar →
Five Precepts Check-In
A short evening review of the five precepts in the Buddha’s own words: a plain question for each, a way back if one was hard, and one intention for tomorrow. No score, no streak, nothing sent anywhere. Open the check-in →
Meditation Journal & Streak Tracker
Turn one-off sits into a daily habit: log your practice and watch your streak, totals, and a 90-day calendar grow — all saved privately on your device, no account needed. Open the meditation journal →
Buddhist Practice Plan
Four questions, then a short daily practice from your own tradition — Theravāda, Sōtō Zen, Tibetan, Pure Land, Nichiren, Plum Village or none — every step sourced and linked. Tick the days and look at the plan again in two weeks; no streak, nothing sent anywhere. Build your practice plan →
Gratitude & Merit Journal
One short prompt each evening, drawn from what the texts say about gratitude, giving and rejoicing; a few lines kept only on your device; and a dedication of merit in your tradition’s words. No score, no streak. Open the journal →
Buddhist Quote Image Maker
Create a beautiful, accurately sourced Buddhist quote card to share — pick a theme, choose a style, then download or share. Every card prints its real source and translator. Open the quote image maker →
Virtual Singing Bowl
Tap a calming Tibetan singing bowl to open and close your meditation — it plays in your browser, no account, no autoplay, no “sound-healing” claims. Open the singing bowl →
Buddhism Quiz
Test your knowledge across beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels — up to ten questions, no signup, and every answer comes with a sourced explanation and a link to learn more. Take the quiz →
The Second Arrow
A short, private guided reflection for hard moments: separate the pain that is actually here (the first arrow) from the suffering the mind adds on top (the second). Nothing is saved or sent. Open the Second Arrow reflection →
RAIN Meditation for Anger
A short, private, guided practice for anger: a safety check first, then Recognise, Allow, Investigate and either Non-identification or Nurture, closing with the Buddha’s five ways of getting rid of resentment. Nothing you tap is saved. Begin the RAIN practice →
The Five Remembrances
A gentle, paced contemplation of the Buddha’s five daily reflections on aging, illness, death, parting, and our own actions (AN 5.57) — mindfulness of death, offered to deepen life rather than darken it. Open the Five Remembrances →
Grief Companion
A gentle, private companion for grief: tell it where you are — a fresh loss, a loved one dying, a hard anniversary — and receive a short, sourced reflection and readings for that moment. Companionship, not therapy. Open the grief companion →
Ask the Dharma
Describe what you are facing and receive a short reflection drawn from Buddhist teaching, with one small practice to try. Reflection, not therapy — and anyone in crisis is pointed to real help first. Open Ask the Dharma →