booklets for download

  • Starting a meditation practice

    What is a mediation practice and why do people want one? How do you begin and what do you do when you meditate? Lots of answers for the beginner.

  • Finding a Community

    You can practice alone, but having the support of a community antidotes loneliness and fosters joy and joyful discipline. How do you find a community that works for you? Start with the ideas in this booklet.

  • Working with a Teacher

    A dharma teacher can be a true ally in your spiritual awakening. This booklet explores the role of a dharma mentor and has suggestions for finding one.

  • 52 Pratices: Learn by Looking. Know by Seeing.

    52 practices for mindful seeing. Good for adults, teens and kids. Print, store in a notebook and savor one exercise for a week for a whole year.

  • Shamatha Meditations - Booklet one

    20 Shamatha meditations, each with a brief basic Buddhist teaching and very concise instructions for the mediation. (Watch this site for audio recordings of these coming soon to our podcast page.)

  • Tonglen Retreat Booklet

    Tonglen is a profound practice with many benefits including the gradual cultivation of wisdom and compassion for yourself, those you love, people you don’t know and those with whom you have challenges. It’s also much, much more.

  • Healing the Broken Heart

    Don’t waste the experience of a broken heart. Turn your broken heat into the fuel for awakening compassion. Part of the Seamless Practice Series.

  • Riwo Sang Cho

    Riwo Sangcho is a mountain smoke-incense offering in the Tibetan tradition. This booklet has a translation by Ken McLeod.