Study & practice
Teachings
Foundational teachings to read and return to, alongside recorded talks and guided meditations to practice with.
Definitions
Here are definitions of our common buddhism phrases.
Read →Meditation Instructions
Teacher Cary Brief provides instructions for how to meditate.
Read →Suggested Reading
Here is a selection of readings that I suggest. “SIT RALEIGH DOES NOT RECEIVE ANY COMPENSATION FOR BOOK RECOMENDATIONS.”
Read →The Four Noble Truths
The foundation of the Buddha's teaching — that dissatisfaction exists, has a cause, has an ending, and that there is a path to that ending.
Read →The Karaniya Metta Sutta : The Buddha's Words on Lovingkindness
This most beautiful of teachings has almost all of the Buddha's wisdom in one short teaching. I strongly suggest reading or reciting this Sutta daily.
Read →The Noble Eightfold Path
The path the Buddha discovered that leads to the end of suffering, often pictured as an eight-spoked wheel.
Read →The Heart Practices
The four qualities of heart and mind — kindness, compassion, appreciative joy, and equanimity — with guided meditations for each.
Read →The Five Daily Reflections
Five facts the Buddha said we should reflect on often — aging, illness, death, separation, and karma.
Read →The Four Foundations of Mindfulness
The Satipatthana — the Buddha's most complete teaching on mindfulness, training us in body, feeling, mind, and the truth of experience.
Read →The Twelve Links of Dependent Origination
The Buddha's teaching on how suffering arises and continues through twelve connected links — and how understanding them can free us.
Read →Nibbana — Extinguishing Suffering
Some thoughts, from a December talk, on whether the end of suffering is possible and how the letting go actually unfolds.
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