Become An Everyday Buddhist
Weave Buddhist wisdom into your everyday life with bite-size video teachings made simple, approachable, and easy to follow.
Who We Are
At Everyday Buddhist, we believe that following a Buddhist path can lead to an authentic, more fulfilling life, offering guidance amidst the chaos of everyday life. Our mission is to present the teachings in a modern framework that is relevant, accessible, and transformative.
Live Events
We’ve got some fun, engaging events coming up, and we’d love for you to join us! From meaningful conversations to practical tips, there’s something for everyone.
What does "Buddha" really mean? Join us live as we watch and unpack the second video from our "Understanding | Amida Buddha" exploration — tracing how "Buddha" grew from a simple description into a name, and then into something far bigger than one person. Amida Buddha points to the reality that led Shakyamuni to awaken — a truth we can still touch today, even without the historical Buddha here to guide us directly. We'll also look at why Buddhist statues were never meant as literal history, but as doorways into spiritual truth. Come discuss it with us — and connect with fellow practitioners along the way.
Explore the profound connections between Buddhism and Yoga through mindfulness, meditation, compassion, self-inquiry, and embodied practice. Discover how these two ancient traditions offer complimentary pathways towards greater clarity, inner peace, and freedom. Take this journey with an open heart and an open mind as we explore the unique benefits each path offers. Off the mat and out of the temple we will learn together.
King Ajatasatru's life was marked by guilt, suffering, and inner conflict. Through a profound encounter with Shakyamuni Buddha, he began a journey of deep reflection and spiritual transformation. Drawing from the Nirvana Sutra and Shinran's Kyogyoshinsho, this presentation explores why Shinran highlighted this story and how awakening to boundless compassion naturally leads us to live for the benefit of others.
Ancient mythology and an unconscious comparison with Christianity have made the essence of Shin unclear. Our current knowledge of science, psychology, and spirituality enables us to share the deep spiritual meaning of traditional teachings to be relevant in our lives. Actively engaging in Shin practice will reveal a logical and practical benefit that brings clarity and joy.
What if the path to awakening doesn’t start with mastering concepts, but with opening your imagination? In this interactive live event with Jon Turner Sensei, we’ll explore a radically different approach from Buddhist tradition—using imagination to reshape how we see reality itself.
Read the Blog
Members will receive weekly blog articles covering a wide variety of concepts covered in the coursework. Learn how to apply the teachings to your everyday lives.
The Pure Land sutras spend a lot of time describing a place built entirely of what's precious — jeweled trees, lotus ponds, birds whose song is itself a teaching. It's tempting to read that as just a nice picture of where we’re reborn after this life, but it's also telling us something about attention. A description like that is asking: what would it look like if your surroundings reflected what actually mattered? What would your day look like, built the same way?
Don't let yourself get so worn down that a sad folk song like John Prine's tale of the Midwest housewife describes your Tuesday better than you'd like. You don't need a poster of an old rodeo. You already have something to hold onto — the Three Jewels.
Aspiration, when grounded in the Dharma, becomes a source of transformation. It helps us face life’s challenges with resilience. It turns our suffering into understanding, our mistakes into insight. It encourages us to turn ourselves upward, to expand, to grow—not because we are trying to be someone else, but because the light of the Dharma calls us to become more fully ourselves.
It is actually very easy to create habits. It only requires sustained, repetitive behavior. For both good and bad habits, the mechanism is the same: repetition. This process is known as Neuroplasticity. We create new neural pathways in our minds as we repeat behaviors, and each time it becomes easier to travel down those same pathways. Luckily, this is simply how the brain works. It requires no willpower or special training.
The easy path is not for the lazy. You’ve probably noticed how much easier it is to do something you really want to do compared to what you think you should do. Faith is like desire, and when you want something, you’re motivated to work for it.
Lewis Carroll's Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, is more like us than we think. Her story is actually quite Buddhist. Throughout her adventure, she learns valuable life lessons and is challenged to view the world differently, much in the same way the Buddhist path does. So today, I invite you to go on a little adventure with me as we explore the Buddhist lessons in Alice in Wonderland.