Teachings and wisdom from the Buddha’s path – exploring the Dhamma principles, Buddhist concepts, and spiritual practices that Ven. Minh Tuệ embodies on his barefoot pilgrimage.
The Noble Eightfold Path (Ariyo Aṭṭhaṅgiko Maggo) is the Buddha's Middle Way: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration.
The 37 Aids to Awakening (Bodhipakkhiya-dhamma) are the complete training system the Buddha left behind – seven groups of qualities forming the map to liberation.
Sangha impersonation means posing as a Buddhist monk to exploit devotees' trust. Learn its meaning, karmic consequences, and how to distinguish genuine practitioners.
Five Aggregates – What Makes Up “Me” in Buddhism
The Five Aggregates (Pañcakkhandha) are Buddhism's analysis of human experience: form, feeling, perception, volitional formations, and consciousness.
Four Right Efforts – The Engine of Spiritual Progress
The Four Right Efforts (Sammappadhāna) are Buddhism's framework for directed striving: prevent unwholesome states, abandon those present, cultivate and maintain wholesome states.
Eight Worldly Winds – Staying Balanced When Life Blows Hard
The Eight Worldly Winds (Aṭṭha Lokadhamma) are gain and loss, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, pleasure and pain.
Three Marks of Existence – The Seal of the Buddha’s Teaching
The Three Marks of Existence (Tilakkhaṇa) are impermanence, suffering, and non-self — the three characteristics that define all of reality.
Extreme Asceticism – The Mistake the Buddha Abandoned
Extreme asceticism (attakilamathānuyoga) is the path of self-mortification the Buddha tried for six years and abandoned. Learn the difference between asceticism and simple living.
Great Filial Piety in Buddhism – Beyond Material Devotion
In Vietnamese culture, filial piety is almost instinctive. Providing for your parents — food, medicine, housing, comfort in old age — is the mark of...
Vipassana Meditation – The Practice at the Heart of Thay Minh Tue’s Path
Every year, millions of people around the world attend Vipassana retreats — many of them not Buddhist, not interested in scriptures, simply wanting a method ...
