Practising buddhism on a daily basis

[Cittasanto]

I try to follow this
Dhp183.
sabbapāpassa akaraṇaṃ, kusalassa upasampadā.
Sacittapariyodapanaṃ: etaṃ buddhāna sāsanaṃ.
Do not preform any unskilled acts, skilful acts are the way of a mendicant.
So purify your own mind of defilements: this is the wisdom the Buddhas teach.

[YouthThunder]

Basically how do you practise buddhism on a daily basis? (especially for beginners?)



With metta.

Well I became a Buddhist at the start of this year.

I have this time i set twice a day.Mornign and night time.

I usually do some Recollections.
Contemplate and write in my journal about my life.
Study The Dhamma..or Buddhist teachings...usually i just download it from the internet.
Then meditate.Just Anapanasati and Metta.I don't want to do Vipasanna yet because i'm new and would like to train my mind to be calm first.
Then i make a list of good things i have to do and dedicate the good merit to the enlightment of all sentient beings.

What are recollections?

[mikenz66]

A Study Guide on the Ten Recollections
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/stud ... tions.html


Mike

[YouthThunder]

Btw,are we supposed to be mindful all the time?Doesn't that make us not planning anything at all?Mindful means "flow" or does it mean be aware of everything?When doing things like listening to music for example I rather let my fantasy run wild instead being "aware" of everyhting around us.%%%

[Hanzze]

The The Layperson's Code of Discipline is a good starter as well as the Dighajanu (Vyagghapajja) Sutta then you could go to Abhisanda Sutta: Rewards not to forget Dana