Births and Deaths

A place to post notices about the transient cycle of life, those who are born and those who die.

Books and Websites

Here is a place to post comments about books and websites of value.

Claims to Attainments

If you wish to disclose your best guess about your attainments, why you think they are what they are, how they perform, and how you got them, or debate other's attainments, this is the place.

Concentration

A place to discuss topics related to concentration practices, such as samatha, shamatha, jhana, dyana, kasinas, divine abodes (Brahmaviharas) and the like.

Contemporary Buddhism

A place to discuss scholarship and topics related to contemporary manifestations of Buddhism.

Dharma Books, Teaching, and Merchandise Promotions

This category of discussion is for folks who want to promote their dharma-related book, teachings, memorabilia, merchandise, or any other item that costs money to buy or to participate in.

Dharma Diagnostic Clinic, aka "What was that?"

If you had some experience and you want others to weigh in on what it might have been or what to do with it, post here.

Energy Practices

For the discussion of all energy body practices

Humor

If you have something making fun of all of this stuff, which is often really useful, post it here.

Insight and Wisdom

A place to discuss practices and topics in general that lead to fundamental insights and awakening.

Magick and The Powers

All topics related to magick, siddhis, powers, and other interesting topics related to strong concentration and the intentional or unintentional manipulation of experience, ordinary and otherwise.

Medications, Supplements and Substances

This is a place to post about the various effects of supplements, pharmaceuticals and things like entheogens on your practice. This is provided in the style and spirit of Erowid. This is not in any way an advocacy for any illegal substance use or meant to promote illegal actions of any kind. You are responsible for your own actions and their consequences. Moderation will be strict on this here.

Meditation Culture

If it has something to do with the cultural aspects of meditation practice, post it here.

Meetings and Gatherings

This is a place to post about people meeting in real life, physically, like back in the day, like not online, in their actual bodies, etc.... ;)

Miscellaneous

If you can't figure out how to categorize it, try here.

Morality and Daily Life

A place to discuss all aspects of practice related to being in the world, speech, relationships and in general interactions and actions when "off the cushion".

Motivation and Results

All things related to why one would pursue these practices and what they may or may not lead to should go here

Phenomenology

A place to do the work of the Naturalists on meditative attainments, states and stages.

Physical Practices

The place for all meditation based on physical practices, such as yoga, prostrations, etc.

Podcasts and Videocasts

A place to post about audio and video recordings and similar online meetings.

Practice Logs

If you want to keep an online practice log, this is the place.

Retreat Centers

Here is a place to post discussions of places to go on retreat.

Science and Meditation

Teachers

Here is place to post discussions about meditation teachers.

Technology

A place to discuss meditation apps, biofeedback, and the like.

Terminology

The discussion of precise, inclusive, specific, nuanced, clear, helpful, explanatory words used to help describe the very rich, complex world of meditation go here.

The Dharma Battleground (DhB)

Here is where high controversy and heated debate should happen with all the compassion, listening, clarification, passion for the truth and intelligence you can muster.

The Dharma Playground (DhP)

Put all discussions about friendship, community, gatherings, and things social and not so related to formal practice and theory here.

The DhO Itself

Here is a place to post discussions about the DhO itself, business, tech matters, global issues and the like.

Theoreticians and Traditionalists (T&T)

For those discussions focused on technical points of tradition, dogma and doctrine, and sectarian debates over which tradition, term and theory is better rather than actual practice and realization.

Videos

A place to post about dharma videos.

Wetpaint Migration 4

full migration as of 9/9/09 at 7PM EST