Every path here shares the same simple practice: sitting down, together, and paying attention.
Zen practice centres on zazen, simply sitting, often with walking meditation (kinhin) and a short chanting service. Online zendos let you sit with a community each morning or evening from home. Soto, Rinzai and Korean (Kwan Um) lineages are all listed here.
Insight (vipassana) meditation draws on early Buddhist teachings on mindfulness, loving-kindness and compassion, usually taught in plain modern language. Most groups combine a guided or silent sit with a dharma talk and time for questions.
Theravada monasteries and lay groups offer evening chanting (puja), meditation and dhamma reflections, many of them livestreamed from Thai Forest monasteries in the Ajahn Chah lineage.
Sanghas in the Plum Village tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh practise sitting meditation, readings and warm, small-group dharma sharing with deep listening and loving speech.
Tibetan Buddhist communities — Gelug (FPMT), Nyingma, Shambhala, Bön and others — offer guided meditation, compassion practice, mantra recitation and teachings online.
Triratna is an international Buddhist community that teaches mindfulness of breathing and loving-kindness (metta bhavana), with open online meditation rooms nearly every day.
Science-based mindfulness sessions with no religious framing: short guided meditations for stress, focus and well-being, open to everyone.