Terms of Use
These terms cover the website dailydharmapractice.com (“the site”) and the iPhone app Buddhism: Daily Dharma (“the app”), published by Gabriel Petersen (“we”, “us”). By using either, you agree to them.
1. What the site and the app are, and are not
- A beginner’s practice companion grounded in early Buddhist texts: short readings, a timer, text-guided sessions, suggested actions, reflection questions and a library of the full source texts.
- Not medical, psychological or therapeutic advice or treatment, and not a substitute for care from a qualified professional. If you are unwell, distressed or in crisis, contact a healthcare professional or your local emergency services.
- Not religious instruction from a teacher, monastery or organisation. It does not replace a teacher or a community, and it does not claim that all Buddhist traditions teach identically.
- We make no claims of spiritual attainment, enlightenment or health benefit.
2. Using the site
The site is free to use without an account. You may read, print and share its pages for personal, non-commercial use. Do not use the site in a way that breaks the law, interferes with its operation, or scrapes it in bulk in a way that burdens it.
3. Content and sources
The source texts are Bhikkhu Sujato’s translations published by SuttaCentral and dedicated to the public domain (CC0). They are free for anyone to use; nothing in these terms restricts them. See sources.
Everything else, including the introductions, lessons, explanations, glossary, guided-session scripts, guides, illustrations, chimes, design and code, is © Gabriel Petersen. This original text was developed with AI assistance and checked against the linked sources by a language model, not a human reviewer. It is one plain-language reading, not an authoritative interpretation, and it may contain errors. The site and the app are not affiliated with, endorsed by or reviewed by the translator, SuttaCentral or any Buddhist organisation. To report an error, contact us.
4. The app
We grant you a personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive licence to use the app on Apple devices you own or control, as the App Store rules permit. Your download and any purchase are also subject to Apple’s App Store terms; where these terms are silent, Apple’s standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement applies. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, reverse-engineer or extract the source of the app, except for the public-domain source texts.
5. Free features
Getting Started (7 days), the 28-day Daily Practice, the whole Library (all 120 bundled texts, including the complete Dhammapada and 94 discourses, and a 73-term glossary), the silent timer with optional chime, two guided session templates, read-aloud, the journal, the calendar and the factual counts are free in the app. Day 1 of each of the eight Plus journeys is also free.
6. Daily Dharma Plus
- What it includes. Eight complete journeys (104 days in all), all twelve guided session templates in 3-, 5- and 10-minute versions, up to three saved personal routines, and weekly reviews. No coaching, no community, no new weekly content, no recordings of a person, and no free trial. We do not promise that new lessons will be added.
- Price. A monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription. The price for your country is shown in the app before you buy. Proposed U.S. prices at launch are $4.99 per month and $29.99 per year; the price shown at purchase applies.
- Billing and renewal. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; Apple charges the renewal within the 24 hours before the period ends.
- Cancelling. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID subscription settings (iOS Settings → your name → Subscriptions). Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription. Access continues to the end of the paid period.
- Refunds. Purchases are made from Apple and refunds are handled by Apple under its policies. We cannot issue refunds ourselves.
- When it ends. Journey progress and routine definitions are kept; all journal entries remain readable, editable, exportable and deletable.
- Restoring. Use Restore Purchases on the same Apple ID to regain Plus. Restoring does not transfer your journal, which lives only on the original device.
- Not a donation. A subscription pays for software features. It is not a donation, not a religious duty, and no merit or spiritual standing is promised in return.
7. Your data
Your journal and practice data are stored on your device only, as described in the Privacy Policy. You are responsible for exporting or backing up anything you want to keep; we cannot recover data from a lost, reset or replaced device.
8. Changes
We may add, change or remove features of the site or the app and update these terms. If a change materially reduces what Daily Dharma Plus includes, we will say so in the app or on this site before it takes effect for renewals. We will not remove your ability to read, export or delete your own journal entries.
9. No warranty
The site and the app are provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including accuracy of content, fitness for a particular purpose or uninterrupted availability. Sound, read-aloud and notifications depend on your device and browser settings.
10. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental or consequential loss arising from your use of the site or the app, including loss of data stored on your device. Where liability cannot be excluded, it is limited to the amount you paid for the app in the twelve months before the claim. Nothing in these terms limits rights that consumer law gives you and that cannot be waived.
11. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Washington, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Nothing in this section affects consumer protections that apply where you live.
12. Contact
Gabriel Petersen · gpmediacontact@gmail.com · 253-338-5428