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My Bully Became a Buddhist

My Bully Became a Buddhist

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When Eric Steuer discovered his childhood bully was now a Buddhist teacher, he asked him the question he’d always wanted to: Why did you treat me that way? When I tell my dad I’m going to hang [...]

Shambhala leadership council resigns; names investigator of sexual abuse allegations

Shambhala leadership council resigns; names investigator of sexual abuse allegations

The nine members of the Kalapa Council, the highest leadership body in the Shambhala Buddhist community, stepped down [...]

Celebrating the Dalai Lama

Celebrating the Dalai Lama

Each Friday, we share three topical longreads in our Weekend Reader newsletter. This week, we celebrate His Holiness the [...]

How to Help Tibet and the Dalai Lama

How to Help Tibet and the Dalai Lama

Want to support the people of Tibet and their spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama? We've gathered information [...]

A Dalai Lama Reading List

A Dalai Lama Reading List

From global ethics to Buddhist practice — our recommendations from the Dalai Lama’s vast and varied body of [...]

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Inside the July 2018
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The July 2018 issue of Lion’s Roar magazine features Buddhist teachings on the real reasons to meditate. Inside, you’ll also find a profile of Oakland’s East Bay Meditation Center, the story of a childhood bully-turned-Buddhist, Roshi Joan Halifax on the five “edge states,” and more.

Buddhadharma Winter 2016

Inside the Summer 2018 Buddhadharma magazine

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The Summer 2018 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly is available now. Inside you'll find a step-by-step guide through the intricacies of breath practice in meditation by Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, a firsthand account of sexual misconduct by a guru and profound insight for fellow survivors by Lama Willa Miller, a classic teaching on the wisdom of emptiness by Dainin Katagiri Roshi, and more.

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The Insight Revolution

The Insight Revolution

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Determined to save Buddhism in Burma during colonial rule, Ledi Sayadaw popularized the teachings of the [...]

Just Sitting, Going Nowhere

Just Sitting, Going Nowhere

The Zen practice of just sitting, says Lewis Richmond, doesn’t help us to reach our destination. It allows us [...]

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How to Feed Your Demons

How to Feed Your Demons

Lama Tsultrim Allione teaches you an innovative technique to turn your inner demons into friends. Feeding [...]

Metta for Refugees

Metta for Refugees

Zen priest Liên Shutt teaches a short meditation to foster compassion for beings in search of [...]

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Help When Your Heart Breaks

Help When Your Heart Breaks

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Caring for people who are suffering is a loving, even heroic calling, but it takes a toll. Roshi Joan Halifax [...]

Why I Didn’t Attempt Suicide

Why I Didn’t Attempt Suicide

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Zen teacher Brad Warner on the time he considered suicide—and the different kind of death he chose. I didn’t [...]

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What’s Holding You Back on Your Spiritual Path?

Let us know, so leading Buddhist teachers can help. Email us a short statement or question (maximum 70 [...]

Enrollment now open for “How to Cultivate A Loving Heart,” from Lion’s Roar Online Learning

New from Lion's Roar Online Learning: How to Cultivate A Loving Heart: The Buddhist Practice of Metta, [...]

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Send the Dalai Lama a birthday greeting

Send the Dalai Lama a birthday greeting

Spirit Rock hosts its largest-ever people of color retreat

Spirit Rock hosts its largest-ever people of color retreat

UNESCO adds seven Korean Buddhist temples to World Heritage list

UNESCO adds seven Korean Buddhist temples to World Heritage list

Where Everyone Can Thrive

Where Everyone Can Thrive

300 Buddhist teachers, leaders, and practitioners call for reunification of families at US–Mexico border

300 Buddhist teachers, leaders, and practitioners call for reunification of families at US–Mexico border

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Who Was the Buddha?

Who Was the Buddha?

Women in Buddhism: Profiles, Conversations, and Teachings

Women in Buddhism: Profiles, Conversations, and Teachings

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